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engagement

If you’re looking for unique engagement rings, offbeat proposal ideas, nontraditional engagement photo inspiration, or even engagement party vibes, this is the spot for you!

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Brent & Jess’s unique custom fingerprint wedding rings

Wedding rings don’t really come much more custom than these… Brent & Jess makes custom wedding bands from your own fingerprints! I love the ones pictured above with the print inside of the ring, it’s like keeping one of the things that makes your partner totally unique close to you at all times. Plus it makes […]

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Christina & Aaron’s bug and dinosaur-infused wedding at a sake factory

This is what happens when you combine amazing green wedding outfits, creepy crawly bugs, and dinosaurs in a sake factory.

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Brilliant Earth’s conflict-free diamond rings & ethically-sourced sapphires

If you’re magnetically drawn to the bling, but repulsed and nauseated by the horror of the diamond trade, then you should check out the conflict free diamonds from Brilliant Earth. In a sea of sketchy mall stores, these guys stand out as a socially responsible jeweler with their conflict-free Canadian diamonds, ethically sourced sapphires, and […]

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Who picked THIS engagement pose?

Is it just me, or do the crossed arms of the headless groom-to-be comes off as creepily paternalistic? (“No, you’re not getting your bride allowance — you’ve been naughty this week!”)

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Diamond as dick size

See, when you talk exact carats, you’re getting into the dick-size game, whether you mean to or not. It’s sort of like pulling down your pants and saying, “Oh that? My 10.75-inch-long penis? Ignore that — I’m trying to tell about you my scrotal piercing!” Here’s a fool-proof way to avoid the whole OMG IT’S SO HUGE discussion.

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Can you skip it and have NO engagement ring?

An excerpt from the book recently ran on Elle Canada’s website. Granted, it was pretty sanitized (I curse a lot in the book — I guess Elle readers aren’t as foul-mouthed as I am), but you can check it out over here: The ring with the bling: Who needs an engagement ring?