>Otherwise we'd probably have tied the knot already.
> > >
> > > ~Mina

I think I gave the wrong impression with that last comment. Darien and are are perfectly happy waiting to get married until we can afford everything that we want.

> > Rings are significant part of your wedding day, but after all they ARE just a symbolic gesture of your new life together. I think -- if you'll be anything like me and want to wear your rings all the time after the wedding -- then you might as well marry symbol to practical substance.

As for symbolism- Darien fell in love with a certain design on a wedding ring the first time he saw it, and it's important to me that we get them because so much of the wedding is going to end up being what *I* always wanted. They're absolutely beautiful, matching rings, with several different colors of gold on them, and already I couldn't imagine us getting anything else. And so that in itself holds a bit of symbolism for us, I think.

> > Of course, this type of approach may not work for you; and if you find my presumption insulting, then I apologize. Just wanted to suggest that money need never be the main object holding anyone back from tying the knot with the one they love.

Don't worry, I'm not insulted. :-} I don't look at it as money holding us back- we just have to hold off for a while until we can make this very important day (and the week or two after it) exactly how we want it. And that's *definitely* worth waiting for.


> I borrowed ten bucks from my best man to pay the preacher. Money shouldn't be a problem.
> Howard

~Mina "Preachers cost a lot more these days, I'm afraid" moon