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why do people traditionally get an eternaty ring?

69 replies

CarrieInAnotherTWOBabiTWINS · 14/12/2011 23:04

I haven't got one.

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krispykritter · 14/12/2011 23:39

er, they are slim and discreet, and not' mutton-dressed-as-lamb with too much 9 carat gold'. some of us are sophisticated and don't ram cheap shit where it doesn't belong. ffs, use your imagination - or maybe you are?

Pandemoniaa · 14/12/2011 23:42

Use our imaginations?
Are we to assume that you don't wear this "slim and discreet" eternity ring on your finger then?

PeppaPigandGeorge · 14/12/2011 23:44

Even the nicest, slimmest, most discreet rings could look shit if they were suffocated beneath the wright of several eternity rings. Awful. Just awful. Get a necklace or something instead.

PeppaPigandGeorge · 14/12/2011 23:45

Ha ha. Cross post with pandemoniaa and now imagining where the rings could be.......

Prefer the shitty argos eternity ring vision to be honest!!

krispykritter · 14/12/2011 23:53

where else might one wear a ring? maybe it is my imagination that is lacking, but it sure as hell didn't come from argos and wasn't a BOGOF either. it is amazing to me that people blurt out utter crap without having a world view about things. knowing my personal circumstances as you kost obviously must do, why shouldn't i have one on my wedding day as well?

krispykritter · 14/12/2011 23:55

and ps OP, ALL of my friends received one for the birth of EACH of their children

felicitywits · 14/12/2011 23:56

I am just having a hard time imagining four rings on one finger (the one you have now, your wedding ring and the ones you want on your 5th and 10th anniversaries).

I was just curious about how you would be wearing them - stacking a la Tiffany and co?

I think the raised eyebrows about getting one on your wedding day is that surely your wedding ring is in itself an 'eternity' ring in terms of symbolism.

QuintessentiallyFestive · 14/12/2011 23:58

"it is amazing to me that people blurt out utter crap without having a world view about things" Amazing to me too, Krispy, me too.....

The things people say.

Why not just save up for a white gold diamond watch?

I love mine. Shame I never really feel the occasion to wear it.

PeppaPigandGeorge · 14/12/2011 23:59

World view?? This is not world politics, FFS, we are talking about rings. What sort of "world view" did you gave in mind?? Also, as you anticipate getting more eternity rings on your 5th, 10th etc anniversaries, we can presume that this was not a dying declaration of eternal love from someone on their deathbed on your wedding day, so what personal circumstances you can have to trump the inherent naffness of eternity rings is beyond me...

felicitywits · 14/12/2011 23:59

Carrie, DH asked if I wanted some jewellery after I had DS2 - I said no, I wanted a holiday instead!

and we did have a holiday and it was lovely :)

I have earrings I wear every day to commemorate our 10th anniversary. Not sure where I'd put more as I don't wear much jewellery and would want to wear 'nice' bits every day! Got a gorgeous solitaire pendant for our 5th anniversary I only wear on 'special occasions' already. Tennis bracelet a bit out of budget for the next fifty years or so I think.

Kayano · 15/12/2011 00:00

Eternity ring on your wedding day? Confused

QuintessentiallyFestive · 15/12/2011 00:00

Krispy

Wink
PeppaPigandGeorge · 15/12/2011 00:01

You need a wider circle of friends if your field of reference is them ALL getting an eternity ring for every child.

TheSecondComing · 15/12/2011 00:02

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PeppaPigandGeorge · 15/12/2011 00:04

Yes second, but are you getting another one every few year, until you are unable to write due to the rigidity of your finger?

Kayano · 15/12/2011 00:05

lmfao bwahaha

PeppaPigandGeorge · 15/12/2011 00:07

every few yearS. Damn keyboard...

SarahSlaughter · 15/12/2011 00:10

Oh leave the poor girl alone! Krispy I'm sure your ring is lovely and of special significance to you and your DH - which is all that matters.

Op my DH gave me an eternity ring after the birth of our twins. I felt that it was too much money to spend but he insisted that after what I had gone through during pregnancy, labour and the first few months of having two newborns that a ring was the least I deserved. I love my ring and my children like to look at it and say it's 'their ring'.

TheSecondComing · 15/12/2011 00:11

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PeppaPigandGeorge · 15/12/2011 00:13

Bugger the ring, the least I deserved after childbirth was a cleaner, however I am still doing my own hoovering.......

witherhills · 15/12/2011 00:13

I always thought after first baby was born
Ironically, dh told me the other day that he was getting me one, day later I moved out Sad

felicitywits · 15/12/2011 00:14

Sarah that's so cute! My DCs have each chosen which stone in my 'family ring' is them and always ask to see :)

Best present I got was the DS during my bedrest though. kept me from going loopy I swear. Would not fit on finger though.

SarahSlaughter · 15/12/2011 00:15

Oh he did that too Peppa (hoovering not cleaner)

I have a superior DH

PeppaPigandGeorge · 15/12/2011 00:16

Do you mean a nintendo DS, not a "darling son"??!!

SarahSlaughter · 15/12/2011 00:18

Oh dear Wither I'm sorry Sad

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