Katy’s Mailbox
Katy,
I was going through a drawer over the weekend, and accidentally found the engagement ring my boyfriend is planning to give me.
And when I opened the box I was horrified: It was the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s yellow gold and looks like it came out of a cracker jack box. I would send you a pic, but I don’t want him to KNOW it’s me.
Shouldn’t it bother me he apparently doesn’t know me at all? Is it wrong to have a friend step in and help find something I’d like?
HELP!
-Amber
Amber,
Not really familiar territory for me, but yeah, I’d say have a friend step in. I wouldn’t let it bug you that he didn’t know your style. I hate to reference Sex and the City, but same problem! Guys aren’t good at that sort of thing. It can’t hurt to have someone who knows you just offer a helping hand.
I mean dude – you have to wear that thing all the time, you might as well like it?
Have you ever been here? What would you do?
-Katy


Definitely have some whose opinion he trusts (otherwise, he probably won’t listen) step in and guide him in the right direction…you have to look at this ring for the rest of your life. And I don’t think you should take this as a representation of if he knows you well or not. My fiance knows me better than anyone even though my ring would not tell you so — he just let his own opinion of what an engagement should be and what he would want if he were a woman guide him more than what I would want.
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