Quonsar, I'd propose but it's still illegal in this part of the country. But if you still want to live in sin, call me up. I get the top bunk!

My girlfriend asks "is that real?"

Y'know, the story, the auction, stynxno, everything.

Me, I'm just taking it at face value and the sheer insanity of someone griping about the number and size of artificially price-inflated monopoly-controlled pretty rocks on a chunk of pretty metal and then saying "you're putting a price on our relationship" the next moment.

"Thank God my girlfriend hates diamonds and gold.", the gf prods me to say. ;)

I have been told that it is real. And everyone likes stynxno, so buy a ring just for the fuck of it!

Nah. No one's this shitty. Are they?

I think my girlfriend would rather I proposed to her with a new computer, and maybe a ring crafted from the copper of her old, crufty and ill-behaved Dell one.

But best of luck to stynxno. I was briefly tempted to post the auction link to MeTa just for the fuck of it.

Hey, I wanted you to know I just had great sex.

And you all have tiny penises.

So someone's going to get this for their girlfriend, and she's going to wonder where it came from. When she finds out, not only that it was bought on eBay but had been rejected as too cheap by another woman, that gf is going to split up with the buyer. Then the ring is going to find it's way onto eBay again and another sucker will fall into it's trap.

It's cursed. It's haunted bling.

Actually, on EBay, as "haunted bling" it could get, like, five times the price. Not a bad idea.

Yeah and guys can use it to weasel their way out of commitments. I can see it now: a cult will start, about the one true ring, and thousands of maps and links will be created. And put in a few church people trying to track the ring down because it's destroying the holy institution that marriage is, and youve got yrself a thriller on yr hands :)

Nah. No one's this shitty. Are they?

Haven't been around women much, have you?

This really did happen to me. I'm waiting to see if the ex will contact me again soon. She hasn't since the lastest round of emails.

and dhurva, thanks for the money making idea. hehe.

and thanks for the wishes loquacious! the little guy saved me from a pretty horrible future with that girl so I'm not sure if I can get any luckier.

styxno: Glad to hear it. I had a similar lucky escape myself once, so I know what that feels like.

You're right, stynxno - a very lucky escape! Congratulations!

"She then accused me of putting a price on our relationship and couldn't believe that I did not get a 2 ct stone."

*hands out KettleBlack Irony Award with no hesitation...*

Yeah, stynxno, I'd count yourself lucky. Seriously. If your personal values don't jibe with that sort of blatant, crass materialism, there are lots and lots of girls out there that aren't into that kind of crap as well.

Just keep in mind they're more likely to be more human, and sometimes much less likely to look like models.

But they'll be real, and not highly polished walking facades.

Though these girls may sometimes not be as pretty, as thin or as popular, you can take them camping, or offroading, or LAN partying, and you can wrastle with 'em and make fun of 'em and they'll make fun of you, and it'll be real.

This isn't to say that all pretty folks are vacuous at all, but it just seems like it's at least slightly more likely that the really pretty ones are the most trouble and the least substance. But then, I just moved out of LA.

Maybe you should point her to this thread so she can see how mostly sane people react to ridiculous crap like "you're putting a price on our relationship".

Loquacious, I'm so happy that you don't want to put a price on our relationship, as this means I can expect a check from you for all those years of two-headed child support.

Yeah, stynxno, I'd count yourself lucky.

*sigh*

Yup, the older and wiser ya get, the more your relationships end with a sense of relief instead of heartbreak...

Ye gads. That was a close call, stynxno.

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MetaChat: It's haunted bling.

loquacious -

Heh. We'll see about that. The ex wasn't "a looker" by any means. I thought she was attractive however but looks had nothing to do with it.

And the new girl I mentioned is about 1million times prettier and more amazing than the ex was in certain ways...so...yea. We'll see.