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Heylel

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Talked about it last night a little bit. She's fairly sure she wants a diamond, though she'll fully acknowledge it's almost entirely social pressure of what her friends would think if she got something else. That being said, she's willing to explore our options and look, since right now she admits she really doesn't know the difference and she doesn't want me to spend a lot.

As for wedding bands, I'm guessing I'm better off trying to find a set than individual rings. Haven't really made it that far yet.
 
Falstaff

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Ah okay. I have no idea about those since I got a custom ring made. I just let my wife design her own wedding band so I wasn't even part of that process.
 
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Heylel_sl said:
Talked about it last night a little bit. She's fairly sure she wants a diamond, though she'll fully acknowledge it's almost entirely social pressure of what her friends would think if she got something else. That being said, she's willing to explore our options and look, since right now she admits she really doesn't know the difference and she doesn't want me to spend a lot.

As for wedding bands, I'm guessing I'm better off trying to find a set than individual rings. Haven't really made it that far yet.
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Take her to see some moissanite before you use too many words to convince her.
 
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What I don't understand is why you can't buy moissanite and tell her it's a diamond? They look identical. And if she goes to a jeweler to have it appraised behind your back then she's a cunt and good riddance.
 
Tuco

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Building a marriage on dishonesty isn't a good idea. And getting it appraised is perfectly acceptable given that it's a good idea to insure expensive jewelry.

You also don't need to be a professional to tell a moissanite from a diamond. The biggest indicator is that a moissanite will be perfect without flaws, where as all but the most flawless diamonds will have flaws. A simple loupe would be enough to examine flaws in most gem-quality diamonds.

The second thing is that they reflect light differently and anyone who knows diamonds/moissanite will be able to tell in specific lighting.

But yeah, most bitches you could give them a piece of plastic on a setting and they'd think you just aren't very good at picking out a good diamond.
 
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My GF is getting more and more vocal about wanting to get married. I think I'm going to have to pull the trigger on it soon. I'll probably just give her a dollar figure we can both live with and let her choose whatever she wants be it diamond, emerald, mossinite or pearl. Doesn't matter a lick to me.
 
Deathwing

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I feel like we should have a sister thread, how to lower her expectations of the wedding. Because that can easily dwarf the costs of the engagement ring.
 
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I'm pretty lucky in that regard. We're both atheist so we don't need to rent a church or anything. Neither one of us are have a huge circle of friends or family. I'll skirt by pretty easy on that end.
 
Tuco

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Wedding costs are as dumb as diamonds. It's an entire industry built on convincing girls to spend daddy's money. I planned my wedding and it was the best shit ever and I made a profit off it. Women are bad at shopping in general, but they go full retard when it comes to weddings.
 
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you should be spending less time talking about weddings and more time creating "The Danger Zone"
 
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I had a great wedding and it cost just south of $20k. Paid about 92/person that included taxes and tip and cake. An extra grand for the room for the ceremony. Open bar. The rest of the expenses come out to the dress, flowers (don't spend a lot here, I spent around $650 or so) and all the little shit you have to do along the way that adds up like the rehersal dinner, hotels, transport, favors, minister/officiant etc. etc.

I paid for it on my own and got my money back plus a little more.
 
Jait

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Tuco_sl said:
I planned my wedding and it was the best shit ever and I made a profit off it.
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So did Tonya Harding's husband. But believe it or not, weddings are about the celebration and the guests for some folks
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And they stimulate the economy, blah, blah, blah.

But really, I'm just jealous you made a profit.
 
OneofOne

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Tuco_sl said:
Wedding costs are as dumb as diamonds. It's an entire industry built on convincing girls to spend daddy's money. I planned my wedding and it was the best shit ever and I made a profit off it. Women are bad at shopping in general, but they go full retard when it comes to weddings.
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Preach it brother. Wife and I just went down to city hall with our parents and siblings. Then we had a potluck reception at a hall we rented from the city in a park. Invitations even told people no fancy dress. Funnest reception I've been at. Best part? Most of this was the wife's idea. She didn't want some expensive wedding rings or elaborate wedding - she wanted a fun celebration, and to buy a home for our future kids.

I love my wife so much, she's just so fucking awesome =)
 
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Jait_sl said:
So did Tonya Harding's husband. But believe it or not, weddings are about the celebration and the guests for some folks
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And they stimulate the economy, blah, blah, blah.

But really, I'm just jealous you made a profit.
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It was funny going to different wedding bullshit stores and the salespersons getting rustled at me. They'd give looks and make statements at my fiance like, "Plz get this reasonable person out of here so I can fleece you."

this isn't directly wedding shit but the bed bath & beyond wedding registry was the worst. When the saleswoman there found out we were making a registry she handed us this list of like 500 items to put on and asked us to check which ones we didn't want. Then we went around the store and she wanted us to watch her put more shit on the registry. She literally wouldn't let me or my wife get a hold of her faggoty want because she just wanted to tag everything she could find. She really hated me by the end of our visit.

By the by, target is the place to go for wedding registries. Most typical places are overpriced garbage. We went to JCPennies to check out their wares and since we needed a bedspread we shopped for one. I examined the seams of all the bedspreads by gently tugging at them and literally pulled them all apart and swore loudly until they asked us to leave.
 
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