I tell everyone I know that if I was to get proposed to, the guy better not have picked out a ring without my having a word in it. Most guys I know have no clue about jewelry. If I have to wear it the rest of my life, I want to like it (though I am sure that I would like it just for what it represents, if I didn't like the mineral/design).

If you need to have a ring when you propose, there are ways of getting her opinion without asking straight out "So what would you like your engagement ring to look like?". I have a friend, who before proposing, arranged an evening with a jeweler "friend" to which he took his girlfriend, at which the "friend" presented all sorts of types of jewelry and settings and lots of information on everything. My friend had made sure the ring he was thinking about getting was in the mix, and his girlfriend (now wife) actually said she really liked that one - never suspecting anything. I thought it was pretty clever

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Si à travers nos veines coule encore le sang...
Si dans les jeux d'enfants on entend encore l'accent...
Si nous sentons encore l'espoir de nos grands-parents...
Si dans les voiles du large souffle encore le vent...
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