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How To Buy Diamond Engagement Rings--Part I

Fred238 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:23:00 -0500

So, you are ready to buy an engagement ring. Seems like a fairly straight forward deal. Here's the plan: Withdraw all your cash from the ATM or bring your checkbook or your brand new or heavily abused credit card; get into a form of transportation; enter jewelry store; pick out what you like; pay and leave. It can literally be that easy! Buying an engagement ring is a piece of cake; buying a good one is a little trickier.

How To Buy Diamond Engagement Rings--Part II

Fred238 — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:18:00 -0500

There they are...case after case of sparkling beauties! Smiling sales people eager to show you anything, and what appears to be a pit boss in the back for ground support. There's a guard at the front door and you wonder "Is he here to protect the jewelry store from being robbed or to make sure I leave with something!" Jewelry stores and their overly eager commissioned sales people can be a little intimidating for the average bear, but not for you!

How To Call Off a Wedding

Vanessa264 — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:40:00 -0500

What you are about to do will be stressful, awkward, embarrassing and hurtful, and one of the hardest things you've ever done. But it will be good for you. How can calling off a wedding be good for you? Because you are listening to your inner guidance. Finally. Somehow you had convinced yourself that marrying your fiance was the right thing to do and for months now, you've squelched that inner voice screaming "no."

But you came to your senses. Before the wedding! Many women hear that same voice but choose not to listen because they're scared-scared of what people will say, scared of hurting feelings, scared that they won't meet another man-scared, scared, scared. In store for them and their families are years of unhappiness that could have been prevented if only they'd had the courage to listen to themselves.