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    Hi Bees!

    I am having my BF get one of my favorite costume rings sized for me at the jeweler.  I know he's not an idiot, and I figure practice makes perfect! 

    I also got my finger sized while we altered my earrings... you know, just to "know".

    What have YOU done?

     

     
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    chaotic bliss       Atlanta

    I went online and had a jewelry catalog sent to his house! It was hilarious!!!

     
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    honeybun    June 5, 2010   VA

    LMAO chaotic bliss!!!!!! That's priceless! And I'm pretty sure that doesn't qualify as transparent! Tongue out

     
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    LovestheBear    July 2011  

    Um...we were walking by Tiffany and I dragged him in!  Also, we were in New Orleans last weekend and I stopped at a bunch of window displays from antique jewelry stores.  I'm pretty sure he knows I'm ready Wink

     
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    surkim    September 2, 2012  

    Just the thread for me!

    A few weeks ago I ordered a Fun Engagement Ring, because it was free and pink and sequiny.  Then I made a blog post about it. >.>  

    Last night I was bored and browsing Sun Jewelry, and found this ring that I thought looked markedly like lady-bits, so I felt the need to show it to him.  But I was like "oh let me close all of this" and closed all of the other pages that were like "oh engagement rings!".

    Some jewelry shop sells rings that open up to say a message.  I forgot what I had meant to say, but Freudian slip of slips, I said "engagement".  And it wasn't at all the sort of ring I want (now that I know), but ah well.  It was still pretty nifty.

    I ordered a ring sizer from Blue Nile, but he doesn't know about that.

     
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    CurlyDreamer    patiently waiting   Bay Area

    I watch "Bridezilla" and "Say Yes to the Dress" and make comments about things I will/will not do when I get engaged/married.

     

    I am planning on showing him the ring I want (a non-traditional and very affordable), so that he knows I a.) don't want a diamond center stone and b.) don't expect him to break the bank. In my case, he's already made comments about not being able to get the ring I want so, I want to make sure he knows that's a non issue... but I guess that's not very transparent. lol...

     
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    chaotic bliss       Atlanta

    Honey Bun I guess you are right! LOL That's really not transparent but it was one of the funniest things I have done to throw a hint!

     
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    HoyaLawya2010    November 12, 2011   Fairfax, VA

    Last night I told him that Bailey Banks & Biddle had filed for bankruptcy and was having a liquidation sale.

    I've graduated from leaving bridal mags around the house to 'accidentally' leaving my copy of His Cold Feet on the nightstand. He grabbed it and read it! We both agreed that we wish we had found it like a year ago b/c it would have saved us both a lot of stress and frustration.

    I guess what I'm trying to say is, my hints are way past the point of transparency. :) Oops!

     
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    Bella Luna    September 5, 2010   Ohio

    Actually, this isn't something that I personally did, but it's still funny. A couple of years ago he bought me a beautiful ring for Valentine's Day (three hearts made of rubies and a necklace to match), from a local jewler. Well, you know as soon as they get your address they are on you like white on rice. SoooOooO, they started mailing him catalogs for engagement rings and such ever since. :) I think between me, his mom, my grandmother and the jewlery mailings.. he decided it was time. LOL.

    -Bella

     
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    HoneyBear    March 17, 2012   Texas/ Isla Mujeres

    I just "accidentally" left websites open with pictures of rings i liked :)

     
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    SunnyRoll    2011   Chicago

    I don't drop transparent hints at all.  I told him exactly what I wanted, I tried it on for him, he knows. I did not want to leave it up to him because when we first started talking about rings, he was WAY off base as to what I would like.  Plus I've seen his ex wife's ring, and after that, I wasn't shy about saying what I wanted.

    My latest strategy is to not talk about it at all and to cook like I'm freaking Julia Childs every night.  He's been coming home to full gormet meals every night of the week.....I don't know why I think this will work, it's mainly a great way for me to get some anxiety out about waiting.  I also enrolled in a wedding boot camp......ha!  Let's hope it happens soon, I'm running out of energy with all the cooking and working out!

     
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    HoneyBear    March 17, 2012   Texas/ Isla Mujeres

    @sunnyroll- my BF has TERRIBLE taste in jewelry. I definitely wanted him to know exactly what I wanted. He has bought me enough ugly necklaces and bracelets to know thats something he cant handle himself lol

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    :D we have transparency every where on this end!! when i found out we'd both need new cars before christmas i said "dang that means you won't be able to get me what i really want for christmas" he just grinned and said oh really, what's that. i said a rice cooker of course lol... i also sent my mom pictures of all of the rings etc i like and where to get them because he said he'll be asking her. i feel like i am performing covert action... btw there was the engagement chicken :P

     
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    gingerlex    June 25, 2011   UK

    I show him my favourite rings (and other jewellery) in every store that we pass. Then I make him pick his favourites (just to see if we're on the same page!).

    If he offers to  buy something for me, i hit back with 'shouldn't you be SAVING?'

    He knows I go on here and sometimes I discuss some of the topics on here or things that have cropped up (so he knows I'm thinking wedding).

    On the other hand I'd done my trick of "pick your favourite in this window" and it was the favourite I'd picked a couple of weeks before, so HE took me in to try it on. Then HE took a photo of it on my finger. That was early Feb 2007 *sigh*

     
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    trugem    January 2011  

    I just told him exactly what I wanted. He doesn't want to get me something that I do not like and I don't want him to. He made it clear to me that he didn't want me to drop hints because he would never catch on. I'll send him emails, we would look on sites together, go to stores, and he even goes out on his own to look.

     
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    surkim    September 2, 2012  

    If I wanted to drop hints about the ring I wanted, I'd have to completely flat out show him the ring I wanted.  I don't really have any close female friends, and I'm not really that close to any of my family to say "oh hey check this out isn't it GREAT?"

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    Crebre, if he gets you a rice cooker and puts the ring in it, I might die. I just might.

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    @km: LOL problem is i wouldn't even open the box unless he asked me too because i'd be afraid to be disappointed. lol!!!

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    That would be hee-larious!

    My parents did a trick once where they gave me a diamond ring for Christmas.

    they tied it to the tree on a branch.

    Nobody could find it and it wasn't until over 12 hours later they (and me desperately searching) found the ring.

    Now I can totally understand and could imagine M putting a ring box inside the rice cooker like you said KSull!

     
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    cinemaparadiso    July 16, 2015  

    OMG like KMSull said @crebre, if he does put it in there... i seriously might pee my pants in laughter

     
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    I (probably)  wouldn't actually do it, (yet) but I'm so tempted to change the homepage on his PC to The Plunge, or similar!

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    @belle, km, and cinema: OMG don't get my hopes up... lol! but i really do want this danged rice cooker and if he didn't get it for me i would hit the stores up with my mom the day after christmas to get it!  i dunno what it is about this rice cooker (well except that i keep burning rice and it's his favorite)

    @ruby-glitters:HILARIOUS!!

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    i used to watch all the wedding shows with my fi, before we got engaged, and made all sorts of comments about how i wanted MY wedding to be. i was too embarrassed to say OUR wedding! but it opened the floor to talk about our wedding, he already knew exactly what i wanted which made life easier.

     
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    FutureBarton    1.1.11   Central, Illinois

    I took FH into jewelry stores this weekend and "educated" him on rings I'm the only girl he's ever introduced to his parents so he knows nothing past dating so i had to tell him everything about rings and he said he knows what he wants to get me so he's shopping

     
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    knapper08    August 15, 2009   Upstate NY

    To all you ladies that are dropping hits about the EXACT ring you want, just remember that he very well could have your ring already....don't hurt his feelings! My hubby bought my ring in November and didn't propose until the following February, and I continued dropping hints throughout the entire time. Luckily my expectations were sparkly, not too big, and white gold....he hit the nail on the head, but kept teasing "What if they only have yellow gold?" (and I said he would need to go to a different store!)... but I can see how you could set yourself up for a disaster by getting too picky! be careful ;-)

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    i agree with knapper~ i have shown m like 100s of rings lol they all have the same general look but that's it. he can choose any of them and i'd be happy lol.. i think he knows my style and i would be happy with his choice as long as it isn't too incredibly masculine.

     
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    surkim    September 2, 2012  

    You know, if I'd set out for it to be a hint, then it would be ridiculously transparent, but I was not aware of it until BF pointed it out, and I thought I'd left WB or something open on my computer.

    There's a section in the Sunday paper with an article titled "Unconventional Wedding".  I think it's about some people who got married on Hallowe'en.  I started reading it, and it didn't really hold my attention.    

    I went to get the front section of the paper, leaving this article face up in the middle of the paper-stack.  Later, BF comes in and asks "Unconventional wedding?  what's that about?"

    So of course I mini-panic, looking around to see what in the world he is looking at.  "Oh I think some people got hitched on Hallowe'en?  That guy is wearing a top hat... I don't know."  

    I realize I have a habit of entering contests to win things, and when they ask when you're getting married, I'll put in some odd date, far enough in the future that it's plausible.  I'm waiting for the "congratulations on your upcoming wedding!" letters to start coming in the mail. >.<

     
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    Jaxx317    July 17, 2011   Brooklyn, NY/wedding in the Hudson Valley

    i have given up hinting... i've decided to put it allll out on the table from now on. after i get my ring size and hopefully get to try on a few things next week, i'll probably just email him my size and some links of what i like. i want to be surprised, and plus at the moment, i can't make up my mind what i REALLY want, so i'll give him 3 or 4 options he can choose from so it'll be win/win for both of us :)

     
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    @hoyalawya, bbb is bankrupt?! hmm. we did browse there for a ring and even though it wasn't the best experience [the service wasn't stellar] i'm not above overlooking that for a sale. lol. i wonder if i should tell the boy about that!

     
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    kericita    May 12, 2012   Dallas, TX

    By now he's seen so many rings, it doesn't matter.  He should be receiving a DeBeers brochure in the mail, but I haven't heard him mention if he got it or not.  Otherwise I'm keeping quiet for now! :)

     
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    knapper08    August 15, 2009   Upstate NY

    @kericita - that's a great plan! It's the one time that the ball is in his court, and it's a great feeling to know that he is ready, and that you didn't have too much persuasion in it (to make him do it to shut you up)! happy waiting - the anticipation is a little overwhelming but it is worth the wait!!

     
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    bellenga    July 31, 2010   Georgia

    I haven't shown him...he's really saavy when it comes to jewelry and is a classic kind of guy.

    He also had a big convo with me about it and about what shape/size stone/metal I want and quite in depth.

    But...then again...I do want to show the man what exactly I want ...like the designers I like.

     

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