Does this sound suspicious to you?

[EweSheep]

All in all, communicate with him, see where your future go with him. If he avoid the "marriage word" like a plague, he is not ready to make that kind of commitment. If he says "sometime in the future", set a time limit for yourself the time, like a year or five years but don't hang around for so long waiting for it. If you want something more, and he isn't willing to get there, either you settle for "partner for life" or move on.

As for your grandma's ring, can you get a jeweler to make a carbon copy of it? Then you can put your grandma's ring in safe keeping. It may cost you a bit more but it's a lifetime of wearing. I bought a stainless steel Celtic ring on Ebay and I love it! Better than my wedding ring that I kept smacking against surfaces would flatten and it split the seams. With this stainless steel ring, I never have to worry about dings, and bends, or splitting. I believe it is made of titanium steel.

As for the tat, its your body, and your money, go for it!

 

[calicokat]

Didn't sound suspicious, sounds like you are jumping to conclusions. Sorry

How cool that you have such a special piece of your grandma to remember her! Maybe the tattoo could incorporate the ring's design?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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Okay, I'm of the opposite gender and here's my take on it. You want a tattoo-----go get one, I know what I like but it's you who is going to wear it the rest of your life, you chose. Finger turning green from your grandmother's wedding ring----that's not nickel, that's the copper in the alloy causing that color (either that or gangrene). The rest of your post was in the nature of complaining---as a man all I could hear was lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalal, unless you turned the lights down and started removing articles of clothing, I (and most men) wouldn't be paying any attention to you at all. As far as the jumping to conclusions here---there are no conclusions----you have to actually communicate back and forth which involves listening more then talking to reach conclusions.

Im with dark on this one.

 

[Razadia]

magicpigeon:

It's ok, I'm with you on that one.

pdsavage: I tried. He just told me not to worry about it. Again.

bald k9:

In all honesty, I really only complain when something is really bugging me or I'm having a really bad day. Yesterday was a bit of both.

Gmsg01: I found out when I talked to him last night that I had told him that it was one of her wedding rings. He and I have talked about marriage before. He told me that if I could stande him for 5 years he'd marry me, but he also said that it could happen sooner than that since I surprise him at every turn. Something was also mentioned about me being the only woman to every go out of her way to try to find a sugar substitute that didn't make sweets taste bad. There was also that time when he asked me why I was willing to spend the rest of my life with a diabetic knowing what I do about it.

darkmatter: Disregarding part of your post, I do intend to get a tat, eventually. I already know that, whatever it is he's doing or thinking about, is intended to be a surprise. He refuses to tell me. As for the ring, I have a copper ring and I know that they do tarnish if you wear them too long. The thing is, copper doesn't make me itch and get sores. Nickel does. Me and cheap jewelry don't mix.

EweSheep:

He doesn't avoid it. He likes to surprise me. He proved that when he got me a copper rose for Christmas last year and a Cannon Powershot camera for my birthday this year. That's not even mentioning the various other little things he does for me. He spoils me.

I have to slap his hand away from things I want, but I know he really can't afford. I know he just wants to make me happy, which is why I think that maybe what he's really getting at is that he's going to pay for my tattoo. Although I don't doubt that he'd propose. I know him too well.

As for the ring, EweSheep, I'm not really worried about getting a copy of it. I was looking at the stones on the ring this morning and I realized something. I have never heard of diamonds getting dull or brown in color. I also have a stainless steel ring that I wear on my left middle finger. It holds up a lot better than my silver celtic ring on my right hand. That one has scratches on it from the chickens.

If he does propose, I've made life easy on his wallet. I hate gold and diamonds. I don't know why I hate them either. I only wear my grandmother's ring because I don't have a lot to remember her by. If he's planning on paying for my tat, it's not going to cost him very much. Our family friend is a professional with his own shop that he and his wife run. He's like another big brother to me and has known me since I was born. He and his wife are the only two people I trust with tattooing me. The rest of my family feels the same. My designs have been picked out ( I really mean drawn by me) for a while now.

 

[Razadia]

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I would do that, but the ring is just a cluster. No real design there.