R3v halp

[z31maniac]

Be careful going with a corundum, Ruby/sapphires.. also very hard durable stones... but buying from the mall / chain like places, most all those stones are going to lab created stones.... NOT WORTH PUTTING YOUR MONEY INTO. yes they are nearly perfect and look great but they are not the natural stone. A REAL ruby from Burma will carry a greater price in the market than most all but the finest quality diamonds. And Burmese pigeons blood ruby is not very translucent.. Some of the better natural sapphires of all colors come out of a few places in Montana and a will run you about 900 a carat give or take for a pretty good one

My mom practically raised me in a jewelry store and we are still going through her lifes collection and she passed away 2 years ago

The ring my ex-wife got from a mall jewelry store chain ended up being much more durable than the one that one of the "specialty" stores of the first one. They replaced it 3 times because the stones kept falling out and finally gave us our money back + $150 for a dinner.


And buying stones as an "investment" is stupid anyway, unless you can somehow get below wholesale pricing.

Go buy that $10,000 ring and then see what you can get for it. If you could get 33% of retail you'd being do well.

Lose it or have it stolen and have your insurance company replace it based on it's appraisal, specs, pictures. People get really pissed off when they find out insurance can replace their $6,000 ring for $3,500 through an even more high quality jeweler.

And when the apocalypse comes, no one is going to trade you food, water, ammunition, etc, for a fancy ring.

In other words, spending real money on jewelry is just dumb.

[naplesE30]

I vote ring. I bought my wife's ring for $1000 11 years ago. No it wasn't impressive, but I paid cash. Here honey a $5000 dollar ring and some debt you can help me pay off when married isn't much of a gift was my thinking. Not saying your financing the ring but many do. I also bought from a jeweler that will take trade in at your retail price towards a new ring. So if she wants to upgrade down the road you can. Jewelry is a terrible waste of money in my mind and a more expensive ring only makes your wife a better target for thieves in my opinion.

Either way, if she is the one, don't waste time sealing the deal! Congrats

[2mAn]

R3v halp

My wife wanted Tanzanite, being that it’s NOT a diamond I was able to get her a fat rock. She loves it and gets compliments all the time

BTW you know you have to invite all of r3v to your wedding, even decay. It was buried in the agreement you all blindly signed

[z31maniac]

My wife wanted Tanzanite, being that it’s NOT a diamond I was able to get her a fat rock. She loves it and gets compliments all the time

BTW you know you have to invite all of r3v to your wedding, even decay. It was buried in the agreement you all blindly signed

I'm ded

[Ryan...]

HA! Nothing wrong with that! There was a long time my ex-wife made more than me.

I don't understand guys who are emasculated by that.

Shit, half my coworkers at the PD have wives that make more than them :D

I have absolutely no issue with her making more. I don't expect, and wouldn't want her to treat me any differently than she does now with me paying for everything. Splitting half and half, or her just outright buying the stuff she wants is perfectly fine.

It's almost annoying hearing people telling me to "lock it up, she's going to be rich" as if I expect to reap massive rewards from that. We'll probably have a nicer house than we would if she were making $30-40k a year as a teacher like she wanted to be when we met, but other than that I don't see money changing her at all. Then again, if she wants to buy me my dream Ferrari 360 I wouldn't tell her to take it back :D

Be careful going with a corundum, Ruby/sapphires.. also very hard durable stones... but buying from the mall / chain like places, most all those stones are going to lab created stones....

All I know if that she wants a halo ring, silver/white gold/platinum band with regular clear diamonds. No ruby's or other colored stones.

I vote ring. I bought my wife's ring for $1000 11 years ago. No it wasn't impressive, but I paid cash. Here honey a $5000 dollar ring and some debt you can help me pay off when married isn't much of a gift was my thinking. Not saying your financing the ring but many do. I also bought from a jeweler that will take trade in at your retail price towards a new ring. So if she wants to upgrade down the road you can. Jewelry is a terrible waste of money in my mind and a more expensive ring only makes your wife a better target for thieves in my opinion.

Either way, if she is the one, don't waste time sealing the deal! Congrats

If I stay within my budget I'll be paying cash, unless they want to offer 0% financing because then why not? Wouldn't hurt to add a card and make monthly payments, build credit up and whatnot.

BTW you know you have to invite all of r3v to your wedding, even decay. It was buried in the agreement you all blindly signed

I've already got some peeps from BFC demanding invites, so some R3V people wouldn't hurt lol
I think the my relationship with Decay might be too toxic, and the venues I'm looking at don't allow masks :(

/s

sorry decay, i'll invite you too if i invite other R3Vers.

[decay]

I keep getting stupider and fatter with each passing month.

that happens to cops. find a different line of work.

(i was going to apologize for fucking with you here, but i see you shot first, so you're fair game)

if you found the right one, put a ring on it. that should be prioritized above all else.

a bit of real talk to maybe personalize us to each other: i found the right one. i caught pneumonia and a viral stomach infection at the same time in january and almost didn't make it. as in, i passed out and had a seizure at home, got taken to the ER and sent promptly to the ICU, my mom drove down from north while i was in a coma and the nurses were asking her if i had a will.

she was in her last semester of her master's degree program in architecture and she bailed out of school and didn't leave my side or the hospital bed for the 8 days i was in kaiser. she got put on academic probation but graduated anyway and got her first gig 2 months ago.

that's how you know you found the right one. if she is that kind of partner to you, put a ring on it, now. the car can wait and you are *issued weapons and rounds at work*. priorities.

[Ryan...]

that happens to cops. find a different line of work.

(i was going to apologize for fucking with you here, but i see you shot first, so you're fair game)

if you found the right one, put a ring on it. that should be prioritized above all else.

a bit of real talk to maybe personalize us to each other: i found the right one. i caught pneumonia and a viral stomach infection at the same time in january and almost didn't make it. as in, i passed out and had a seizure at home, got taken to the ER and sent promptly to the ICU, my mom drove down from north while i was in a coma and the nurses were asking her if i had a will.

she was in her last semester of her master's degree program in architecture and she bailed out of school and didn't leave my side or the hospital bed for the 8 days i was in kaiser. she got put on academic probation but graduated anyway and got her first gig 2 months ago.

that's how you know you found the right one. if she is that kind of partner to you, put a ring on it, now. the car can wait and you are *issued weapons and rounds at work*. priorities.

I got at least another 15-20 years in me doing this, likely won't make it the full 30.

I'm all for a bit of ribbing, I have no problem putting our political differences aside once outside Politics and Religion lol

This is most definitely *the one*, in all honesty this thread is half joke/half advice, I wouldn't let this degenerate group of children dictate my life in such a way :-)

I'm glad you found that person, I fear most people end up jumping in too soon, or perhaps worse, settling and wasting both of their lives (and potentially children's lives).

[decay]

I'm glad you found that person, I fear most people end up jumping in too soon, or perhaps worse, settling and wasting both of their lives (and potentially children's lives).

that's real too. it took until i was almost 40 to find her. i've been through my share of shitty relationships that ended far later than they should have. hence my "if".

[decay]

also if that cat ever makes black kittens i want one

[FredK]

but i see you shot first, so you're fair game

that's what cops do tho

[Ryan...]

that's real too. it took until i was almost 40 to find her. i've been through my share of shitty relationships that ended far later than they should have. hence my "if".

My last relationship probably could have been ended 5 months in, instead I let it go nearly 5 years... Can't be too upset because I'm doing far better now than I probably should have, but those are years I'll never get back.

also if that cat ever makes black kittens i want one

Ol Petey probably only has another year left in him unfortunately :(

that's what cops do tho

something something better to be judged by 12 than carried by six something something

[decay]

that's what cops do tho

oh shit

[z31maniac]

Ol Petey probably only has another year left in him unfortunately :(

You can have Mustafa the Mustache aka Garbage Cat. He has learned to open the trash can to pull out chicken wings, left overs, etc.

[decay]

My last relationship probably could have been ended 5 months in, instead I let it go nearly 5 years... Can't be too upset because I'm doing far better now than I probably should have, but those are years I'll never get back.

...yeah, we have stories to trade over beer sometime. without our significant others present.

Ol Petey probably only has another year left in him unfortunately :(

i hope he's been a good companion. the gf was fostering a black cat when we started dating but pets are a no-go in my warehouse space so he couldn't come with when she moved in. kinda miss him.

[Ryan...]

You can have Mustafa the Mustache aka Garbage Cat. He has learned to open the trash can to pull out chicken wings, left overs, etc.

We've got 3 total cats right now, all of which she's responsible for... My first was a rescued barn cat that was nearly frozen to death (named Dude, he's a bitch), then Marvin the rescue so Dude had someone else to claw at and chase, and her cat Lucy that attacks people at random.. Last thing I need are more misbehaving cats :rofl:

...yeah, we have stories to trade over beer sometime. without our significant others present.



i hope he's been a good companion. the gf was fostering a black cat when we started dating but pets are a no-go in my warehouse space so he couldn't come with when she moved in. kinda miss him.

I'd be game.

Her parents have 3 cats, and unfortunately Petey seems to be their least favorite because he only really liked my girlfriend, who used to dress him up and play "doctor" with when she was young :D We would have taken him in once she left for her current school, but with how old he was it wouldn't be fair to drop him into a new environment with a bunch of younger/aggressive/playful cats 1/8 of his age.

They look similar! I love black cats, and the wide set eyes make me laugh every time :rofl: