It was DeBeers who started the whole "diamonds are THE engagement ring stone" thing, and it backfired, because now that's the only thing people use diamonds for. That's why they started that ridiculous "right hand ring" business.
Oh, Pacey! You blind idiot. Can't you see she doesn't love you?
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Vortex - Aug 27, 2007 7:21:24 am PDT #3147 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Dana - Aug 27, 2007 7:21:48 am PDT #3148 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My engagement ring is a sapphire.
Vortex - Aug 27, 2007 7:23:03 am PDT #3149 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
My engagement ring is a sapphire.
FIGHT THE POWER!
Aims - Aug 27, 2007 7:23:55 am PDT #3150 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
For all that, I'm not overly emotionally attached to jewelry (Although Miracleman and Aimee may disagree, having had to look for the damned things for over an hour).
'Twas the food that let us find it!
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2007 7:25:39 am PDT #3151 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm pretty sure a friend of mine chose ruby for hers (her parents are jewelers, and they made it for her - they also made the wedding bands). I think there might be tiny diamonds in addition, but the ruby was the main gem.
Scrappy - Aug 27, 2007 7:28:11 am PDT #3152 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
No engagement ring and matching plain gold bands for wedding rings. The DH never wears any jewelery but a watch and told me he'd buy the ring for himself but didn't dig the symbolism and didn't think he would wear it. He has not only worn it every day since but I found out that when he has been doing labor around the house, he puts it on a chain and wears it around his neck. He's a cutiehead, that one.
Tom Scola - Aug 27, 2007 7:32:19 am PDT #3153 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Vortex, did you see this NY Times article? Condo developers may be promising more than they can deliver. Shocking, isn't it?
Vortex - Aug 27, 2007 7:35:32 am PDT #3154 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Not really. That's why I had a housing inspector at my walkthrough. He measured water temp and pressure, etc.
DavidS - Aug 27, 2007 7:36:58 am PDT #3155 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Needless to say, Barney is now Paul's forever.
Awww, you're going to be Paul's favorite teacher ever for ever and ever.
As JZ notes we decided against diamonds because (a) she thinks the diamond business is evil and (b) we couldn't afford it. But the alternative was the very nice gold ring with a Hebrew inscription from the Song of Solomon which, frankly, is cooler for us anyway.
Plus, Nilly then went and pointed out the double meaning in the quote so it was extra good.
JZ - Aug 27, 2007 7:46:37 am PDT #3156 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
But (a) would have trumped everything else even if (b) hadn't been a factor. I would, however, not be at all averse, should (b) ever cease to be a factor, to lab-created diamonds. The DeBeers people have been flailing about wildly over the last couple of years about how lab-created diamonds don't count, but I could frankly not possibly give less of a shit about what the DeBeers people say.
Unless they were to say it at a joint conference joined by Messrs. Vick and Gonzales; then I might give an exponentially tinier shit what they say. But only then.