29 Diamond Engagement Ring – $700
I have an engagement ring for sale, it is absolutely beautiful. My ex and I broke up and I’m getting married next year, and that is why I am selling it. It’s a size 7 ½ or 8 and 14K white gold. It has 29 diamonds of all sizes in a large 3 square stone setting. Each setting has 9 diamonds with the middle having the biggest diamonds and an equal 9 on each side. Then, looking from the side of the ring, there is beautiful design with 1 diamond on each side. It is very sparkly and wooing. It was $2000 new from Harry Ritchie’s Jewelers, and was only worn for 8 months. Very good deal, I just want it sold fast. My 12 year old is the model, so that gives you an idea of how big it is.
I don’t know what’s more poignant, the Appalachian feel of the skinny kid reluctantly wearing momma’s ring, or the fact that the ring is all but illegible through all that blur. Or is it that it was worn for only 8 months? No, I think the heartbreaking part of the post is the description of the ring as “sparkly and wooing.” I’m starting to see things a little blurry myself. I just need a minute . . .
Somehow I think the image of the shirtless 12 year old wearing the ring is disturbing…
When an engagement is ended the honorable thing to do is to return the ring to the would-have-been groom.
I totally agree – poor kid.
> No, I think the heartbreaking part of the post is the description of the ring as “sparkly and wooing.”
> the ring is all but illegible
Ah, word usage police irony.
I realise that his arm’s raised up, but his nipples still look wrong. I don’t know why I noticed that.
I also wonder why she’s used the free ads to sell the ring. Wouldn’t she get more from a pawnbrokers?
the really scary thing here is that there is a 12 year old wearing his mothers/fathers/uncles/aunts/sisters? engagement ring… I mean is this the person that gave the ring, or that wore the ring? and it is also bothersome that the last breakup wasn’t that long ago as we can tell because the ring has not been hawked for a case of colt 45 or meth yet…
@Seibee
I noticed the same thing, don’t worry hahahaha
@Seibee
Maybe it is a 12 year old female kid? And if mom got money from the pawnborker, she could get a good camerwa and take good pics, o, no.
Diamond Clarity Grading Scale:
-FL (Flawless)
-IF (Internally Flawless)
-SI (Slightly Included)
-SW (Sparkly & Wooing)
(Chart courtesy of Harry Ritchie’s Jewelers)
yep. it’s the mom and kid from gummo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARNRlkuTmjs
I know it’s nitpicking, but “illegible” literally means “unreadable” and can really only apply to the written word.
I figured the kid WAS the fiance. I guess it’s not Salem, West Virginia, though.
Ya know, you could have just shot his hand…
Okay, am I the only one who thinks the timeline is a bit off in this story? If she wants it gone fast, I assume she’s listing it now for the first time and soon after the breakup – but she’s already getting married next year to yet another beau?
If the groom called it off, the tradition states she gets to keep the ring. Of course, if he called it off because she was a whore, she should give it back. If she called it off, she should give it back.
I thought it was a guy that posted this…maybe I should re-read it, but that was my first impression…
If it’s a woman, WTF wouldn’t she take a picture of it on HER hand?
That second picture may constitute child pornography. Looks like a girl to me.
So is the 12 year old now feel all sparkly and wooing?
Cmon people, shirts! Shirts! They’re your friends.
I think they might be a boy. I seem to recall (being a girl and all) being pretty self-conscious about stuff like that. Although that looks like redneck country, so you never know.
Same here. If it were a woman, she should know what size the ring is.
Aww, don’t give the guy a hard time — that diamond ring just doesn’t shine for him anymore. And if you’ve found someone who’s love is true, why wouldn’t you want to let it shine for you?
I have a feeling that mom is too fat to wear the ring now.
i love the terrible siding on the house and the window unit. WAY classy!!!
Seriously, WTF. Take a picture of it on a black cloth of some sort and don’t friggin’ have the zoom on maximum. Geez people, taking pictures is NOT that difficult. And, for god’s sake, CLOTHE YOUR CHILD if you’re going to force them to model the item. Geezus.
And I would have to say that the child is a boy, since they’re 12 years old and there is no chest growth whatsoever. Of course I could be wrong, maybe she’s a late bloomer. But as far as I’ve seen MOST girls have SOME sort of growth there by 12 years old. And I think the nipples look wrong because they’re raising their arm, and that makes the skin by the breast area stretch a little, particularly in boys (which furthers my theory).
@HunterJE
That only applies to The Playboys.
I worry that this might actually be an ad for the child.
Is a putting on a shirt really that hard?
thats how all girls are…….hahahahahaah@Rachel
looks like a girl I used to tap
she had a chest like two fried eggs
a bit like a skateboard, flat and easy to ride
“My ex and I broke up and I’m getting married next year…” WTF?
Add to that the awful pictures and the inclusion of a twelve year-old child, and this ad is full of all kinds of WTF.
But if it’s a man, WTF whould he take the picture of it on HIS hand? How does putting it on the hand of a twelve year-old boy benefit anybody? If the man’s hand is too large, I’m sure he could still fit it on a pinky. Or he could photograph it next to a ruler. WTF reason could there be for including a twelve year-old child of any gender in any context?? I don’t understand! I honest-to-god can’t come up with any satisfying explanation of the thought process behind this!!
@Edward
I meant “wouldn’t” rather than “whould.” I’m sorry, I was worked up over the WTFness.
It just doesn’t stop being mind-numbingly creepy.
@HunterJE
If it weren’t for listening to all kinds of music and being a musician, I’d feel pretty awkward for having recognised that song.
@TabooSushi
I think there’s some rule for pictures on CL that forbids clear, recognisable pictures unless it’s in the adults-only area.
This is disturbing.
I am not quite sure why it needs to be shown on a hand at all, can’t one hold it and take a picture of it?
They have hand models for a reason. If it belongs on your hand, you don’t shoot anything above the wrist.
Can anyone say zirconium.
“Zirconium.”
There, I said it.
False. An engagement ring is what is legally termed as a “conditional gift”. The gift only transfers ownership once the condition has been met. The condition obviously being marriage. If they never got married it is technically still the property of the person who gave it to her.
She is selling someone elses property.
Actually, if the engagement ring was given as a Christmas or birthday gift, then it’s not a conditional gift. Therefore, if you want the ring back, don’t use it as a gift for another occasion!
I thought this was posted by a man, anyway.
Ha, I used to live in that town.
Full of A)creepy homogeneous state workers and B)creepy homogeneous meth addicts.
@S.
You can keep the ring if your partner did something like beat you, harm your kid, scam you, sleep around on you, etc. Guys can be whores too.
But this is all moot because a used engagement ring isn’t going to bring anyone more than about fifty bucks these days.
So legally, even though they broke up, are they still cousins?
29 stones arranged in a 3-stone style = tiny little chips of diamonds that are in no way worth $2000. The whole thing is a bit suspicious…
I’ll take it if the pre-pubescent boy is included! xD