On the 'wedding industry'.

[miss_anastasia]

So, I was recently the very happy recipient of a very special gift: My engagement ring. Yes, we're very happy, and we think, so far, that the wedding will happen sometime next summer (though I already have so many dates to avoid, looking just at members of my bridal party (their weddings, and the weddings they will be in) and my family (their

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[wrin]

I winced at your engagement party when I heard comments about your ring and 'diamonds' in the same sentence.

Some people have no tact.

[miss_anastasia]

I think... it is amusing. That they somehow feel sorry for me because I don't have diamonds. As if I'm so hard done by to have someone who, though they'll go having fairy tale rings made for me, somehow can't manage to buy me diamonds. If I wanted them, I'd have them. That I don't have them means he knows me well enough to know I didn't want them, and cares enough to get something I'll like, rather than what the world tells him I should want.

[nt_confidential]

My sincerest félicitations. I remember that fairy tale well. It's perfect for you, so I take it you're not sending the pearls back crushed. If so, mind your next glass of milk. :)

[ali_kira]

Congratulations! That sounds absolutely wonderful. Honestly, way more meaningful than diamonds (which have their own issues to contend with).

I'm so happy for you!

Some People's Children!

[anonymous]

The ring thing is difficult