Going away ring

PeadarofAodh

I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice about getting rings engraved and price ranges involved.

I'm in 6th year of school and have a girlfriend who's finished school and is taking a gap year. She's decided to go to Paris to do a music diploma, improve her French etc. She'll be gone for about 3 and a bit months and we've decided to go on a semi-break (ie not seeing other people but being just friends while she's away) Thing is she's leaving one week before our one year anniversary and I want to get her something that she'll have with her to remind her of me so I've decided to get a ring with an engraving.

Bearing in mind I'm an unspoilt schoolchild, thus having a limited budget...could anybody recommend something affordable yet not tacky?

Thanks

Dave!

aww, cuteness

(no I don't have any ideas )

copacetic

dunno really, but semi-break? doesn't make any sense....
if ye aren't gonna see other people why have a 'break' at all?

whiskeyman

daveym wrote:

dunno really, but semi-break? doesn't make any sense....
if ye aren't gonna see other people why have a 'break' at all?

True - I can see a whole Ross V Rachel thing going here....
"We were on a semi break!!!!"

In relation to the ring, just ask around in a few jewellers.

copacetic

whiskeyman wrote:

True - I can see a whole Ross V Rachel thing going here....
"We were on a semi break!!!!"

In relation to the ring, just ask around in a few jewellers.

trying not to be mean, but how can you be anything more than 'just friends'
when in too diff countries? is it just no phone sex or are the kids sending each other dirty mpgs of each other these days?

cianr

How about a Claddagh ring?

PeadarofAodh

sorry, just re-read my first post- went into it a bit much there! Still trying to work out how its going to work! What I meant by semi-break is we're keeping it as friends...ie: friendly chat...wow this doesn't seem to make much sense when you type it! Phone sex is already a no-no btw daveym:rolleyes:

She already has a claddagh ring so no luck there. I'll ask around anyway.

copacetic

just worried you are setting yourself up for a fall, it's only 3 and a bit months, either no break or a total break would be my advice for what it is worth when she gets back you can take back up where you left off anyway...

on the ring thing, one that can be worn on a chain might be an ok idea esp if she is alredy wearing a few rings.. you can tell her she can wear it close to her heart (if you can keep your lunch down when you say it!)

PeadarofAodh

Right Daveym I must come accross as some love-sick puppy! I do very little romantic stuff of this nature so I just thought I'd do something seeing as she's going away just before our anniversary! Wouldn't want total break because she means too much to me to throw away but she says she doesn't want to stay together completely cos she'll miss me too much (don't ask...)

Don't like the idea of chain, looks stupid I always tho- rings are for fingers unless you're a hobbit...and she doesn't have hairy feet so its ok.

Bloody hate the French...

iguana

Check if she prefers silver or gold? A lot of people tend to wear one or the other but not both.

Why not take a look in the Argos catalogue. I know 90% of their jewellery is awful but some of it can be nice and inexpensive. Just get a nicer box

Most jewellers will do engraving. (Avoid white gold, this is actually bleached yellow gold covered in rhodium. The plating will wear away after a year or two and all you will be left with is the bleached gold.)

Font22

that is so cute.....
yea good idea to get her something.
getting a ring can b tricky tho i.e. size of her finger etc. i think a bracelet would be a lovely idea but thats just coming from me. i love my bracelets!

PeadarofAodh

Ring size is no problem, I can just rob one of hers to check. I would get a bracelet but I don't think she's a very braceletty kind of person! Thanks for the info iguana- good thing you mentioned that cos I would've had no idea!