Tough conversations about marriage: why an online prenup is a good start
Recently, an old friend of mine decided to have a non-legal commitment ceremony… a commitzvah, they called it. For various reasons, she and her dude decided they didn’t want to legally get married, but you know what they did instead? They sat down with a lawyer, and had some really, really difficult conversations and worked out a legally-binding commitment agreement. Conversations about money. Conversations about children and aging parents. Conversations about fidelity and divorce. Realistically, because they opted to build their legally-binding commitment from scratch, they had conversations that many of us planning state-recognized marriages don’t have.
Stone-less engagement rings that still ooze glamour [Updated!]
My partner and I are searching for my perfect engagement ring, but with one rule: It can’t have any stones. I’m super tough on jewelry, so it also needs to be durable, and low-profile. But I also want it to feel pretty and girly. All that being said, I don’t just want a plain band as my engagement ring. So where can I find durable, yet feminine engagement rings with no bling?
How I made a d20 engagement ring for my secret lesbian D&D proposal
I proposed to my girlfriend after a session of Dungeons and Dragons, with an engagement ring that held not a diamond, but a twenty-sided die. When I hit on the d20 ring, I knew it would be perfect for her… Plus, cheesy as it sounds, I do feel like I rolled a natural 20 when I started dating her.
Because I’m a woman in a relationship with another woman, there are no traditions on who proposes to whom. My girlfriend tends to think of herself as the guy of the relationship, but I’m not all that into traditional gender roles, so I decided to propose anyways. But how?
Will you be my companion?: The perfect ring box for a Whovian proposal
Ssssh — if you listen closely you can hear the collective jealous outcries from fellow Whovians when I show you Tribesmaid Anthropolywog’s amazing Tardis ring box. Oh, and should I even drop the “matching TARDIS-blue engagement ring” bomb?
I’ll let Anthropolywog explain the most adorkable proposal you’ll hear about today…