• She won

    "After 3 and a half years, I knew what needed to be done."

    Andrew Fox, 24, Graduate Student
    Rochester, NY

    6th May 2008 in Gifts & Donations | Discuss (19) |

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  • Hey, glad she 'won'...but.... "WON", is that the right word? Does this mean you were the "prize" or that she was in some kind of "competition"? I dont know about you but..hm...a $600 engagement ring is not...quite....hitting the jackpot... Still, I dont mean to be an ass and I dont know the details... I just dont know that sayin 'she won' puts a good light on your whole view of women / yourself / your fiance. Cheers.

    Posted by: Basic Guy May 6th, 15:21

  • Congratulations and nice choice!

    Posted by: Happy Wife May 6th, 15:29

  • hmm.. is that a $600 engagement ring? seems cheap to me.. mind if i ask where you bought it?

    Posted by: meanie May 6th, 15:32

  • congratulations!

    Posted by: jess May 6th, 16:47

  • Marriage? Oh yeah, you definitely lost and she definitely won.

    But seriously, if you needed a bump to pay for the ring, good luck paying for a wedding. Congrats, I took the plunge last year.

    Posted by: Sly May 6th, 17:03

  • you're a good man andrew

    Posted by: mecablaze May 6th, 17:08

  • Jeez, could you spare it? That is mean, I know, but if you've been walled up in some college for awhile, the real world is really to going to bite!

    Posted by: Judith May 6th, 20:52

  • Jeebus!! Guys, obviously the ring wasn't -just- $600. But those extra $600 sure came in handy to HELP him get the ring, no?

    Posted by: Joey May 7th, 08:46

  • That's a diamond?

    Posted by: Magnifier May 7th, 11:37

  • The size of the diamond is so not important. It's the thought behind it, the way he proposed, and the fact that he used his money for that instead of video games. I was just happy to have a guy that loved me enough to give me a ring, the size didn't matter.

    Posted by: Newlywed May 8th, 10:12

  • Does the price of the ring matter or is it the symbolism it represents? Most people would love to have a $600 ring or just a ring at. Reality is that some people get the big expensive ring without a person's love rather than the cheaper ring from someone who loves than more than anything. Congrats to you both!

    Posted by: Stacey May 8th, 10:19

  • Good work chief, now cut your losses and run. If you never want to get laid again, there are cheaper ways to do it.

    Posted by: Johnny May 8th, 10:34

  • Dude, just endorse your check over to her instead.

    And instead of a wedding, it'll be much easier for you to just buy her a house and give her half your money.

    Hey, while you're at it...how about putting a padlock on your winky and giving her the key? And get ready to hear her gripe about your parents, brothers and sisters. Oh, and say bye bye to all your guy friends, too. She'll hate them.

    At least you have divorce to look forward to. Just don't have kids in the interim or you'll never be rid of her.

    Posted by: Patrick May 8th, 11:06

  • I didn't know they still sold Cracker Jacks?...

    Posted by: Mike May 8th, 12:15

  • you guys are douchebags.

    congratulations on the engagement! and forget about what these materialistic assholes are saying.

    and johnny must have lived a sad, sad life to think about marriage so negatively. not everyone has a miserable life, johnny.

    Posted by: justin May 8th, 17:19

  • That is the same configuration as my engagement ring with 3 stones! I'm a lover of emeralds though so my husband made the 2 side stones emeralds. We just got married last year.

    It was a little hard to find a matching wedding band, but I love the way it looks.

    Congratulations! If you have any of the dough left a bit of pre-marriage counseling won't hurt you. At the very least to counteract the negative opinions you read about on blog comments like this! If that is not your thing maybe just watch the movie "license to wed" together, it covers the main pressure points of marriages in a humorous way. Not the best movie of all time or anything but when looked at from the pre-marriage counseling perspective has some good points.

    Posted by: Danielle May 12th, 16:21

  • Congratulations dude. Very unselfish of you.

    Posted by: Eugene May 13th, 17:12

  • aww thats great so sweet...save up your money and elope. Weddings are a waste! what matters is the love you share though. so save the money you would spend on a wedding and put that as a down payment on your first new house together! Congrats!

    Posted by: jess May 20th, 15:58

  • Hey my engagement ring was $500. Bought by a man who loved me very much and was unemployed when he bought it. We are celebrating 11 years this year with 3 kids under the age of 5, and I wouldn't trade or "upgrade" my diamond for any money in the world. The sentiment behind it means more than the price. Congratulations and enjoy the ride of life...

    Posted by: Rebecca Jun 9th, 15:43

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