getting engaged... where to buy the ring

JodieG said:
Well we've been together for nearly 10 years and have 3 children, it's working just fine so far with my romantic views thanks. I'd rather be optimistic and have romantic thoughts about marriage than cynical and pessimistic any day. To me marriage is sacred and it means we won't be getting divorced. You clearly don't hold the views and that's fine but you don't have to bring everyone else down with you.

We've been through a lot in all our years together and it's only made us stronger as a couple. We both love each other a lot and we're totally open about everything and share everything. Anyway, I don't have to defend marrige or my own marrige, I know we'll last just as plenty of other marriages last.
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Quite agree. Methinks Platypus' idea of a romantic evening is him picking up some flowers from the local ESSO, a bottle of blue nun and a 5 minute fumble , if she's lucky :D
 
JodieG said:
Well we've been together for nearly 10 years and have 3 children, it's working just fine so far with my romantic views thanks. I'd rather be optimistic and have romantic thoughts about marriage than cynical and pessimistic any day. To me marriage is sacred and it means we won't be getting divorced. You clearly don't hold the views and that's fine but you don't have to bring everyone else down with you.
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Bringing other people down has nothing to do with it. Simply proffering advice on the rather bizarre concept of spending several thousands of pounds on a piece of jewellery that serves no useful purpose is not that. Several posts on this forum offer opposing advice, thats the nature of an internet forum.

And its "romantic views" that lead to people taking out 5x mortgages because they hold the ideal of owning a house, then getting screwed by high interest rates and the sub-prime fiasco.
 
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platypus said:
Bringing other people down has nothing to do with it. Simply proffering advice on the rather bizarre concept of spending several thousands of pounds on a piece of jewellery that serves no useful purpose is not that. Several posts on this forum offer opposing advice, thats the nature of an internet forum.
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Jewellery NEVER serves a practical purpose. Nor do anything other than the most functional clothes, anything other than a bowl-cut haircut, nor does going on holiday server any practical purpose. Just because something isn't practical or functional doesn't mean we shouldn't do it. Your life must be ******* dull.
 
jamief said:
Jewellery NEVER serves a practical purpose. Nor do anything other than the most functional clothes, anything other than a bowl-cut haircut, nor does going on holiday server any practical purpose. Just because something isn't practical or functional doesn't mean we shouldn't do it. Your life must be ******* dull.
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Because I don't like jewellery? Or the notion of spending several thousands of pounds on a ring makes me wonder? What a sad life you must lead.
 
platypus said:
Bringing other people down has nothing to do with it. Simply proffering advice on the rather bizarre concept of spending several thousands of pounds on a piece of jewellery that serves no useful purpose is not that. Several posts on this forum offer opposing advice, thats the nature of an internet forum.

And its "romantic views" that lead to people taking out 5x mortgages because they hold the ideal of owning a house, then getting by high interest rates and the sub-prime fiasco.
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I haven't seen anyone else talking about marriage in the way you do though. I don't think it's bizarre at all.

I disagree with that, people take out mortages for 5x their salary either because they think they can afford it or they don't care that they'll owe so muhc money, romance has nothing to do with it imho.
 
platypus said:
Because I don't like jewellery? Or the notion of spending several thousands of pounds on a ring makes me wonder? What a sad life you must lead.
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No. Because you can't see that something which has no functional use can still be worth buying. By your logic we'd all go around dressed in the cheapest, most nondescript clothes we could, would never go on holiday and would never actually have fun. All because these things have no functional purpose and/or cost money.
 
I must say - I do like the jewellery on hatton-jewellery, lovely pieces there.

I know where I'll be going if/when the opportunity arises!! If only for a general price.

David
 
jamief said:
Ever heard of SAVING UP? FFS. Some people think that you need to get into debt to come up with money. If you want to spend several thousand on a ring, feel free - it is quite possible to save up for it without impacting on your mortgage payments!
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You fool.

My point was that 1-3K is an average bi-monthly wage, so where the person I quoted stated that "...spending larger amounts like two months wages..." I was merely pointing out that the initial 1-3K figure he started his post with was already two months salary.

I never mentioned anything about getting in debt.

Read my post properly next time before mouthing off and making yourself look like a tit in the process.
 
The Mad Rapper said:
You fool.

My point was that 1-3K is an average bi-monthly wage, so where the person I quoted stated that "...spending larger amounts like two months wages..." I was merely pointing out that the initial 1-3K figure he started his post with was already two months salary.

I never mentioned anything about getting in debt.

Read my post properly next time before mouthing off and making yourself look like a tit in the process.
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Consider for a moment that I wasn't specifically replying TO YOU. That, in fact, I could have been replying to the entire thread; if you didn't mention anything about getting in debt, yet I did mention debt, do you think you could maybe use your ******* brain and realise I wasn't aiming it at you? HAHAHA you calling someone a tit!
 
JodieG said:
I disagree with that, people take out mortages for 5x their salary either because they think they can afford it or they don't care that they'll owe so muhc money, romance has nothing to do with it imho.
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You honestly can't see the idea of owning a home as a romantic notion?

jamief said:
No. Because you can't see that something which has no functional use can still be worth buying. By your logic we'd all go around dressed in the cheapest, most nondescript clothes we could, would never go on holiday and would never actually have fun. All because these things have no functional purpose and/or cost money.
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Not really sure you should be denigrating my logic, because you've clearly missed my point. Like I said, the money spent on an engagement ring would serve far more purpose being spent on the necessities of starting up ~75% of marriages.

Define fun (and I'm aware of the dictionary definition thanks). Why does not spending £xxxx on jewellery mean you can't have fun?
 
jamief said:
Consider for a moment that I wasn't specifically replying TO YOU. That, in fact, I could have been replying to the entire thread; if you didn't mention anything about getting in debt, yet I did mention debt, do you think you could maybe use your ******* brain and realise I wasn't aiming it at you? HAHAHA you calling someone a tit!
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Why quote my thread then you spastic? :confused:
 
jamief said:
Consider for a moment that I wasn't specifically replying TO YOU. That, in fact, I could have been replying to the entire thread; if you didn't mention anything about getting in debt, yet I did mention debt, do you think you could maybe use your ******* brain and realise I wasn't aiming it at you? HAHAHA you calling someone a tit!
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Little need to be so aggressive.

You brought up something that directly argued something he'd said. It's therefore logical he'd argue back. Welcome to a discussion.

Plus you quoted him..
 
Im gona stick me neck on the line and say.

A JEWELERS

Please god hope thats right, as im gona feel a right numpty if thats not where you buy rings from. :eek:
 
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platypus said:
You honestly can't see the idea of owning a home as a romantic notion?

Not really sure you should be denigrating my logic, because you've clearly missed my point. Like I said, the money spent on an engagement ring would serve far more purpose being spent on the necessities of starting up ~75% of marriages.

Define fun (and I'm aware of the dictionary definition thanks). Why does not spending £xxxx on jewellery mean you can't have fun?
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Consider that

1) You don't need to get into debt to buy a £5000 ring
2) You can leave a LARGE gap between getting engaged and getting married
3) A lot of people own a home long before they get married

It astounds me that people assume that to buy anything over a certain value you need to either get into debt or struggle financially. You don't. Take your time saving up, get a second job, sell unwanted stuff etc.
 
platypus said:
Little need to be so aggressive.

You brought up something that directly argued something he'd said. It's therefore logical he'd argue back. Welcome to a discussion.

Plus you quoted him..
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So he calls me a fool and a tit in a post and I can't comment back?
 
The irony of a thread essentially about marriage turning into a slanging match can't be lost on everyone?
 
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