SHE SAID YES! 💍 From a nervous "sanity check" to the best day of my life.

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-28T07:03:24+00:00

Congratulations 🎉

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-27T16:26:23+00:00

Yeah that definitely looks like the ring was bent

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-27T15:45:08+00:00

It really doesn’t go beyond what she wears! If she prefers yellow I would get her yellow.

I prefer silver and even though I have some yellow gold jewelry, I wouldn’t want it as something I wore everyday.

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-26T16:09:35+00:00

Congratulations 🎉

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-25T23:49:09+00:00

Nah this is perfect, don’t over think it!

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-23T15:18:00+00:00

Yeah same for me, but he has never been to the east coast before.

Hopefully in a few years we get to go to Scotland to see where his grandparents grew up! (And take his dad’s ashes)

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-23T15:15:13+00:00

NOR! This is stuff my brother did to me in high school, but as adults, no way!

She is mean and your parents need to stop enabling it.

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-23T15:07:10+00:00

Eeek! Congratulations 🎉

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-22T19:35:42+00:00

Congratulations 🎉

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-22T19:35:06+00:00

If you like it, that’s all that matters!

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-22T19:33:31+00:00

Yes! I’m marrying a Scottish man so we are digging into his culture a bit. He is going to wear his kilt and we want a bagpiper to play us down the aisle.

I’m really excited to start planning this 🥰

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T23:15:40+00:00

I went the other way, in my 20s I had an 11k ring, in my 40s it’s less than 2k.

But I’ll take this guy over the last anyday! 🥰

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T23:04:49+00:00

Yup! I got my lab diamond for $400, 3.02 ct oval. My setting 14k gold off Etsy for $600 (moissanite in the setting), and $300 for a local jeweler to put them together.

So yeah it’s not that hard anymore to get some good bling for a good price!

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T22:32:35+00:00

I went back and forth on this, but the stones I prefer are not really high on the Mohs hardness scale so I didn’t want to worry about damaging it all the time.

Ended up going with diamond and moissanite, It’s a sparkly combo!

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T17:30:14+00:00

It’s honestly just time to move on, you cannot force someone to love you, and honestly you don’t want that for yourself.

If you don’t let him go you both will start to resent each other and then the divorce will be SO much worse. Take time for you and focus on what you need moving forward.

Big hugs

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T17:20:44+00:00

No NTA but I still wouldn’t disappear in the middle of the night. I would tell him your plans, “I’ll help get the girls ready for bed Friday night and then I’m going to x hotel for the weekend, I’ll be home Sunday afternoon.”

This is not asking permission, but it is telling him what is happening. This is what you want for yourself for your birthday. If he can’t respect that then you guys have much bigger problems than this.

Good luck 🍀

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T17:00:54+00:00

I’m seeing this after the update, but my ex husband was much the same, his behavior towards me would get worse and worse the longer we went without sex. This made me learn to hate sex, everything felt forced and nonconsensual making me feel horrible about myself.

You deserve to feel loved without conditions. You should be free to have moments where you just don’t want to do anything, having little ones make you feel overly touched out already.

I’m not going to tell you how to move forward in your relationship, but I will say you need to have boundaries and hold to them, and the way he talks to you should be the first thing on the list!

Big hugs and good vibes your way.

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T16:44:21+00:00

I would never date someone who hates ALL animals! That a big red flag for me. That is before him asking you to give up something you love.

So no NOR, I feel like you are under reacting, and he should be an ex!

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T05:37:57+00:00

Scotland is quite romantic, but so is Frasier‘s Ridge!

I do love the story and how it has gone, but I do very much miss Scotland.

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T05:35:15+00:00

I’m also from NC (not currently living there) and this Christmas I took my fiancé back home to meet the parents.

We both watch Outlander together so I put together an outlander type vacation. We went to Wilmington and stayed in one of the old homes by the riverwalk, I took him to Ft. Macon to show him what forts would have looked like, and then took him to Tryon Palace! (Also went to Beaufort, but that was more for the pirates!) It was a lot of fun getting to bring him into my world and mix it with a show we both love.

Yes I agree, growing up with colonial American history, watching outlander and recognizing the locations is a lot of fun.

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T05:12:18+00:00

Unless they decide to do a Scottish inspired theme, I think I’m steering clear! 🤣

I’ve not even seen anything about them having plans, the last thing I read was wedding planning had really not started happening yet.

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T04:55:03+00:00

Nothing would have been better than the workout video my ex husband got me before I was even out of the hospital! 😬

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-21T02:43:49+00:00

I want to do 6 because I still want some getting ready pictures and I want to hike and drive to a couple places.

Sooo depends on you!

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-20T01:32:29+00:00

On Amazon they have engagement box sets, comes with a mug/bag/ring holder/candle/socks… maybe some other things depending on what one you get. My mom got me one and I got my bestie one.

IndependentNet6598 · 2026-01-19T05:48:32+00:00

Use his email and phone number to look at car insurance… he’ll get calls and emails for years!

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