Saturday, August 2, 2008

Is it Reasonable

If a man goes into a jewelry store with his wife to look at a particular piece of jewelry, an upgraded wedding ring to be specific, is fair to assume that he will be purchasing said jewelry in the near future? I say "yes."

My husband and I recently went into Jared's to look at wedding rings in platinum settings. We looked at a specific rings that would hold my diamond from my original gold setting, per his suggestion. I knew going in that we would not purchase any ring that day. It was meant to be a process to determine what I liked, would it work with my short fingers, metal types and price. We were very up front with the salesman, so everyone involved knew nothing would be purchased that day. When he asked when we were looking to buy, Steven had said in December.

OK, so in December we have Christmas, our anniversary, and my birthday 3 weeks later in January. I honestly believed that I would receive a ring in December for said occasions that are so close together. And some how this evening, the topic came up. Truth be told, I am not sure even how it got started. Anyways, he said that I would not be getting a new ring anytime soon. In fact, he got pissed that I had believed I would be receiving one. Then he says I can sell my ring for $500 to $600 dollars and invest it and then get a ring later. There are so many flaws with that thinking from him. 1) He said at the jewelry store that he would want me to keep my center stone for sentimental reasons. 2) My husband invests money for long term, not for a short while to get me a ring. 3) If he loses it, then there will never be a ring. A new diamond would be increase the price of new ring exponentially.

This brings me to my question again. With all the info from above, was it a reasonable conclusion from my end to assume a new ring would be a gift from my husband in the very near future?

1 comment:

Summer said...

hey girlie....just wanted you to know you're in my thoughts!