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Jammin909
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The topic is engagement rings…
What is the tradition in other countries around the world? I find it stressful and unnecessary that a man is EXPECTED to fork over a thousand+ dollars for an engagement ring.
What is the tradition in other countries around the world? I find it stressful and unnecessary that a man is EXPECTED to fork over a thousand+ dollars for an engagement ring.
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Jammin909 wrote:I find it stressful and unnecessary that a man is EXPECTED to fork over a thousand+ dollars for an engagement ring.This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper0
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well if you love the woman enough you should be willing to fork over a thousand+ for her. but then again i'm only 15 and now little to nothing on this nonsense.I will be what i could be
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Drop The Leash 10 wrote:well if you love the woman enough you should be willing to fork over a thousand+.
So then rich people love more than poor people?!This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper0 -
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just for fyi......believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.
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Jammin909 wrote:The topic is engagement rings…
What is the tradition in other countries around the world? I find it stressful and unnecessary that a man is EXPECTED to fork over a thousand+ dollars for an engagement ring.thats bullcrap. why should the guy have to spend a months salary on a ring? no man, its about time the chick spends that much on a ring for the GUY. see how SHE likes it!i dont want to ever get married but if i did.....the guy is freakin lucky cuz i cant wear jewelry anyway!!!!
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Whizbang wrote:
There ain't enough jewelry in the world for that.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Whizbang/funny%20stuff/l_0e614308a1877a254fb4bcfaa1666c0b.jpg
And, I'd rather have a house than a ring.This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper0 -
AmentsChick wrote:So then rich people love more than poor people?!
did i just contradict myself??? its been a long freekin day....I will be what i could be
Once I get out of this town
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Drop The Leash 10 wrote:well if you love the woman enough you should be willing to fork over a thousand+ for her. but then again i'm only 15 and now little to nothing on this nonsense.ohhh boy. you will learn! and dude, be a PIMP. let the chicks buy YOU stuff!!! :cool:~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
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AmentsChick wrote:There ain't enough jewelry in the world for that.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Whizbang/funny%20stuff/l_0e614308a1877a254fb4bcfaa1666c0b.jpg
And, I'd rather have a house than a ring.
HOWL!!!!believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.
I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29
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AmentsChick wrote:So do I.
Me too !!
I dont think my wife will ever know I bought a Cubic Zirconia will she ??My drinking team has a hockey problem
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AmentsChick wrote:There ain't enough jewelry in the world for that.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Whizbang/funny%20stuff/l_0e614308a1877a254fb4bcfaa1666c0b.jpg
And, I'd rather have a house than a ring.
and really, I'd rather be able to buy my own home and my own jewelry. and...well, I did buy a house on my own. Jewelry is low on the list of wants at the moment. I'd rather save for a horse.believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.
I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all!0 -
Drop The Leash 10 wrote:well if you love the woman enough you should be willing to fork over a thousand+ for her. but then again i'm only 15 and now little to nothing on this nonsense.
Wow, not to hijack the thread, but are you seriously 15? That is my sisters age! Haha. I assumed you were like a junior in college.Happiness is only real when shared0 -
moster78 wrote:That's what I did. I gave my girlfriend a diamond engagement ring, she got me a Gibson Les Paul!
That's actually not a bad idea!!This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper0 -
AmentsChick wrote:Howl?! You a wolf?
sorry...my version of "LOL" or "LMFAO".believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.
I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all!0 -
gobrowns19 wrote:Wow, not to hijack the thread, but are you seriously 15? That is my sisters age! Haha. I assumed you were like a junior in college.I will be what i could be
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Drop The Leash 10 wrote:yep me is 15.
Damn as soon as I posted that there were 4 other posts in the same minute. Wow.
Regardless man, that's awesome!Happiness is only real when shared0 -
Phantom Pain wrote:Me too !!
I dont think my wife will ever know I bought a Cubic Zirconia will she ??
I would never be able to tell...maybe she won't either.
P.S. How's Bailey?This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper0 -
Whizbang wrote:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Whizbang/funny%20stuff/l_f4da669cda858a62a4e508c78bf1c789.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Whizbang/funny%20stuff/l_fc19f01609e25916c6a3caebf0c67a5c.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Whizbang/funny%20stuff/l_0e614308a1877a254fb4bcfaa1666c0b.jpg
just for fyi......
Kim Shady layin' it down for all you suckers out there.0
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