I love opals of any shade, really. I thought about trying to find a black opal for my engagement ring, but I had a feeling the Maternal Unit would whine about how "funereal/inappropriate" it was. I don't mind the white ones, but they're so ubiquitous here, I prefer the more unique colors. It also depends on how much "fire" the white ones have, some have a lot more than others.
i do not understand the way your Non-Maternal Unit thinks, nor do i want to. ;)
i had fire opal earrings long ago that my dad bought in australia, till some Miss Satan dumped my jewelry box in the trash can. i forgive her because she was 3 years old at the time, but STILL. :)
mama likes the milk opals with fire in them, she did have a beautiful line bracelet that was all opals, but that was before the house was robbed the first time.
I don't remember the occasion, but a few years ago my MIL gave me a pair of earrings she'd had for years. Dragonflies, with the top wings made of white opals and the bottom wings made of blue opals, the dragonfly body in gold.
OOOoooo those sound REALLY lovely! my opal earrings were smallish cabochon studs. little but firey, you know?
then TheEngineer got me a silver ring with fire opal inlay about 2 years ago, i'd had it maybe 6 months when mama's house was robbed. so i asked him if he was ok with it, then i gave it to her. (his opinion was that once he gave it to me, it was mine to do whatever with. smart man!)
I like how your husband thinks. I'm very careful to know the exact whereabouts of the paperwork relating to the down payment on this house. It was a wedding present from the Parental Units, and I've actually asked her to her face more than once if she ever intends to renege if I piss her off. Of course, she says no, but I wouldn't put it past her. I've also had several occasions in the past where I've gotten some bullshit "gift" from the Maternal Unit which I have no use for at all (whodathunk), so I've given it to Goodwill, only for her to later ask for the gift *back* because I was "unappreciative/ungrateful"! Then she gets even more pissed when I tell her I no longer have it.
my thoughts on gift giving is that i need to make it meaningful for the recipient (UNLESS i'm trying to go for the big laugh) and once it is in their hands? it's theirs to do with as they wish.
now, the SIL giving the add-a-bead bracelet that we chose for her this last christmas to her former foster daughter/our niece the very next week? pissed me off ONLY because that was a sentimental thing and it would have been nice to be ASKED my opinion before it was given away. i would have told her yes, of course, but that isnt the point, you know?
other than that, i give you something? its YOURS. :)
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i had fire opal earrings long ago that my dad bought in australia, till some Miss Satan dumped my jewelry box in the trash can. i forgive her because she was 3 years old at the time, but STILL. :)
mama likes the milk opals with fire in them, she did have a beautiful line bracelet that was all opals, but that was before the house was robbed the first time.
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then TheEngineer got me a silver ring with fire opal inlay about 2 years ago, i'd had it maybe 6 months when mama's house was robbed. so i asked him if he was ok with it, then i gave it to her. (his opinion was that once he gave it to me, it was mine to do whatever with. smart man!)
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*Shrug*
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now, the SIL giving the add-a-bead bracelet that we chose for her this last christmas to her former foster daughter/our niece the very next week? pissed me off ONLY because that was a sentimental thing and it would have been nice to be ASKED my opinion before it was given away. i would have told her yes, of course, but that isnt the point, you know?
other than that, i give you something? its YOURS. :)
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