OT: Engagement Rings

[davelj]

[quote=UCGal]
I’m curious Dave… how old are you?
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[davelj]

[quote=CBad][quote=davelj]

Dave, what are you expecting from this thread?

Clearly you don’t know your target audience.[/quote]

I’m expecting answers of all kinds, which is exactly what I’m getting. You’re assuming that I’m looking for some particular set of answers when you suggest that I “don’t know my target audience.” All I did was ask a couple of questions. That you read something into this that isn’t there says more about you than it does about me.

[davelj]

[quote=CBad][quote=davelj]

Dave, what are you expecting from this thread?

Clearly you don’t know your target audience.[/quote]

I’m expecting answers of all kinds, which is exactly what I’m getting. You’re assuming that I’m looking for some particular set of answers when you suggest that I “don’t know my target audience.” All I did was ask a couple of questions. That you read something into this that isn’t there says more about you than it does about me.

[davelj]

[quote=CBad][quote=davelj]

Dave, what are you expecting from this thread?

Clearly you don’t know your target audience.[/quote]

I’m expecting answers of all kinds, which is exactly what I’m getting. You’re assuming that I’m looking for some particular set of answers when you suggest that I “don’t know my target audience.” All I did was ask a couple of questions. That you read something into this that isn’t there says more about you than it does about me.

[davelj]

[quote=CBad][quote=davelj]

Dave, what are you expecting from this thread?

Clearly you don’t know your target audience.[/quote]

I’m expecting answers of all kinds, which is exactly what I’m getting. You’re assuming that I’m looking for some particular set of answers when you suggest that I “don’t know my target audience.” All I did was ask a couple of questions. That you read something into this that isn’t there says more about you than it does about me.

[davelj]

[quote=CBad][quote=davelj]

Dave, what are you expecting from this thread?

Clearly you don’t know your target audience.[/quote]

I’m expecting answers of all kinds, which is exactly what I’m getting. You’re assuming that I’m looking for some particular set of answers when you suggest that I “don’t know my target audience.” All I did was ask a couple of questions. That you read something into this that isn’t there says more about you than it does about me.

[CocoaGoddess]

*long time lurking unofficial Pigg here*

My husband and I both have matching gold bands that we got from JCPenny a few days before we were married by the JOP. $200 TOTAL. Honestly, a fancy diamond was the last thing on my mind, as he was still college student working a low paying job, and we were young parents. I had friends and relatives telling me that when he graduated and started making the big bucks, then I could “demand” a better ring for an anniversary.

10 years later, he’s a doctor and we are financially stable, but I wouldn’t dream of replacing my cheapo, 10k wedding band. It is so meaningful to me, and represents what our relationship is all about.

I also drive a 12 year old beater and buy my clothes from Target and Kohls, so obviously I couldn’t care less about playing the part of adored, spoiled wife.

[CocoaGoddess]

*long time lurking unofficial Pigg here*

My husband and I both have matching gold bands that we got from JCPenny a few days before we were married by the JOP. $200 TOTAL. Honestly, a fancy diamond was the last thing on my mind, as he was still college student working a low paying job, and we were young parents. I had friends and relatives telling me that when he graduated and started making the big bucks, then I could “demand” a better ring for an anniversary.

10 years later, he’s a doctor and we are financially stable, but I wouldn’t dream of replacing my cheapo, 10k wedding band. It is so meaningful to me, and represents what our relationship is all about.

I also drive a 12 year old beater and buy my clothes from Target and Kohls, so obviously I couldn’t care less about playing the part of adored, spoiled wife.

[CocoaGoddess]

*long time lurking unofficial Pigg here*

My husband and I both have matching gold bands that we got from JCPenny a few days before we were married by the JOP. $200 TOTAL. Honestly, a fancy diamond was the last thing on my mind, as he was still college student working a low paying job, and we were young parents. I had friends and relatives telling me that when he graduated and started making the big bucks, then I could “demand” a better ring for an anniversary.

10 years later, he’s a doctor and we are financially stable, but I wouldn’t dream of replacing my cheapo, 10k wedding band. It is so meaningful to me, and represents what our relationship is all about.

I also drive a 12 year old beater and buy my clothes from Target and Kohls, so obviously I couldn’t care less about playing the part of adored, spoiled wife.

[CocoaGoddess]

*long time lurking unofficial Pigg here*

My husband and I both have matching gold bands that we got from JCPenny a few days before we were married by the JOP. $200 TOTAL. Honestly, a fancy diamond was the last thing on my mind, as he was still college student working a low paying job, and we were young parents. I had friends and relatives telling me that when he graduated and started making the big bucks, then I could “demand” a better ring for an anniversary.

10 years later, he’s a doctor and we are financially stable, but I wouldn’t dream of replacing my cheapo, 10k wedding band. It is so meaningful to me, and represents what our relationship is all about.

I also drive a 12 year old beater and buy my clothes from Target and Kohls, so obviously I couldn’t care less about playing the part of adored, spoiled wife.

[CocoaGoddess]

*long time lurking unofficial Pigg here*

My husband and I both have matching gold bands that we got from JCPenny a few days before we were married by the JOP. $200 TOTAL. Honestly, a fancy diamond was the last thing on my mind, as he was still college student working a low paying job, and we were young parents. I had friends and relatives telling me that when he graduated and started making the big bucks, then I could “demand” a better ring for an anniversary.

10 years later, he’s a doctor and we are financially stable, but I wouldn’t dream of replacing my cheapo, 10k wedding band. It is so meaningful to me, and represents what our relationship is all about.

I also drive a 12 year old beater and buy my clothes from Target and Kohls, so obviously I couldn’t care less about playing the part of adored, spoiled wife.

[davelj]

[quote=CA renter]

Maybe that’s why the female Piggs find your posts so offensive, dave. You’re generalizing based on the people **you** seem to associate with. That has nothing to do with how real, quality women behave. Most women are not gold-diggers. [/quote]

If you are truly “offended” by my posts, then it means you see some truth in them. I’m sorry, but there’s no other explanation. To give you an example, if you were to walk up to me in a bar and say, “Davelj, you are the biggest asshole on earth due to X, Y, and Z,” my response would be, “Duly noted. Bartender, I’ll have another beer.” In other words, you can’t be offended unless you respect the offender or see some truth in the comments. If I were a woman, I wouldn’t be the least bit offended by anything I’ve written here. But that’s just me.

[quote=CA renter]
Perhaps if you changed what **you** are looking for, you’d find there’s a great, big world filled with really decent women who might be looking for a partnership with someone they love. You’re chasing after really hot women who don’t want a committment. Of course you’re going to see a lot of gold-diggers (who try to “trick” men into getting them pregnant, too???). Why would you expect anything different? You get what you give.[/quote]

Two faulty assumptions here: (1) that I’m looking for “decent” women, and (2) that I have a problem with gold diggers. Neither is the case. If I were interested in marrying a “decent woman,” I’d be married to one already. And I find nothing at all wrong with gold diggers – it’s a perfectly respectable pursuit. In fact, I find them more than a little bit entertaining. Although it does irritate me a bit when the gold digger set lays into prostitution, unwilling to concede that it’s a tomato/tomahto issue.

[davelj]

[quote=CA renter]

Maybe that’s why the female Piggs find your posts so offensive, dave. You’re generalizing based on the people **you** seem to associate with. That has nothing to do with how real, quality women behave. Most women are not gold-diggers. [/quote]

If you are truly “offended” by my posts, then it means you see some truth in them. I’m sorry, but there’s no other explanation. To give you an example, if you were to walk up to me in a bar and say, “Davelj, you are the biggest asshole on earth due to X, Y, and Z,” my response would be, “Duly noted. Bartender, I’ll have another beer.” In other words, you can’t be offended unless you respect the offender or see some truth in the comments. If I were a woman, I wouldn’t be the least bit offended by anything I’ve written here. But that’s just me.

[quote=CA renter]
Perhaps if you changed what **you** are looking for, you’d find there’s a great, big world filled with really decent women who might be looking for a partnership with someone they love. You’re chasing after really hot women who don’t want a committment. Of course you’re going to see a lot of gold-diggers (who try to “trick” men into getting them pregnant, too???). Why would you expect anything different? You get what you give.[/quote]

Two faulty assumptions here: (1) that I’m looking for “decent” women, and (2) that I have a problem with gold diggers. Neither is the case. If I were interested in marrying a “decent woman,” I’d be married to one already. And I find nothing at all wrong with gold diggers – it’s a perfectly respectable pursuit. In fact, I find them more than a little bit entertaining. Although it does irritate me a bit when the gold digger set lays into prostitution, unwilling to concede that it’s a tomato/tomahto issue.

[davelj]

[quote=CA renter]

Maybe that’s why the female Piggs find your posts so offensive, dave. You’re generalizing based on the people **you** seem to associate with. That has nothing to do with how real, quality women behave. Most women are not gold-diggers. [/quote]

If you are truly “offended” by my posts, then it means you see some truth in them. I’m sorry, but there’s no other explanation. To give you an example, if you were to walk up to me in a bar and say, “Davelj, you are the biggest asshole on earth due to X, Y, and Z,” my response would be, “Duly noted. Bartender, I’ll have another beer.” In other words, you can’t be offended unless you respect the offender or see some truth in the comments. If I were a woman, I wouldn’t be the least bit offended by anything I’ve written here. But that’s just me.

[quote=CA renter]
Perhaps if you changed what **you** are looking for, you’d find there’s a great, big world filled with really decent women who might be looking for a partnership with someone they love. You’re chasing after really hot women who don’t want a committment. Of course you’re going to see a lot of gold-diggers (who try to “trick” men into getting them pregnant, too???). Why would you expect anything different? You get what you give.[/quote]

Two faulty assumptions here: (1) that I’m looking for “decent” women, and (2) that I have a problem with gold diggers. Neither is the case. If I were interested in marrying a “decent woman,” I’d be married to one already. And I find nothing at all wrong with gold diggers – it’s a perfectly respectable pursuit. In fact, I find them more than a little bit entertaining. Although it does irritate me a bit when the gold digger set lays into prostitution, unwilling to concede that it’s a tomato/tomahto issue.

[davelj]

[quote=CA renter]

Maybe that’s why the female Piggs find your posts so offensive, dave. You’re generalizing based on the people **you** seem to associate with. That has nothing to do with how real, quality women behave. Most women are not gold-diggers. [/quote]

If you are truly “offended” by my posts, then it means you see some truth in them. I’m sorry, but there’s no other explanation. To give you an example, if you were to walk up to me in a bar and say, “Davelj, you are the biggest asshole on earth due to X, Y, and Z,” my response would be, “Duly noted. Bartender, I’ll have another beer.” In other words, you can’t be offended unless you respect the offender or see some truth in the comments. If I were a woman, I wouldn’t be the least bit offended by anything I’ve written here. But that’s just me.

[quote=CA renter]
Perhaps if you changed what **you** are looking for, you’d find there’s a great, big world filled with really decent women who might be looking for a partnership with someone they love. You’re chasing after really hot women who don’t want a committment. Of course you’re going to see a lot of gold-diggers (who try to “trick” men into getting them pregnant, too???). Why would you expect anything different? You get what you give.[/quote]

Two faulty assumptions here: (1) that I’m looking for “decent” women, and (2) that I have a problem with gold diggers. Neither is the case. If I were interested in marrying a “decent woman,” I’d be married to one already. And I find nothing at all wrong with gold diggers – it’s a perfectly respectable pursuit. In fact, I find them more than a little bit entertaining. Although it does irritate me a bit when the gold digger set lays into prostitution, unwilling to concede that it’s a tomato/tomahto issue.

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