Friendship Rings

A totally on-the-spot decision. The girlfriend and I randomly walked by a jewelry shop, stared at its display cases and found eye candy in the form of sparkly rings. Best of all, they come discounted. WOOT. That really sealed the decision to purchase two rings. I bought one for her, and she gifted one to me.

Many girlfriends and I like buying our own jewelry. In the first place, we don't expect our romantic partners to buy us anything that we won't buy or can't afford. I've got a huge problem wearing jewelry given by dates, ex-boyfriends or whatever. Regardless of the price or deep significance back then, the pieces become meaningless the moment we split. As far as possible, I return all non-perishable gifts, especially jewelry. Those given by friends, in friendship, are fairly enduring. And those, remain mine to cherish even long after a friendship fades. When the man and I weren't married, but were simply committed long-term partners, it was a bit awkward to accept gifts of jewelry from his parents. I was like, why spend so much on presents, especially when I'd have to uhh do an inventory; should we separate, I'd like to return everything to the buyers. :P That inventory exists, by the way, and is kept current.

Dunno who said friendship rings ought to look similar or be adjoining pieces of jigsaw or whatever. It's precisely how humans are made differently that some become good friends who have widely differing tastes in everything. Of course this girlfriend and I decided on rather different ones for ourselves. Wheee. A pink sapphire in the shape of a heart for her, and a pear-shaped citrine for me.

Afternoon coffee with my gifter.