I've been on Double-Secret Probation for 1.5 years

[Judge Smails]

<p>and I had no idea!</p><p>Is the 10 Year Anniversary ring common knowledge to everyone?&nbsp; I consider myself an above average husband and a reasonably romantic guy.&nbsp; I never forget a birthday or anniversary but I swear to you I had never heard that you were supposed to get them a 10 year ring.&nbsp; My 10 year anniversary was back in May of 2005!!!</p><p>Last night the wife went out with a couple of friends.&nbsp; Today I asked her how it went and she told me a couple of them just had their 10 year anniversaries and were showing off their rings.&nbsp; I slowly put down my sammich and like Charlie&nbsp;in &quot;Flowers for Algernon&quot; slowly became self-aware of my own retardedness.&nbsp; &quot;Ring?&nbsp; Wha... wha... what ring are you talking about?&quot;</p><p>One thing leads to another and I try to mend some bridges.&nbsp; I tell I'm sorry. I had no idea.&nbsp; If she wants we can go pick one out together for Christmas.&nbsp; She says that she's OK.&nbsp; It's no big deal and that she'd rather save the money for the kid's education or something.</p><p>But, HOLY SHIT! i've been skating on thin ice for a year and half and had no fucking clue.&nbsp; I've got to step it up big time this Christmas this year.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Jujubees2]

<p><font size="2">Judge,</font></p><p><font size="2">I've been married for 13 years and never heard of the ten-year ring.&nbsp; It must be something thought up by the jewelry industry.&nbsp; Then again, I didn't get my wife a diamond engagement ring either.</font></p>

[HBox]

<strong>Judge Smails</strong> wrote:<br />Last night the wife went out with a couple of friends. Today I asked her how it went and she told me a couple of them just had their 10 year anniversaries and were showing off their rings. I slowly put down my sammich and like Charlie in &quot;Flowers for Algernon&quot; slowly became self-aware of my own retardedness. &quot;Ring? Wha... wha... what ring are you talking about?&quot; <br /><p><img src="http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/457/ohshit2lr2.gif" border="0" /></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by HBox on 12-2-06 @ 4:02 PM</span>

[Bossanova]

Man, they get rings for everything.&nbsp; I'm never getting married.&nbsp; It would be huge if you got her one for christmas anyway though.

[FUNKMAN]

<p>same here, i only thought trees get ten year rings</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[OGC]

<strong>Judge Smails</strong> wrote:<br /><p>and I had no idea!</p><p>Is the 10 Year Anniversary ring common knowledge to everyone?&nbsp; I consider myself an above average husband and a reasonably romantic guy.&nbsp; I never forget a birthday or anniversary but I swear to you I had never heard that you were supposed to get them a 10 year ring.&nbsp; <font style="background-color: #ffff00">My 10 year anniversary was back in May of 2005!!!</font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="3">If your 10th anniversary was a year and a half ago and this is the first your wife has mentioned about a ring, it would seem obvious that she had no idea either, or it makes next to no difference to her.</font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="3"></font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="3">If you get a definite answer about this 10 year ring thing, let me know because it was my 10th anniversary last week and I didn't buy my wife on either. I want to avoid the shame of missing it by a year and a half.</font></p>

[PhishHead]

okay this is actually very very new...the traditional 10 year anniversary present is tin or pewter, the modern thing is cookware or bake ware.&nbsp; now as an altermate modern for almost every single wedding anniversary a person will suggest a diamond ring.&nbsp; Now debeers about 5 year ago or so (not sure of the exact date) started this shit about a 10 year anniversary diamond ring and i think zales or some shit followed suit.&nbsp; Personally i believe its BS.&nbsp; 10 years is really not that long when you think about it.&nbsp; Maybe nowadays it is but a long time ago it wasnt.&nbsp; Most of the people i have seen with these 10 year anniversary rings are well to do couples where the women dont work and stay home and spend lots of money ( i am not saying this of you or your wife judge I am just talking about the people i know with them)

[Keotok]

<p><img src="http://www.szul.com/images/products/WBBWD1163M.jpg" border="0" width="166" height="132" /></p><p>I know that the 10th anniversary ring has been around for a while, but I also know that the diamond sellers started to really advertise this a few years ago.&nbsp; It is typically a plain band with 10 diamonds in it.&nbsp; They used to look more like this....</p><p><img src="http://www.classicweddingbands.com/diamond/diaband2.jpg" border="0" width="171" height="159" /></p><p>Anyway, I don't think it is a standard thing to do.&nbsp; I think that if you have the money, and are still going strong after 10 years, you would commemorate the occasion by exchanging rings again, and replace your old wedding bands with the new 10 year ones.&nbsp; It has turned into a &quot;You don't love me if I don't get my diamond encrusted band!&quot;&nbsp;</p>

[HeyGuy]

<p>And what does the husband get for 10 years??? Everyday life gets more amazing and unfair. As a liberal person I feel that men and women should get the same pay, have the same chances for things, etc etc etc. That being said, why is&nbsp;it that the men get nothing? If we are to be treated equal then I say no more engagment rings, no more anniv. rings. Think of it this way the guiy always comes out on the bottom end of things. If a husband and wife work the same job and make the same pay, he ends up broke because his gifts have to be more expensive. And men cant bitch about it</p><p>Well I just did <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/drunk.gif" border="0" width="58" height="30" /></p>

[Keotok]

<strong>Campo</strong> wrote:<br /><p>And what does the husband get for 10 years??? </p>The tradition is to exchange rings again.&nbsp; Both of you would get the same wedding band with 10 diamonds in it.&nbsp; Some people exchange vows again, some people just do the ring thing.&nbsp; My grandparents threw them at each other.&nbsp; Good times, good times....&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</p>

[mikeyboy]

<strong>PhishHead</strong> wrote:<br />okay this is actually very very new...the traditional 10 year anniversary present is tin or pewter,&nbsp;&nbsp; <p>How much is a tin ring?&nbsp; Problem solved.&nbsp; You're welcome.</p>

[FUNKMAN]

everyone knows what ring the guy wants

[Don Stugots]

<p>the leather cheerio?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>seriously, get her the ring for christmas or just go out and buy one for her tomorrow and give it to her at dinner.&nbsp; i hope in return you get something nice.&nbsp;</p>

[Fallon]

<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font><strong>STUGOTS1</strong> wrote:<br><p>i hope in return you get something nice.ÿ</p><hr color="cococo" align="left"><p></p>
Xbox 360?

[Gvac]

<p>I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm pretty fed up with retailers telling us what to buy and when.&nbsp; This &quot;ten year ring&quot; is just the latest cockamamie scheme cooked up by the jewelry industry to boost their sales even more.&nbsp; </p><p>We've bought the Hallmark and flower industry &quot;holidays&quot; of Valentine's Day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, etc. hook, line, and sinker and I think it's time we put our foot down. &nbsp;</p><p>Gigantic, multi-billion dollar corporations are telling consumers what they &quot;need&quot; and the people blindly follow.&nbsp; It's really getting insane. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm pretty fed up with retailers telling us what to buy and when.&nbsp; This &quot;ten year ring&quot; is just the latest cockamamie scheme cooked up by the jewelry industry to boost their sales even more.&nbsp; </p><p>We've bought the Hallmark and flower industry &quot;holidays&quot; of Valentine's Day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, etc. hook, line, and sinker and I think it's time we put our foot down. &nbsp;</p><p><strong>Gigantic, multi-billion dollar corporations are telling consumers what they &quot;need&quot; and the people blindly follow</strong>.&nbsp; It's really getting insane. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Big <strong>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AA</strong></p><p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/innocent.gif" border="0" alt="Innocent" title="Innocent" width="18" height="22" /><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /></p>

[DarkHippie]

<p>Please don't buy diamonds.</p><p><a href="http://www.fguide.org/Bulletin/conflictdiamonds.htm">http://www.fguide.org/Bulletin/conflictdiamonds.htm</a></p>

[boeman]

<strong>Fallon</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>STUGOTS1</strong> wrote:<br /><p>i hope in return you get something nice.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>Xbox 360? <p>Wouldn't that be the same as a ring</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<p>Two words:</p><p>Cock.</p><p>Ring.</p><p>It's a ring and it sends a fucking message...literally.&nbsp; Don't take no guff.</p>

[torker]

<strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Two words:</p><p>Cock.</p><p>Ring.</p><p>It's a ring and it sends a fucking message...literally.&nbsp; Don't take no guff.</p><p>The message being: I have difficulty achieving an erection and sustaining it through ejaculation.</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Two words:</p><p>Cock.</p><p>Ring.</p><p>It's a ring and it sends a fucking message...literally.&nbsp; Don't take no guff.</p><p>The message being: I have difficulty achieving an erection and sustaining it through ejaculation.</p><p>Don't hate on the supercock.</p>

[Team_Ramrod]

<p>Oh Christ!</p><p>I only have 6 more years before my 'ring' anniversary.</p><p>I can only think of one thing...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>SABOTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

[torker]

<strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Two words:</p><p>Cock.</p><p>Ring.</p><p>It's a ring and it sends a fucking message...literally.&nbsp; Don't take no guff.</p><p>The message being: I have difficulty achieving an erection and sustaining it through ejaculation.</p><p>Don't hate on the supercock.</p><p>Two words:</p><p>Flac.</p><p>Cid.</p>

[TheMojoPin]

Don't be afraid, silly cheeks.&nbsp; It only looks like a weapon.

[Bulldogcakes]

<strong>Bossanova</strong> wrote:<br />Man, they get rings for everything. I'm never getting married. &nbsp;Tell me about it. All this keeping up with the Jones' bullshit. Fuck the Joneses, and tell them they have ugly kids. You want to blow away the Joneses? Find out how much they paid for their stupid rings, and give the money to something <a href="http://www.grameen-info.org/" title="like this.">like this.</a> Tell them how the money helps poor women feed their families and improve their standard of living. Then ask them how their stupid ring fits. <br /><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Gaia]

<p>I thought there was like a &quot;legend&quot; or some shit for anniversaries. Like 2nd year is lame ass paper, shit like that. I dont know. I didnt know about the ten year ring. I know that many people follow the rules and have been for generations. OH YEAH,....you sir are a JERK!!!!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Im just joshin ya'!!! I guess if nothing was said until now, it's&nbsp;because it wasnt a&nbsp;big deal to the Mrs. to begin with. I would just give her a great drunk railing one night, after you take her to dinner, and all will be good. :)</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Gaia]

<strong>Campo</strong> wrote:<br /><p>And what does the husband get for 10 years??? Everyday life gets more amazing and unfair. As a liberal person I feel that men and women should get the same pay, have the same chances for things, etc etc etc. That being said, why is&nbsp;it that the men get nothing? If we are to be treated equal then I say no more engagment rings, no more anniv. rings. Think of it this way the guiy always comes out on the bottom end of things. If a husband and wife work the same job and make the same pay, he ends up broke because his gifts have to be more expensive. And men cant bitch about it</p><p>Well I just did <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/drunk.gif" border="0" width="58" height="30" /></p><p>You keep that shit up, and men wont be getting oral treats anymore. Dont ruin it for your fellow man. By the way, It's a mans world, tits and ass everywhere. Why do women get everything??!!@!!! Whatever.&nbsp; </p><p>I'm the type of person that when an anniversary comes, my boyfriend gets just as much as I do,&nbsp;A VERY expensive&nbsp;Movado last year,&nbsp;a new television the year before, ETC ETC.&nbsp; Some people are just with the wrong woman. SOOOOORRRRRY. </p>

[OGC]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm pretty fed up with retailers telling us what to buy and when.&nbsp; This &quot;ten year ring&quot; is just the latest cockamamie scheme cooked up by the jewelry industry to boost their sales even more.&nbsp; </p><p>We've bought the Hallmark and flower industry &quot;holidays&quot; of Valentine's Day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, etc. hook, line, and sinker and I think it's time we put our foot down. &nbsp;</p><p>Gigantic, multi-billion dollar corporations are telling consumers what they &quot;need&quot; and the people blindly follow.&nbsp; It's really getting insane. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2">Not everyone has bought into it. My wife and I agreed well before we got married that we wouldn't spend a lot of money on jewelry and gifts etc. We figured it made much more sense to put that money (and any other we could spare) towards paying off our mortgage as soon as possible.</font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2">As a result, 12 years after moving into our house, we are about 5 years away from owning it outright. And then we start spoiling each other.</font></p>

[Gvac]

<p>I salute you and your missus, Rich.&nbsp; </p><p>Fight the power!&nbsp; </p>

[keithy_19]

I bought my girl friend a heart necklace from an irish store. I'm pretty sure she'll love it.

[Judge Smails]

<p>Thinking about it more today, I've come to the conclusion that one of three things happened to explain why she hasn't mentioned it in the last year and a half:</p><p>1) She never heard of it either until her cunt girlfriends told her about it.&nbsp;&nbsp;And now it's no big deal to her that she didn't get it.</p><p>2) It was never a big deal to her and she didn't want to&nbsp;bring it up for fear of making me feel bad for not knowing any better.</p><p>3) She's just been waiting around for me to find out; knowing that the more time that passed the more awkward and bad I would feel.</p><p>If it's #1 or #2 then I'm really a lucky guy.&nbsp; If it's #3: then fuck her and her sheming ways.</p><p>Seriously, she's really not into material gifts and I really think that if I splurged on a ring now (that would in essence be a make-up gift) she'd be really pissed at me.&nbsp; She'd much rather save the money for something more practical.&nbsp; I take her at her word when she tells me she doesn't want one.&nbsp; If I had given it to her when I was supposed to, it probably would have meant something more to her but I can't go back in time now.&nbsp; I definitely am going to have to think about getting her something extra special for Christmas though.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[sr71blackbird]

<p>Get this ring..</p><p><img src="http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:Ik6qK1DrS8eQSM:http://www.talksexwithsue.com/tsimages/cockring2.jpg" border="0" width="107" height="97" /></p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>10 year fucking ring?&nbsp; You fell for that?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dude.</p>

[reillyluck]

chicks are so overrated.

[CaptClown]

<dl><dd>Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,</dd><dd>Seven for the Dwarf-Lords<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_%28Middle-earth%29" title="Dwarf (Middle-earth)"></a> in their halls of stone,</dd><dd>Nine forMortal Men<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_%28Middle-earth%29" title="Man (Middle-earth)"></a> doomed to die,</dd><dd><strong class="selflink">One</strong> for the Dark Lord on his dark throne</dd><dd>In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.</dd><dd>One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,</dd><dd>One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them</dd><dd>In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie</dd></dl>

[Mike from Bklyn]

<font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I just asked my wife and she has never heard of such a thing. </font></font>

[Kevin]

Its bullshit, i have never, ever heard of a 10 yr ring.

[SatCam]

Don't you have $50,000 lying around somewhere?

I say you buy her the ring you cheap bastard. plus one anal for your troubles.

[TheMojoPin]

<strong>keithy_19</strong> wrote:<br />I bought my girl friend a heart necklace from an irish store. I'm pretty sure she'll love it. <p>Stop supporting terrorists.</p>

[SatCam]

<strong>keithy_19</strong> wrote:<br>I bought my girl friend a heart necklace from an irish store. I'm pretty sure she'll love it.<p></p>

http://img.alibaba.com/photo/10946260/Beer_Mugs_Necklace.jpg

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>Mike from Bklyn</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I just asked my wife and she has never heard of such a thing. </font></font><p>up until now!</p><p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" width="20" height="20" /></p>

[trackstand]

<p>Pussywhipped?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Soooooorrrrrrrryyyy!</p><p>Thanks for the heads up!</p>

[El Mudo]

I'd be more pissed at her girlfriends or their husbands for potentially blowing up your spot with this nonsense

[Don Stugots]

be pissed at the husbands for buying the rings for their cunt wives.

[A.J.]

Threads like these make me proud to be single.

[FUNKMAN]

hopefully that mockingbird &quot;does&quot; sing...

[Death Metal Moe]

For real.&nbsp; You better be getting a little HLBLHBLHLBHLBHBLHBLHBHBLLHALHLABLBL&nbsp; from her EVERY FUCKING NIGHT after this stunt, or trade her the fuck in.

[lleeder]

The only ten year ring a wife deserves is the one she has in her ears from years of abuse

[pennington]

I agree with previous posts, get her one for Christmas.

If this has been eating at her like acid for a year and a half, it will help to neutralize it. Otherwise, years from now she'll be screaming at you about something that doesn't make sense and the fact you didn't get her that ring will be the reason.

On the other hand, if it really isn't that important to her, she'll be genuinely happy to get it. Then she can show it to all her friends and tell them how wonderful you are.

Either way, you'll come out ahead.

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>Its too late now, but there's a foolproof way to get out of shit like this. </p><p>When she brought it up, you should have said &quot;Is. . . is that <em>really </em>important to you?&quot; (as you say this, look at her as if you've never met this person standing in front of you)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then she would feel like a bad person for asking and would never ask again. And then you can take the money and go spend it on something meaningful. I'd take the points and go with the Patriots this week. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Bulldogcakes on 12-5-06 @ 9:50 PM</span>