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11-01-2008 7:47pm#1
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Course you can, that ring is a big thing. Shes only gonna have one and its gonna be kept for a long long time...possibly will be past down through generations so you might as well get it right....
Pop the Q and then go look for rings.....or pop the Q in New York where you can get the ring cheaper
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Of course you can pop the question without the ring. Shell probably appreciate being able to choose the one she likes. (And most couples choose the ring together in my experience).
And you could also do something silly and romantic like share a pack of rolos and when theyre gone, screw up the foil into a ring and get down on one knee.
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ooooh Best of Luck.
My friends have recently got engaged & they did it without rings.
The guy popped the question with an empty ring box & a note saying " IOU 1 ring"
Brilliant, she said yes when he told her he was taking her, not only to chose the ring, but also to Antwerp (??) to buy the diamond!
my friend was chuffed that he hadnt bought the ring, as she said, shes going to be stuck with it for years, so she better chose one she'll love
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hello_kitty wrote: »Of course you can ask her to marry you without a ring but if you really wanted to have one you could get a cheap one (argos, H.Samuel etc) just for the proposal and then the two of you can choose the official ring together. I'm sure the fact that you're asking her to be your wife will be the most important thing to her at that moment..Good Luck
I like the idea of getting a cheapy kinda ring for the proposal just because of the sentimentality that could be attached to it... But failing that a funny hula-hoop/jelly/onion ring would also be ok. If you do go down the cheapy-ring option, make sure she knows it's not the *real* one...that could be disastrous! Best of luck! 0 -
yea I would definitely do something quirky instead of handing her an actual ring. Something that makes you both laugh is the way to go.
As a fully fledged, fully paid up leftie hippy type person, I feel I should say that when you buy the ring, try and make sure you know where the diamonds are from. Lots of people (including kiddies) have been killed of have had limbs chopped off in the production of diamonds in many african diamond mines. Most good diamond dealers can produce a cert, showing that their diamonds are from reputable sources. I would only buy a diamond if I knew where it came from. Ask about their policies on "conflict diamonds". A jeweller will know what you're talking about.
Now that I've done the obligatory hippy-talk, may I wish u and ur (hopefully) missus all the best in the future
Let us know how you get on. Good luck, dude.0 -
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how so?
Didn't you say you were going to new zealand to live, though?
I lived there for a while. Took a pretty hefty pay cut to go there, but never had so much money in my life. Cheap place to live, so you can buy all the conflict diamonds you want 0 -
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as someone who made full use of tesco and lidl value in ireland, i find things to be a little more expensive here, generally. it's like shopping in dunnes all the time. cheap, but not the cheapest. except tesco and lidl haven't made it over here yet.
21/2 words...Pak 'n' Save. Ugh I hate that place though.
Now back on topic. Good luck later with the proposal 0 -
I like the empty ring box with the IOU in it or the jelly ring idea.
I don't think getting a cheap ring is a great idea as the person might think it's the real think and explaining 'oh by the way this isn't the real ring, you're worth more to me than a €20 elizabeth duke ring' while proposing might kinda ruin the moment!
Now to just figure out how to communicate subliminally with the OH when the time comes!!
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ooooh Best of Luck.
My friends have recently got engaged & they did it without rings.
The guy popped the question with an empty ring box & a note saying " IOU 1 ring"
Brilliant, she said yes when he told her he was taking her, not only to chose the ring, but also to Antwerp (??) to buy the diamond!
my friend was chuffed that he hadnt bought the ring, as she said, shes going to be stuck with it for years, so she better chose one she'll love
Oh my mate went to Antwerp to get his gf there ring, same ring here cost twice as much.******
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21/2 words...Pak 'n' Save. Ugh I hate that place though.
Now back on topic. Good luck later with the proposal
like i siad... it's like dunnes... cheap...but i paid less for stuff when i shopped in lidl and tesco. tis pretty good though. and the 250g black forest dairy milks for $2.50 are just to die for... 0 -
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