Robbie:
Your wife is a lucky woman.
When we got married we had no money so I decided to forgo the engagement diamond. Stupid expense when you don’t have two nickels to rub together.
My husband wanted a ring so I worked hard to buy him one. It was way more expensive than mine (men’s rings have more gold) but it meant so much to me that he wanted the world to know we were married that I would almost have robbed a bank to get the money.
Personally I hate rings, but wore one b/c it’s a visible reminder of the promises I made to him. Last year I accidentally put the diamond anniversary band he bought me on our 25th and my wedding ring down the garbage disposal.
Guess which ring I cried over? Hint: it wasn’t the diamond anniversary ring. Do you know, that plain little $29 wedding band survived? And it only cost me a few hundred dollars to get it out of my broken disposal. It’s on my finger now – scratches and all – and will be so long as I have breath in my body.
As for Prince William, that’s between him and his bride but I agree with you that marriage is about compromises.
