It’s a great sentiment, but it doesn’t hold true in reality. There are a lot of criteria someone can search for a partner on but the engagement ring one is a hard brick wall to try to get past. It crosses race and socio-economic boundaries and it is a hard deal breaker for a large number of women. Given everything…

If you have a boy tell him to look for a partner that will be willing to make the whole engagement/marriage thing a discussion. That he is NOT screwed and he absolutely can say to someone “I just don’t feel comfortable spending more than x amount on this”. 

The child porn laws about kids taken picture of themselves and their friends sounded pretty weird to me at first, but I’ve completely come around to it.

Here is the thing, kids do shitty things.

The problem we encounter today is the mistakes the kids make stay with them, by virtue of digital media, so it makes a difficult situation even more difficult, because it doesn’t get let go. It is amplified.

You’ll be lucky to get 20% of the purchase price back if you sell. That’s how bad the markup is on diamond rings. It’s value lies in sentimentality, not financial wisdom.

YES YES YES to all of this. My partner did propose with a ring, but I would have been PISSED if it had been expensive to that level. I also would have been annoyed with a enormous flashy situation because that would show a major lack of understanding about my life (i.e. I do like jewelry, I do wear small rings, but I…

It’s not the list that got the attention, though, it’s the brave actions of the girls and the thoughtful response from the boys that is different and newsworthy. It’s a good story with an unexpected result, not to mention that the boy’s name was kept anonymous, so this will not follow him. Your critique really isn’t…

My husband gave me his grandmother’s ring, and it sits in my jewelry box because I have a field job where it’s completely impractical for me to wear daily. Hell, I didn’t even wear it when we were engaged. I would have been completely pissed at him if he wasted any money buying a ring. 

I’m reading that the couples fought amongst themselves because the women strongly feel that their men should go into debt to buy rings as evidence of their love and devotion. Those are some effed up values, so maybe it’s time to evaluate those friendships.

I think this would cause a lot of ring purchases to not happen. Seriously it’s one thing for a girlfriend to expect a 5-figure ring given to her when she has no stake in the partnership. It’s quite another thing when you’re in a union together with joint finances and you have to make a choice TOGETHER to blow over…

Got into fights with you or got into fights with one another? And either way... why would they care??

Go big or go home, Waluigi Toadstool Smith

I mean, if I build bookshelf, wouldn’t I be the owner? Same principle applies, I assume.

That reminds me of a friend named Adolpha (a black woman, no less.) She’s not on good terms with her parents.

Is she still young enough to be tried as a minor once she commits patricide?

Boy: Awesome Sauce

I’ma gonna win!

I love her!  “Fucking rich people!”

Bu Waluigi is better.