Rumor has it, her's are fake.

Last week I was hanging out with a friend who got engaged about a month ago. This was the first time I had seen her since, though she had called me to tell me about it. While we sat outside so that I could smoke I finally commented on the ring. It is bigger than anything I had ever imagined her wearing. One of the very first things she said is, "Its fake." She then explained why. Her biggest argument was that of blood diamonds, and then there was cost. Can you really tell anyway? I can't.

I had a similar conversation with one of the guys I work with one night. He was telling me a story about an incident while dating the woman he is now married to, while he worked in a pawn shop. A huge real-diamond ring came in, and when he showed her she said, "That's nice, but it's too big." He knew she was the one. I told him that to me all that really mattered was the fact that there was a ring, to symbolize eternity. Which is mostly true.

There is this ring:

Which is the thing that makes the above statement MOSTLY true.

I have been in love with this ring since the day I saw it in an ad in the Austin Chronicle.

Made form an antique ring press, the ring is normally platnum, though the largest stone there is a only quarter carat. I would take it in white gold with CZ for sure. I like it because it's not a normal looking ring, and I am not a normal kinda girl. It's not even from a normal jewelery store.

Clarksville even has rings with meteorite inlay. How cool is that? Plus, how lany people can buy their wedding rings from a local business?

So yeah, it may be years until I get married. But I love a deal, and I love doing the right thing for human rights, and there will always be anniversaries to the man I marry. We can buy each other "cruelty free" diamonds then, when we have some money.