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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:43 PM Original message |
Ladies, if you break off the engagement, do you keep the ring? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. you should have cos you helped pay for it |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yeah |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. well did he return your money? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Nah |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. If the woman breaks it off |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Makes sense! n/t |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. That sounds fair to me |
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Larissa238 (373 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Slightly different suiatation... |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. lord of the rings |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Okay |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. I was taught that the ring goes back |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You... want to see your engagement broken off? |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. i think maybe i'd want my money back but if thats not possible i think |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. The one who breaks it off loses the ring |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. Legally, the woman shouldn't keep it. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nope -- and Judge Judy agrees |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Miss Manners says NO |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. It depends |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I think if she's breaking his heart, she's not that into nice gestures. |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. I gave the ring back when we got divorced. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Oh yeah... with an heirloom, no question it goes back. n/t |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. IMO, you never keep the ring if the relationship ends. |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think you can keep it, but I'd feel weird about it. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. A man I was engaged to broke it off and did not want the ring back |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Take the diamonds |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. I thought it was |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. If he gave her the ring and she broke it off, no, she should not keep it. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. Absolutely. No questions. |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. Judge Judy made her return it |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. No |
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just a girl (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
30. A woman deserves some sort of compensation |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. around these parts that's known as "prostitution"... |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 07:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Would you say the same of divorce settlements? |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 07:41 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. divorce involves a marriage contract- |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:25 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Just feelin' you out |
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just a girl (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Sorry to offend... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:22 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Fuck that. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Either party that would want to keep the ultimate representation |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Um, no! If you are having to "put up with" anything then |
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enigami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. Have we dated? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. Gosh. I can't decide. Assuming I paid for it--don't think I'd want it. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
32. No.If YOU break it off, give it back. But if HE breaks it off, you do. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
33. Give it back |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
35. In the words of Zsa Zsa Gabor... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
37. oh honey, he can keep the ring; but i keep the diamond... |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
40. If you helped pay for it, sure! But if not, then give it back! |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
41. Don't take this the wrong way but |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. I don't really see anything wrong with helping pay for it at all. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. We were already living together, and I made more money. |
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In_The_Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
42. I didn't. |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
44. Not sure what to say in your case, since you both invested in it. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
46. I kept mine and made it into a pendant, later pawned it. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. That's rotten but it coulda been |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
51. I sold mine |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
52. Depends |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
53. In general, if the engagement is broken by either party, return the ring. |
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friesianrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. Someone gave me a ring once... |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. I would give it back |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
59. you know i have realized that i want to buy my own ring |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
60. I read somewhere recently that the ring is symbolic of the vagina.... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
61. Here's the Etiquette: |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
62. No (nt) |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
63. No. |
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