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Doctor friend bought 3 carat ring for his fiancee. $50k. cot damn
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Date: May 31st, 2016 1:31 PM Author: beta big famous landscape painting gaping he makes 3-400ish
ended up getting a 50k with stupidly decent stats which he definitely didnt need, but like with all ring purchases he took it as a dick measuring contest |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:41 PM Author: Harsh Motley Step-uncle's House That's on the low end.
2 months of salary at $300k is $50k.
At $400k, he should have spent $67k.
And that's only at 2 months of salary. A big swinging dick like that really should be spending 3 months of salary.
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Date: June 1st, 2016 9:13 AM Author: seedy adventurous theatre skinny woman 2 months of salary pretax or posttax ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30599825) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:14 PM Author: Harsh Motley Step-uncle's House How much do you love her? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30604278) |
Date: May 31st, 2016 2:07 PM Author: Cerebral Gas Station Sandwich set that bar pretty high (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594304) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:14 PM Author: pearl zombie-like business firm jap Seems like he can afford it.
Some doods also like to show off what they can afford, and buying a stupidly expensive ring for their now-fiancée falls easily in this universe. Guys like this love the idea of their GF showing off the ring to all of her other GFs. It validates them as a provider. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:15 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch very true, and also as successes.
sorta the way that guys like showing off arm candy. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:24 PM Author: pearl zombie-like business firm jap Yes. There's a certain sort of guy who likes showing off what HE bought for his girl, sort of like as an exercise in branding/marking his territory. It's a THIS GIRL IS MINE, I BOUGHT HER WITH THIS BIG ROCK mentality.
You see this a lot among traditionalists who get off on girls who dig their provider game and like a bit of an imbalance. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:28 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch it's also competitive. some guys like when their girl's friends are jealous (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594445) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:29 PM Author: pearl zombie-like business firm jap Yep. It's a total arms race to some people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594450) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:44 PM Author: Harsh Motley Step-uncle's House *jewelers and miners rubbing greedy paws* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594531) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:16 PM Author: Vibrant Salmon Degenerate Temple Only way this is worth it is if your fiancée is under 23 organic and came from a prole upbringing and you're trying to ball her out. Disgusting women over 23 do not deserve it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594370) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:17 PM Author: mind-boggling deranged coffee pot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594380) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:29 PM Author: Excitant Godawful Volcanic Crater but where do i get the under-23 y/o wife? breh? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594452) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:53 PM Author: Spruce Electric State (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594568) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:57 PM Author: pearl zombie-like business firm jap If she's a prole she will end up losing the ring in the women's bathroom at a Crunch gym. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594587) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:16 PM Author: splenetic macaca prole , after having had her pussy blown out by the fully tatted up pseudo body builder wearing tapout gear and on dat dirty bulk. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30604290) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:36 PM Author: Multi-colored Amethyst Doctorate Church i haven't followed this advice but u are so fucking right (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30597929) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:17 PM Author: supple rigor knife Is he measuring his dick or his fiancee's? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594387) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:30 PM Author: Excitant Godawful Volcanic Crater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZVkW9p-cCU (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594457) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:33 PM Author: Charismatic underhanded community account You can easily get a three carat ring for like 15k. I sort of get the size dick measuring contest but caring too much about the other stuff is total flame. For 50k he couldve gotten something really fucking big. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594473) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:36 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch a lot of people spending huge dollars on diamonds are simply overpaying for clarity and color that they don't need in a stone. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594490) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:37 PM Author: Charismatic underhanded community account Yeah,as long as there isnt some huge visable flaw every thing but size (color, clarity) seems like flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594497) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:41 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch cut>carat>>>>color/clarity (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594516) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 11:38 AM Author: Razzle-dazzle misunderstood sneaky criminal I would move color up with the more important specs, especially for a white gold or plat ring or a ring with diamond sidestones. I know a lot of ppl in the industry and they often comment on color, even prioritizing it over cut. Most agree that clarity is flame so long as it's decent. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30600817) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 12:03 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch i sorta view color and clarity through the same lens, in that once you get to a baseline, the marginal benefit for doing better in either category isn't worth the extra cost, unlike cut and carat imo.
reasonable minds can disagree, and color probably deserves to be put ahead of clarity, but in no way would i put color ahead of cut. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:41 PM Author: pearl zombie-like business firm jap Because people want it to be PERFECT since it's WEDDING RELATED.
Like EVERY SINGLE bride I have ever seen walk down that aisle has looked more or less the same. Doesn't matter if she's spent $200 or $30,000 on her dress (and yes, I've seen brides at both of those extremes). But it's a wedding and everything has to be done just right.
If that ring commemorated any other important milestone or had any other personal significance - birth of first child, graduation, gift from mom before she died - no one would care so much about how PERFECT it is. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:43 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch i agree. for weddings (and colleges) people tend to drastically overpay for marginal improvements.
part of that is (global capitalism) though. watch any wedding show on tv and people will push the bride to get the dress that is just a little bit more perfect than the other one, even though its twice the price and money would better be allocated elsewhere. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:46 PM Author: pearl zombie-like business firm jap I disagree re: colleges - there can be a very tangible benefit to attending an Ivy or a school like Duke over your local state U.
But the entire wedding industrial complex is SPS and ridiculously exploitative. These shows make it seem like it's normal for the daughter of a welder and a substitute teacher to buy a $2k dress and have a $50k wedding. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:48 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch >> marginal improvements <<
I don't mean choosing Duke over UTEP. I mean paying full freight for Emory over in-state at UNC or full-scholly at GaTech. Or paying private school prices for Siena College over in-state at SUNY-Albany. Something like that. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:52 PM Author: pearl zombie-like business firm jap On this we agree. But at least you can blame college selection stuff on youthful unreasonableness. Like "OMG I just HAVE to go to USC because Dr. Dre has a school named after him there" when you can go in-state at Wisconsin (or any solid tier-1 flagship public).
People are typically older when they get married. I've seen mid-30s adults totally spend like first round draft picks come wedding time. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:38 PM Author: Multi-colored Amethyst Doctorate Church not really. if you're around wealthy people and u buy a 3 carat ring expect to literally have ur ring next to another 3 carat ring. bitches love to compare. u cannot get a good 3 carat ring for 15k. u can barely get a 2 carat ring for that price.
i'm not being a dick. i'm just around this shit all the time and it's amazing what rich bitches can spot from a mile away. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 11:03 PM Author: Charismatic underhanded community account Nobody thinks youre being a dick. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30598194) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 11:27 AM Author: Talented angry really tough guy son of senegal how? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30600716) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 11:42 AM Author: Charismatic underhanded community account Israel-diamonds.com (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30600864) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:43 PM Author: Harsh Motley Step-uncle's House New rule! The ring should cost as much as his car.
http://www.financialsamurai.com/the-new-rule-for-engagement-ring-buying/
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:45 PM Author: pearl zombie-like business firm jap I don't agree with the car thing, because cars have utility and there's a real value in getting an expensive car, especially if you drive regularly.
Maybe a better analogy would be a watch - an engagement ring should cost just as much as the dood's baller watch. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:57 PM Author: Unholy bisexual genital piercing Are guys regularly buying >$10k watches? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594585) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 3:02 PM Author: pearl zombie-like business firm jap I think it's a rite of passage for a certain type of dood. I know a dood who "bought himself" a Cartier watch as a self-present for getting a new jerb. He was unemployed for like 18 months. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594612) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 3:03 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch what bathroom does "he" use in North Carolina? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594618) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 3:08 PM Author: pearl zombie-like business firm jap Fist-bump from across the interwebs for this.
I have a robust, aggressive dislike for this guy. Parents drove a Pontiac but he walks around NYC thinking he's old money. Dates the sorts of girls with public Instagram profiles. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 3:01 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch this will be a big downgrade for 98% of women. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594611) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 3:05 PM Author: Charismatic underhanded community account The car thing is a joke...the author doesn't think you should buy expensive cars or rings and thats his point. Be a rich guy in a civic, rich dad/poor dad bullshit.
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Date: May 31st, 2016 3:08 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch I think you can certainly splurge on some things within your means. You just can't splurge on everything.
It's nbd if a guy making $300k has a Porsche Cayman S. It's a big deal if he also has a lux 2br in the village, a hamptons share, takes 2 trips to europe a year, eats out at expensive restaurants, etc. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 3:07 PM Author: Harsh Motley Step-uncle's House "The Car Rule simply states that a man should spend up to, but no more than the initial purchase price of his car!"
This, of course, penalizes guys who buy new and run the car into the ground. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 2:44 PM Author: frisky marvelous principal's office Josh Altman got heather a 5.5 ct ring (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594530) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 3:01 PM Author: Cyan comical center shiny trinket (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30594606) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 7:22 PM Author: hateful pozpig shrine Mine is 2 carats but it's a sapphire so it was about a third the price of that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30596146) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:01 PM Author: Ivory Kitchen Scourge Upon The Earth lol, i remember in the heyday of XO's engagement ring obsession, you could never not mention the make and approximate cost of your ring.
shrewz can't fucking help themselves when it comes to this topic. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:29 PM Author: Milky glittery lodge fanboi so your ring sucks and u married a poor. good story. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30597857) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:40 PM Author: Milky glittery lodge fanboi i know guys on xoxo love this but i why even get a ring if u're going to get a sapphire? where a fruit loop and fuck off. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30597983) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:57 AM Author: hateful pozpig shrine Because I have always liked sapphires more than diamonds and so have always wanted a sapphire engagement ring. My husband and I chose it and the ring design together. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30599770) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:02 PM Author: appetizing juggernaut lol @ GK (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30597616) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:05 PM Author: Ivory Kitchen Scourge Upon The Earth the hilarious thing about stupidly expensive rings is that every woman the finance knows will talk about how it's so excessive and ridiculous and they would never want anything like that. anyone that hears about it through a medium like XO is likely to say something similar.
but privately, deep down, they are fucking grass green with envy and would KILL for a $50K ring that had everyone's jaw on the floor over the sheer excess. it's a true symptom of useless UMC striverhood when women go on and on about this shit. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:09 PM Author: beta big famous landscape painting gaping the fiancee, not flame, said that it had always been her dream to own a 3 carat ring
i was like ........................................are u sure she's not a gold digger (in a nice way)
tehy have only known each other for a short period of time |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 11:29 AM Author: Talented angry really tough guy son of senegal how short (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30600725) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:35 PM Author: Multi-colored Amethyst Doctorate Church assuming they're not the high end of their peers, this will not happen. this is common as fuck.
where do u think all these 50k+ rings go? the future set of blood diamond 2?
people with money don't really think about shit like this. u buy a 2 carat ring at minimum with the appropriate cut, clarity, and color and then u stay miserable for the rest of your life just like everyone else. |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 11:54 PM Author: Sepia nowag $50K rings are not common except among people with real money. Anyone who works for a living is typically going to scoff at that kind of flashy insanity. Most of the doctors I know, including in good specialty areas like the guy in the OP, spent $15-20K like everyone else. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30598601) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 11:42 AM Author: Aggressive hairraiser blood rage There is really no reason to go above 20k (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30600866) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 11:44 AM Author: Ocher Giraffe Range (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30600878) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:26 PM Author: bossy organic girlfriend lol i know guys who makr more who spent less than 10k. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30597825) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:28 PM Author: Misanthropic parlor hominid We have a case now where a guy got his wife a $350k ring. They got divorced and it got lost in the move. Oops (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30597843) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:29 PM Author: Outnumbered Pink Gunner Library lol dumbass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30597851) |
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Date: May 31st, 2016 10:31 PM Author: pale sadistic hell doctor bros making the same as a biglaw 7th year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30597869) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 12:13 AM Author: Citrine address The worst part about expensive rings is tipping 10%.
It isn't like they do 10x as much work to sell a $50k ring as a $5k ring, but you are still expected to tip the same %age. |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 11:40 AM Author: Ocher Giraffe Range Why is there a need to tip anyone? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30600843) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 11:31 AM Author: Ocher Giraffe Range He's an idiot. Now, he'll totally be expected to go high-end when it comes to everything....houses, cars, vacations, any kind of holiday parties, giving her $$$$ so she can always have a lavish wardrobe, birthday and Xmas gifts, etc. This is exactly why many high-earning doctors and lawyers end up having much lower net worths than they should.
He's a fool and will probably end up losing half or more of his money when they get divorced in 15-20 years. |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 12:02 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch this reminds me of my last trip to europe. my gf and i had a shitton of AA miles, and we toyed with the idea of upgrading to biz for the flight back home, which tends to be kind of a drag.
i ultimately decided not to do it, not because of the extra miles, but mostly because i didn't want my gf to get used to the idea of flying biz when it wouldn't be something we'd do often. she actually agreed with that rationale. |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:12 PM Author: hateful pozpig shrine This is true. Once you fly at the front of the plane its very hard to go back. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30604270) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 12:05 PM Author: Slate bearded wagecucks base 8. “My husband spent nearly $30,000 on my engagement ring and I know that only because we picked it out together. My friends comment on it a lot but I didn’t want it just because it’s a huge and timeless engagement ring. I work in a prestigious law firm and people absolutely would have judged me if I’d gotten anything cheaper. I actually think it might have hurt my career and if we were going to marry then he needed to understand that my career was around before he was.”
—Melanie, 33
http://thoughtcatalog.com/daniel-hayes/2015/10/13-women-reveal-how-much-their-engagement-ring-cost-and-what-it-means-to-them/ |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 12:06 PM Author: beta big famous landscape painting gaping lolol women (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30601061) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 12:08 PM Author: Cracking avocado brunch 12. “I will never again tell anyone how much my engagement ring cost because the last time I told a group of friends a few of them all said shitty things like ‘you got screwed’ and ‘that’s cheap’. I basically picked it out and my husband wanted to spend way more so he’s not cheap. I just hate that some people can be so shallow about this one issue. I’m not friends with those two girls anymore, btw. No one gets to talk shit about the man I love. Dirt. Off. My. Shoulder.”
—Janice, 29
RIDE OR DIE |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:19 PM Author: splenetic macaca prole Wifey material. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30604313) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:14 PM Author: hateful pozpig shrine 5. “I told my fiancee that I wanted a three karat ring to signify the three years we’d been together. He came through for me and it’s an unbelievable piece of jewelry. Honestly, if he hadn’t gotten it for me I don’t know if I would have felt right saying yes, it meant that much to me. I wanted proof that he cared enough about me to save up for the ring of my dreams.”
—Alice, 26 |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:17 PM Author: Harsh Motley Step-uncle's House "I wanted proof that he cared enough about me to save up for the ring of my dreams"
ATD |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:20 PM Author: hateful pozpig shrine He should count his blessings that they weren't together for 5 years before getting married... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30604320) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:22 PM Author: splenetic macaca prole YEa, bro should have just gone to like Ukraine or LatAM and scooped up a nice lil 9 that he can daddy around. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30604335) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:15 PM Author: Harsh Motley Step-uncle's House "I work in a prestigious law firm and people absolutely would have judged me if I’d gotten anything cheaper."
Oh, they judge you -- but probably not how you think. |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:20 PM Author: splenetic macaca prole JFC, bet MElanie has a nice lil shrew pouch and spends easily over $10k a year on dat brunch and fixing the bathroom mess after her healthy, brunch shits. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30604324) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:31 PM Author: Harsh Motley Step-uncle's House (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30604391) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:17 PM Author: bateful sanctuary I'd spend that on my Russian girl. but most women that I see doctors marry - I just don't see the point in buy jewelry for them. you will not turn shit into a diamond by putting diamond on top of it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30604296) |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:23 PM Author: Filthy Fantasy-prone Point Rigpig A ring that expensive is completely unnecessary, unless you're royalty or some shit. Literally the only person I know who ever bought a ring that expensive was an ex Goldman baller with his own PE firm in NYC ( guy is worth almost $100M).
Even normally affluent people - investment bankers, business owners, etc., rarely spend more than $20-30k, and that is exorbitant, too. |
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Date: June 1st, 2016 8:25 PM Author: bateful sanctuary but then if u have a wife like Hillary Clinton (which is what most professionals have), do u want to spend even a dime on her? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30604357) |
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Date: July 21st, 2016 7:25 PM Author: beta big famous landscape painting gaping (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#30992753) |
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Date: September 25th, 2018 3:30 PM Author: beta big famous landscape painting gaping (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#36886361) |
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Date: September 25th, 2018 3:35 PM Author: self-absorbed purple national security agency pit not reading this thread but I'm going to preemptively lol @ GraceKelly because I'm sure whatever she said was the worst (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3238984&forum_id=2#36886399) |