Tiffany & Co. | Item | Elsa Peretti® band ring. Diamond, sterling silver. | United States[/QUOTE]
I posted this in the promise ring thread, but I really think I want to SHOUT IT in it's own thread... I didn't realize how exciting/important this was for me until I coherently typed it all out...
Me and my SO have been together 6 years in January, living together for 4 years now. We've known each other since we were 14 - almost a decade. We're in our last semester of college before getting our BA's - him in sociology/criminology, me in secondary education/spanish. We're at that point in our lives where we have ZERO dollars. My parents are paying for our rent, I'm student teaching and tutoring for free (reqs for the course), and my SO is still on the fence with what he wans to do. He's interning right now (and getting paid crap), but he's still discovering. We're very, very together - we've been through alot, alot. I always wanted the *perfect* engagement ring - and the perfect engagement... but I've come to the realization that I may have to wait *awhile* for that *perfect* ring, and will that ring truly ever simbolize the purity of our relationship? Truly? Can jewelry really do that? It all began to feel silly to me. I realized I'd never have that type of engagement - that surprise element - because we're so together, we know everything about each other, we grew up together - we know when one is hiding something, planning something, thinking something. I was looking at rings and jewelry for fun online and came upon this ring. It felt right. I felt warm inside. Could this be my engagement ring? It's a solid band - bands symbolize eternity - full circle. Aaaaand it's a TIFFANY diamond (hehehe - no matter how small). I think it's perfect. I think it's us. I showed him the ring - sent it to his e-mail. His immediate reaction was "babe, it's very, very small" - but I'm very, very small (my ring finger is a size 2!!) - and we're very, very poor right now...lol. I love designer everything - come from money - and am pretty much supported by my parents so I own alot of nice, designer things - Tiffany, and the like - but now I'm starting out on my own...we're starting our on our own... and I just think it's a perfect symbol with the perfect sentiment... and I'd be proud to call it my engagement ring...
Just wanted to get that all out there. Damn...that feels good
. I'm very, very in love - and ready for this next step 
. My parents have always had a fund set aside for our wedding... but we'd wait a year or so to actually "do the deed". I begin full-time teaching in January, so by next January I'll be more established and settled. We have to see where the wind takes us... but after so many years we've realized we don't care where the wind takes us... as long as we're together - and together we're happy no matter what. With money (been there), without money (been there too), through sickness (really been there), and in health (trying to get there). I'm very, very happy 
I posted this in the promise ring thread, but I really think I want to SHOUT IT in it's own thread... I didn't realize how exciting/important this was for me until I coherently typed it all out...
Me and my SO have been together 6 years in January, living together for 4 years now. We've known each other since we were 14 - almost a decade. We're in our last semester of college before getting our BA's - him in sociology/criminology, me in secondary education/spanish. We're at that point in our lives where we have ZERO dollars. My parents are paying for our rent, I'm student teaching and tutoring for free (reqs for the course), and my SO is still on the fence with what he wans to do. He's interning right now (and getting paid crap), but he's still discovering. We're very, very together - we've been through alot, alot. I always wanted the *perfect* engagement ring - and the perfect engagement... but I've come to the realization that I may have to wait *awhile* for that *perfect* ring, and will that ring truly ever simbolize the purity of our relationship? Truly? Can jewelry really do that? It all began to feel silly to me. I realized I'd never have that type of engagement - that surprise element - because we're so together, we know everything about each other, we grew up together - we know when one is hiding something, planning something, thinking something. I was looking at rings and jewelry for fun online and came upon this ring. It felt right. I felt warm inside. Could this be my engagement ring? It's a solid band - bands symbolize eternity - full circle. Aaaaand it's a TIFFANY diamond (hehehe - no matter how small). I think it's perfect. I think it's us. I showed him the ring - sent it to his e-mail. His immediate reaction was "babe, it's very, very small" - but I'm very, very small (my ring finger is a size 2!!) - and we're very, very poor right now...lol. I love designer everything - come from money - and am pretty much supported by my parents so I own alot of nice, designer things - Tiffany, and the like - but now I'm starting out on my own...we're starting our on our own... and I just think it's a perfect symbol with the perfect sentiment... and I'd be proud to call it my engagement ring...
Just wanted to get that all out there. Damn...that feels good
. I'm very, very in love - and ready for this next step . My parents have always had a fund set aside for our wedding... but we'd wait a year or so to actually "do the deed". I begin full-time teaching in January, so by next January I'll be more established and settled. We have to see where the wind takes us... but after so many years we've realized we don't care where the wind takes us... as long as we're together - and together we're happy no matter what. With money (been there), without money (been there too), through sickness (really been there), and in health (trying to get there). I'm very, very happy 
. I'm a size 0 - 5'2 - petite, little girl 
