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I honestly dont care if i get a bottle cap for a wedding ring i would take anything for the one i love
I told my ex-fiance that he could propose with the ring from a cracker jack box and I would be fine with that! He put the ring in a bag of cracker jacks but had to beg me to eat some because I wasn't in the mood!
^ This. And you know what? Even after we explain that we aren't, in detail, the verdict is still, for some, "Well, most women are gold-diggers...I'm sure of it...somehow." So there ya have it. Some people want to believe what they want to believe, so they can keep on blaming the opposite sex for their own relationship failures.
I told my ex-fiance that he could propose with the ring from a cracker jack box and I would be fine with that! He put the ring in a bag of cracker jacks but had to beg me to eat some because I wasn't in the mood!
I know! It was really sweet! He just turned out to be the wrong guy for me. I think he's with someone else now and I hope they are really happy together!
If its really about love it shouldn't matter where he bought it from
well somebody obviously bought her a wal mart ring. lol.
almost always with wal mart you get what you pay for. the items are cheap, not well made but serve a TEMPORARY purpose. I bought tee shirts from there and they shrunk or whatever after 1 wash. It's not the place to be buying significant jewelry for a man or a woman.....
I'd like to know how many of those posting on here about low quality Walmart rings have ever looked at them. I haven't, but I'm curious. As one poster noted, gold is rated and diamonds are rated. I'd guess that Walmart sells the exact same jewelry as many jewelry stores. I don't know which would be less expensive, but simply because it came from Walmart shouldn't be a big deal, and at least at they have a 30-day return policy if she says no.
I stole the first engagement ring that I gave my wife, and she knew it. It was a spoon on the table where we were having dinner. I bent the handle (under the table cloth) to fit my pinkie finger, took a knee and popped the question as I presented it to her. I guess she really loved me! (I did buy a prettier one a week later -- and no, not from Walmart.)
But my son did me one better. His (now) wife bought her own -- a 4 karat solitaire from eBay! She had apparently bought it as an investment and told him that it would be her engagement ring if they got to that point.
I'd like to know how many of those posting on here about low quality Walmart rings have ever looked at them. I haven't, but I'm curious. As one poster noted, gold is rated and diamonds are rated. I'd guess that Walmart sells the exact same jewelry as many jewelry stores. I don't know which would be less expensive, but simply because it came from Walmart shouldn't be a big deal, and at least at they have a 30-day return policy if she says no.
I stole the first engagement ring that I gave my wife, and she knew it. It was a spoon on the table where we were having dinner. I bent the handle (under the table cloth) to fit my pinkie finger, took a knee and popped the question as I presented it to her. I guess she really loved me! (I did buy a prettier one a week later -- and no, not from Walmart.)
But my son did me one better. His (now) wife bought her own -- a 4 karat solitaire from eBay! She had apparently bought it as an investment and told him that it would be her engagement ring if they got to that point.
I don't think anyone is on here has said that their ring has to be expensive or can't be from Walmart. I think the problem here is with the OP.
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Originally Posted by tonygeorgia
If its really about love it shouldn't matter where he bought it from
This comes across sort of like, "If you really love a guy - he can pick up a piece of crap off the floor, propose, and you should swoon in ecstasy. If you don't feel this way - you're a gold digger." Or rather - that's the way that many men on here seem to think. If you want or have a nice ring - you are a gold digger. Like I said before - it IS the thought. You can make a spoon special and give it with love. You created a memory - that's wonderful. But the OP comes across like - I'm gonna give you what I'm gonna give you and you're going to like it or you can hit the road. That's not love. And perhaps I'm coloring this OP a bit - but judging from his other threads - it seems to fit. And this also seems to be the attitude of some (maybe just one or two) of our posters and it's annoying. That's not love.
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Marriage is about love. The ring is about something you have to wear and live with and look at for the rest of your life (hopefully). I wouldn't want something I wasn't really happy with but that doesn't mean it couldn't come from WalMart...it just couldn't be made poorly or look bad.
A guy can propose without a ring. And if he proposed with a crappy ring I'd still say yes if I loved him...but then go with him to exchange it
It should definitely not be about the money. My concern about Walmart is actually the same I have with most Jewellers that their products come from environmentally and ethically destructive policies. One of the reasons I didn't want an engagement ring or wedding ring was trying to find one which did not mean blood diamonds, appalling mining for both the environment and local populations concerned etc....
Walmart to me epitomises unethical behaviour as a global corporation. And low quality.
However I do believe a marriage is not based on the value of shiny baubbles, whether expensive or not. I would personally prefer not to have a wedding ring than one which is not very good quality of unethical in its production but its intrinsic value is more about the feelign behind it.
A man should not have to spend tons of money on a woman to be a worthy suitor. I would chose a poor but decent man any day oever a flashy blingy guy who defines himself by his bank balance.
And I despise women who judge a man likewise.
A wedding ring is at the end of the day a symbol and symbols do not have to cost the earth, literally and figuratively. Hubby got a recycle wooden and silver ring and it is lovely. It cost under a $100 at the time but has been commented on it many times. People seem to love it.
I realise $100 is a lot of money for some people and I do understand that for some people the only option is something as cheap as possible.
What does it matter what anyone else thinks about MY ring? I am very proud of it. He chose from three that I had picked. That's the way he wanted to do it. I even posted a pic on here and some degraded it...doesn't bother me.. a ring is a ring. He, however is awesome.
And I might add he could have afforded much, much more...but, it is a symbol of our love, not the reason I love him.
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Some people want to believe what they want to believe, so they can keep on blaming the opposite sex for their own relationship failures.
(I did buy a prettier one a week later -- and no, not from Walmart.)
