Thanks to both! He really did well picking it out. Love shoving it in his face saying “Sparkly!!!” :)

My guy did a pretty good job picking out my ring. He knew I wasn’t totally into diamonds for a center stone (but they are still lovely) but liked them as supporting cast members. I guess I am a traditional, non-traditional bride.

i think this is my fave of the ones that have been posted so far.

that top one is ESPECIALLY cool

I’ve previously made my dislike of diamonds known here, but I discovered that my mom has my great grandmother’s gorgeous platinum diamond engagement ring. And it fits me.

I’ll bang on about coloured stones to anyone who’ll listen. :)

Sorry if this is huge! This is my emerald sparkler. Diamonds are dead.

I’m sure they do but unless you’re dealing with someone who is into exposing themselves to unsuspecting people (which is not cool), they’re careful and wait until someone sits down and starts...getting excited. You can just sit forward to cover yourself until then. Or so I hear. Many of these places (like the Boston…

My daughter was 2 and during a flight to Portland her binkies took another flight, to Montreal, to visit binkie relatives. When we got home she discovered a postcard from them saying they loved Canada and they wanted to stay. She agreed to it.

Nope, Florentine is spinach.

And this is where all the arguments that people make about ‘just do as your told’ ‘dont resist’ ‘just go along with the cops, you’ll have your day in court afterwards’ becomes UTTER BULLSHIT. A traffic stop turned into rape! Know your rights. Refuse search. Call a lawyer. Jeesus this is messed up.

Ugh this. I only wash my hair once a week and keep it tied back in ponytails of varying height and tightness. Started growing my hair because I didnt want to look like every other douche out there with the same fade haircut and now I have to deal with a weekly 45 minute washing session to wash my hair and 3-4 hours of…

Being expected to leave the house. Ever.

Being forced to shower and maybe (probably not) brush my hair.

Waking up every morning.

Engagement lentil. All else is gaudy and wasteful.

I got an engagement stove. My fiance and I love to cook together and instead of a stupid ring that I might enjoy and he’d end up paying off sometime in the distant future, we invested in an incredible stove that we would both enjoy and use every single day. It’s got two convection ovens and ten burners, two of which…

“How dare you not offer an open display that you BELONG to someone else?!?!? Only another man's claim on you will make me leave you alone!"

This actually made me cry.

Many years ago at the group home for developmentally disabled teens where I worked there was a resident who really, really wanted to go to the best steak house in the city for his 18th birthday. He had behavior and anger issues, but was determined to earn that birthday dinner, and he managed it. So another staff…