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Jul. 18th, 2002 10:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
40cakesYou know, maybe it was just her personality, but I've recently discovered Shannon (from work. not ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stormskater Shannon) doesn't dislike me. And she's actually quite personable. She's pretty cool.
Nonetheless, I gotta share this.
Casey
Hey, Mom, have you ever heard of someone picking out their own engagement ring?
Mom
Yeah. I picked out my own.
Casey
Yeah, but that's because you and Daddy got married in Reno, and you picked it out post marriage, when he had moolah to burn. I mean, like a girl and a guy going shopping, and her telling him what ring to buy for an engagement ring.
Mom
Well, I know some couples go shopping together, and the girl will hint what kind of ring she wants or what catches her eye.
Casey
Right. So have I. But...Egh, lemme just tell you. This girl at work, she was looking at the sapphire Rob got me, and she showed me her sapphire, and I noticed it was on her ring finger, so I asked if that was her engagement ring (since girls usually get diamonds). She said, yes, and that it had taken the two of them forever to find something she liked. She "didn't want him to propose with a totally ugly ring," and she wanted something she wouldn't mind "wearing for the rest of her life."
Mom
Well, I know that sometimes a guy proposes romantically, and then once she's said yes, he buys the ring. I suppose she could help him pick it.
Casey
But he hadn't proposed. Because she said that after he bought it, he wouldn't give it to her until he proposed. So it's weird.
Mom
(pause) Yes, that is weird...Heh.
And BeautyQueen!Nancy has shingles caused by "stress" (or Preparation H all over her face, who knows). And she's going to a huge modeling convention this weekend. Ha.
My mother said I should go to something like that. "They would LOVE your hair. And you have that lovely pale skin. You can be a plus size model, honey."
:: beats head on computer desk ::
>^..^
stormskater Shannon) doesn't dislike me. And she's actually quite personable. She's pretty cool.Nonetheless, I gotta share this.
Hey, Mom, have you ever heard of someone picking out their own engagement ring?
Mom
Yeah. I picked out my own.
Casey
Yeah, but that's because you and Daddy got married in Reno, and you picked it out post marriage, when he had moolah to burn. I mean, like a girl and a guy going shopping, and her telling him what ring to buy for an engagement ring.
Mom
Well, I know some couples go shopping together, and the girl will hint what kind of ring she wants or what catches her eye.
Casey
Right. So have I. But...Egh, lemme just tell you. This girl at work, she was looking at the sapphire Rob got me, and she showed me her sapphire, and I noticed it was on her ring finger, so I asked if that was her engagement ring (since girls usually get diamonds). She said, yes, and that it had taken the two of them forever to find something she liked. She "didn't want him to propose with a totally ugly ring," and she wanted something she wouldn't mind "wearing for the rest of her life."
Mom
Well, I know that sometimes a guy proposes romantically, and then once she's said yes, he buys the ring. I suppose she could help him pick it.
Casey
But he hadn't proposed. Because she said that after he bought it, he wouldn't give it to her until he proposed. So it's weird.
Mom
(pause) Yes, that is weird...Heh.
And BeautyQueen!Nancy has shingles caused by "stress" (or Preparation H all over her face, who knows). And she's going to a huge modeling convention this weekend. Ha.
My mother said I should go to something like that. "They would LOVE your hair. And you have that lovely pale skin. You can be a plus size model, honey."
:: beats head on computer desk ::
>^..^
