NEW TREND...ENGAGEMENT WATCHES...CHICKS'S GET RINGS...WE GET WATCHES

[DCAllAfrican]

Originally Posted by RFX45

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

 If she gets a ring that people think doesn't look good, it will eat at her. 

But people wouldn't tell her the ring sucks anyways. 

A woman not getting complimented on something is essentially telling her that something sucks.

 

[sillyputty]

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

Originally Posted by ksteezy

perhaps when you start working and is your turn to give instead of receive during the holidays you might understand how we do in fact somewhat measure how much we appreciate those around us by how much money we are willing to spend on them, all considering and staying relative to the amount of money you make.

There is a difference between

A. Spending more on someone because of how much you love them compared to someone you hardly know.

and

B. Spending more on someone to PROVE how much you love them

Big difference there. Yes you are more likely to spend $$$ on someone if you have history on them, but the actually dollar amount that you spend is not a direct correlation to the amount of love you have for that person.

Exactly



These dudes are caught in the matrix.




I can't imagine these dudes trying to trade cows and goats for their woman's hand in marriage, but they fail to realize its equally as pointless as giving her GOLD RINGS as if that means something. 

 

[rfx45]

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

Originally Posted by RFX45

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

 If she gets a ring that people think doesn't look good, it will eat at her. 

But people wouldn't tell her the ring sucks anyways. 

A woman not getting complimented on something is essentially telling her that something sucks.

Women lie all the time. Even if it's horrible, they'll say it's nice and beautiful until that woman turns her back. It happens all the time when it comes to something new with women, from shoes to bag, from jewelry to hair. 

 

[dajoka004]

Originally Posted by DreSlay

Originally Posted by joeykadesh

It sounds cool, but a ring has much more meaning, I don't think a watch can capture that. 

true and who still uses watching? i just use my phone or computer

And you must be 15 years old. Watches are for grown ups. Go run along and play. 

 

[toanotherlevel]

Originally Posted by DaJoka004

Originally Posted by ToAnotherLevel



My fiancé is not a materialistic person; however, I knew that giving her a ring in the traditional manner would make her very happy.  To me – that’s what it’s all about, making her happy.  It brought me joy to see her tears of joy.  Tears of joy for the commitment we’re making to one another – not for the ring on her finger.  Yes, I’m sure she showed the ring off to her girlfriends – who cares.  Haven’t we all showed off our new toys to someone?

  

Someone gets it!
And don't even try to say your girl isn't materialistic, doesn't care about the ring, blah blah *+!+%#*+. She does. Every girl does. Buy what you can afford. Plus a little extra. If you're bringing in $80k a year, you better not be going to Zales and buying some $800 1/2 carat ring. Show her you care. And just as important, show the people around her you care. 

  
I don’t know why this guy quoted me to make his point about spending more than $800 on a ring if you’re making $80k annually.  I wanted to make it clear that I don’t endorse that statement, lol.

Carats and price shouldn’t matter.  I’d rethink marrying my fiancé if she felt that amount X or carat Y had a correlation with how much I love her.  With that said, if you’re going to get her a ring, get something that you’d be proud for her to wear - no matter the cost or carat weight.

 

[lazyj10]

Originally Posted by DreSlay

Originally Posted by joeykadesh

It sounds cool, but a ring has much more meaning, I don't think a watch can capture that. 

true and who still uses watching? i just use my phone or computer

Not to sound like an %#+, but businessmen.  Depends on the industry, but in accounting, finance, and law....you're using a wristwatch.   If you're in a different industry, then a phone/computer may be the norm.  Plenty of people are still wearing watches and it's not a fad.
  

 

[shoefreakbaby]

Originally Posted by ksteezy

Originally Posted by shoefreakbaby

Originally Posted by ksteezy

we are getting off topic sc, but let me ask you this..

-would you give your co-worker a gift of equal value as the one you would give your mother?...if not why?....if yes why?

i think you are biased on this topic, because at 17 i doubt you are making enough money to be gifting everyone you know....perhaps when you start working and is your turn to give instead of receive during the holidays you might understand how we do in fact somewhat measure how much we appreciate those around us by how much money we are willing to spend on them, all considering and staying relative to the amount of money you make.

But we can always change this way of thinking and there would be nothing wrong with that.

There was a time when simply writing a letter to someone was the best gift.

I think the fact that you are older and make money also makes you bias and easily willing to conform to what others think is right.

If you were dirt poor,u would find and alternative to that 250 jacket and your niece would have loved it cause she loves you and the gift is from you.

exactly, its all personal preference!!!!...im i going to talk down on DC for not getting his girl anything on valentines day???....or handcrafting a valentines day card instead of buying her an ipad or something, hell nooo...thats his life his choice, but thats not whats going on in this thread, we have this dude silly demanding reasons as to why i would spend xxxx amount of money on a ring simply because is a tradition to me and my wife, since those traditions dont make sense to him, he wants to talk down on it, clown it, discredit it.....

 my dude is on a real high horse and hes never coming off, he really believes in his heart dudes owe him an explanation.

Well Im not knocking you that ring was pretty, but I feel that ppl keep saying if you dont spend a lot, you dont care.

Silly just wants you to realize that these things don't have meaning personally to you because you didnt come up with them,

 so if you decide not to do it, thats ok, and if you decide to do it thats also ok.

But ppl bash you when you don't want to go with the wind.

For example, I dont want a maid of honor, I dont feel like its necessary.

When I tell ppl that they look at me like Im crazy, But im like you're calling me crazy.

You're having a made of honor just cause some old rule.

 Im choosing not to have one because I feel it represents that person having standing in your relationship and I dont like that view.

You owe him no explanation but in general ppl are going to ask you why you do what you do.

 We are running around in circles, everyone do what they want.

 

[shoefreakbaby]

Originally Posted by RFX45

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

Originally Posted by RFX45

But people wouldn't tell her the ring sucks anyways. 

A woman not getting complimented on something is essentially telling her that something sucks.

Women lie all the time. Even if it's horrible, they'll say it's nice and beautiful until that woman turns her back. It happens all the time when it comes to something new with women, from shoes to bag, from jewelry to hair. 

True

 

[sillyputty]

Originally Posted by shoefreakbaby

Originally Posted by ksteezy

Originally Posted by shoefreakbaby


But we can always change this way of thinking and there would be nothing wrong with that.

There was a time when simply writing a letter to someone was the best gift.

I think the fact that you are older and make money also makes you bias and easily willing to conform to what others think is right.

If you were dirt poor,u would find and alternative to that 250 jacket and your niece would have loved it cause she loves you and the gift is from you.

exactly, its all personal preference!!!!...im i going to talk down on DC for not getting his girl anything on valentines day???....or handcrafting a valentines day card instead of buying her an ipad or something, hell nooo...thats his life his choice, but thats not whats going on in this thread, we have this dude silly demanding reasons as to why i would spend xxxx amount of money on a ring simply because is a tradition to me and my wife, since those traditions dont make sense to him, he wants to talk down on it, clown it, discredit it.....

 my dude is on a real high horse and hes never coming off, he really believes in his heart dudes owe him an explanation.

Well Im not knocking you that ring was pretty, but I feel that ppl keep saying if you dont spend a lot, you dont care.







Silly just wants you to realize that these things don't have meaning personally to you because you didnt come up with them,

 so if you decide not to do it, thats ok, and if you decide to do it thats also ok.

But ppl bash you when you don't want to go with the wind.

For example, I dont want a maid of honor, I dont feel like its necessary.

When I tell ppl that they look at me like Im crazy, But im like you're calling me crazy.

You're having a made of honor just cause some old rule.

 Im choosing not to have one because I feel it represents that person having standing in your relationship and I dont like that view.

You owe him no explanation but in general ppl are going to ask you why you do what you do.

 We are running around in circles, everyone do what they want.

I agree with all of this but ESPECIALLY the last statement.
Do what you want..but dont get mad when you get called out for upholding POINTLESS, EMPTY, and VAPID "TRADITIONS"

Lets be honest, you don't sacrifice lambs or stick pins in voodoo dolls or pray to the sun god or dance for rain or... kidnap your wives and force them to marry you like in Kyrgyzstan: http://www.vice.com/vice-...-kyrgyzstan-part-1 

So why do you give them rings made of gold, platinum, or silver? 

 

[scshift]

Originally Posted by ksteezy

and you are right SC, i rarely post in the car thread, i rarely post in a college thread unless is someone looking for info on something similar to what i do, when it comes to discussions, i stick to what i know and lived, i dont go into the music forum, the only threads you will actively see me posting in, is relationship threads, the dressing better thread, the photography thread, those are things i know and thats ususally the threads i get into heated debates with some nters about.....i dont go writing walls of texts in threads I dont have first hand experience with, go through my post history....if we didnt know your age, i still wouldnt agree with what you say, just like i dont see eye to eye with silly whos older or DC for the most part on this matter, i just wouldnt know the reason why i dont agree with you, if anything im giving you props, because you are years ahead of your time, but no bro....you donot know it all and you are not always right.

I'm saying, if you wanted to talk about cars, college, music or whatever, there's nothing wrong with that. Speak what's on your mind. No one worth their weight in salt will hold it against you if you approach anything respectably. I didn't know much about Nikes until I started posting on NT. If I had stayed away cause I didn't have much experience with Nikes, I probably wouldn't even be talking to you today.

I know I'm not always right, and that's why I enter threads like this. So I can learn more about something I don't know much about. It's not as easy as saying "go out in the real world and see for yourself".

If you wanted to talk about things you didn't have much experience with, I'm sure anyone would give you an ear if your points were reasonable. I'm a member of Luxury4Play, which in case you didn't know is a message board targeting the extremely wealthy. Members own million dollar cars, yachts, houses you only see on TV, I've never even been around any of these things and I'm a poster there and they know my age... no one holds it against me or even brings it up.

It's all good though. You know it's nothing personal. Carry on

 

[dirtylicious]

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

^ But those two things are intertwined Dirty. If she gets a ring that people think doesn't look good, it will eat at her. People want nice things and they want others to talk about how nice those things are.

that's fine.. but it wasn't MY motivation.
but I disagree with your latter supposition

 

[dreslay]

Originally Posted by LazyJ10

Originally Posted by DreSlay

Originally Posted by joeykadesh

It sounds cool, but a ring has much more meaning, I don't think a watch can capture that. 

true and who still uses watching? i just use my phone or computer

Not to sound like an %#+, but businessmen.  Depends on the industry, but in accounting, finance, and law....you're using a wristwatch.   If you're in a different industry, then a phone/computer may be the norm.  Plenty of people are still wearing watches and it's not a fad.
  

I hear ya. I know its not a fad. I grew tired of wearing watches growing up because i would always just look somewhere else. Soon as the battery ran out i never replaced them. Went "through" 3 actually and have a brand new one upstairs(gift) that i TRY to wear on special occiacions but usually forget it due to not wearing it in so long and when i do remember, im wearing a long-sleeve polo and it always goes over it so I never really notice it and hence, do not use it. That being said, I barely recognize when people have them on and thats why I made that previous statement.


I will say was not aware of businesses like accounting, firm, and law using wristwatches hardcore like that. I KNOW this is gonna sound stupid, but is there a special reason for them wearing it that greatly effects their business other than *cough* tell time (for meetings and such)? Is there a special etiquette that im not aware of in those fields of business? I feel like your gonna give me that "You can tell a lot about a guy by his wristwatch" speech