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Old 10-29-2013, 04:28 AM
 
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I declare BS. It's not like the ring was purchased for some other woman he broke up with before getting together with you.
Well it really only matters what the woman you are giving it to thinks. But since you ask. I have been with guys who thought that they knew me and what I wanted better than I did. It is not a lot of fun. Having MY thoughts and wishes at least heard, if not even understood or acted upon is important to me. I would bet it is to most people. For me, it would not be about the ring. I don't care much about such things. But a guy who thought in terms of I knew The One would love this ring before I even met her? I would think that dude was a little out of touch with reality, good for a fun ride, but not the long haul.
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Old 10-29-2013, 05:33 AM
 
Location: Texas
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how would you ever know unless he was silly enough to tell you...
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Old 10-29-2013, 07:05 AM
 
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I think people take this stuff to seriously. I don't get it. Isn't the ring suppose to be a symbol of his love and promise to marry? It shouldn't matter what it looks like, what it cost or where he got it.
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Old 10-29-2013, 07:32 AM
 
Location: Canada
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I think people take this stuff to seriously. I don't get it. Isn't the ring suppose to be a symbol of his love and promise to marry? It shouldn't matter what it looks like, what it cost or where he got it.
How about when he got it?

Buying an engagement ring when you don't even have a girlfriend?
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Old 10-29-2013, 07:39 AM
 
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How about when he got it?

Buying an engagement ring when you don't even have a girlfriend?
I don't see the big deal. He believes he will get married some day.Back in the day high school girls started a hope chest collecting things for when they were married.
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Old 10-29-2013, 08:14 AM
 
Location: Texas
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You'd leave the love of your life over something that could be interpreted as being a tad presumptuous? It could just as easily be viewed as romantic. Guy dreams of girl he'd want to marry, goes out and buys a ring based on her personality/tastes that he's so attracted to in the first place, and then against all odds actually finds the woman of his dreams to a T.
Again. Strangely scripted. Be more organic, man. The girl of your dreams might not even want a ring.
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Old 10-29-2013, 08:15 AM
 
Location: The Hall of Justice
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But Philo. You know I am already married.
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Old 10-29-2013, 08:18 AM
 
Location: Texas
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I don't see the big deal. He believes he will get married some day.Back in the day high school girls started a hope chest collecting things for when they were married.
The hope chest wasn't filled with things they expected their husbands to wear.
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Old 10-29-2013, 08:25 AM
 
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The hope chest wasn't filled with things they expected their husbands to wear.
No. But the principle is the same: guy buys engagement ring in hope of future marriage, girl fills chest in hopes of future marriage.
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Old 10-29-2013, 08:25 AM
 
Location: Long Island, NY
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I'd have a hard time believing that the ring wasn't for someone else. My thought would be, "Eww, he's proposing with the ring he got for the last gf who turned him down or they broke up and he never got rid of it."If it was a family heirloom then that's completely different.
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