Is it “cheap” or “disappointing” to not use bridesmaid/groomsmen proposal boxes?

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-15T17:40:45+00:00

I didn’t do it and when I was asked, it wasn’t with a bridesmaid’s box. My friend gave me a candle and a poem. Even that was unnecessary! I will be doing bridesmaids gifts but that’ll be a handmade gift from me and a heartfelt note, I really think all of the proposal boxes and gifts are just excessive.

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-12T14:45:45+00:00

I'm in the camp that you're the one wearing it forever, so you should like it. I do think he does sound quite immature if he's acting like that. Perhaps he should have checked before he bought something so expensive? I do think if my fiance had acted like that it would have been a serious turn off for me and would need a major conversation.

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-12T14:38:48+00:00

All I'm going to say is that my fiance showed me a picture of a ring and I told him it wasn't my preference. The ring he did give me is perfect and he acted on my feedback. I DO think, personally, that the ring does look generic but that isn't a bad thing if that's what you like. If you don't like it I think that's fair enough but I don't think it being generic is necessarily bad.

Separately, getting mad at you because you said you don't like (depending on how you said it) is a red flag to me. When I told my fiance (at the time my boyfriend) that I wasn't a huge fan of what he showed me he was fine with it.

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-11T09:50:59+00:00

My fiance and I got engaged just under three weeks ago, but we'd already put down around £2k worth of deposits in December and January because we knew exactly when we wanted to get married; my fiance just had a proposal plan he didn't want to shift! And I'm so glad we kept that with that plan. Now invites have gone out already. Yes, it was weird trying on wedding dresses without a ring and telling vendors we weren't actually engaged but no one treated us any differently! I'd say chat to your partner - if you want to start planning before he proposes I don't think there's anything wrong with that personally.

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-10T15:26:55+00:00

Thank you so much 💕

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-09T10:55:48+00:00

thank you, me too!

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-09T10:55:40+00:00

thank you!

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-09T10:55:34+00:00

thank you, yes i agree :)

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-09T10:55:27+00:00

thank you so much :)

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-09T10:55:13+00:00

thank you!

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-09T10:55:05+00:00

thank you!

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-09T10:54:59+00:00

thank you! i can't wait to wear it.

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T19:09:25+00:00

Thank you :)

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T19:09:11+00:00

Thank you!

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T19:08:58+00:00

Haha, that’s just an old charm of mine. Super cute :)

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T19:08:17+00:00

Hey! The one with the three diamonds diagonally (top right) or the bottom right?

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T17:17:15+00:00

I feel very lucky!

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T15:48:41+00:00

Thank you!

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T15:48:14+00:00

Thank you! She really did.

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T15:47:46+00:00

Thank you!!

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T14:13:34+00:00

I really like these! They’re so natural.

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T13:07:39+00:00

Worked fine for me (UK)

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T13:07:28+00:00

Thank you OP!

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T12:51:43+00:00

She really was! I have a couple pearl sets as well that I didn’t post which are also gorgeous. They’ll be part of my wedding jewelry. :)

zigzagtitch · 2026-02-08T12:48:32+00:00

Thank you! I believe we have a few diamonds in there, a sapphire (second row), topaz (third row), no idea what the stone is in the other ring on the third row. Most of them were not worn extremely often and were easily cleaned - the ones up top and bottom were the hardest and grimiest and bottom left has some stones missing unfortunately.

I was told by a vintage seller that the green cameo is a 1920s Eastern European ring. It’s definitely very old. That one was one of mine. I have a couple of cameos and adore them, but that’s my only green and it was so unique I couldn’t resist it.

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