Are nose rings attractive?

Captive animals, this is what I think when I see a nose ring in an otherwise attractive woman. My rural background, I suppose. Also worn by bulls so they can be led around by paying attention to the pain. I thought it was cruel when I was a child--and now I wonder if the person just didn't have enough problems--had to add some.

The cost of a big wedding may not be worth it

The more you spend on the engagement ring and the wedding, the more likely you are to get a divorce according to this research: " ‘A Diamond is Forever’ and Other Fairy Tales: The Relationship between Wedding Expenses and Marriage Duration" Andrew M. Francis and Hugo M. Mialon. (September 15, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2501480 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2501480

We've been married over 54 years. Our wedding was low budget. I borrowed my sister's wedding dress; I didn't even have a shower. My husband's parents bought him a new suit. It was punch and cake in the church basement. I'm guessing weddings are really for brides and their mothers; men probably don't give a hoot. The important thing about a wedding is to be surrounded by friends and family, and skip the park or beach and find a church! And even that doesn't always take. If you can't get along before the wedding, a few words by a pastor won't change anything.

http://www.theknot.com/Vendors/Longaberger-Golf-Club-Event-Center/Profile/CAR/054/542850/profile?sid=FeilhLC0c4HJxNUWNuxbEw

http://www.eventective.com/USA/Ohio/Heath/68040/The-Dawes-Arboretum.html

http://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-rings/

http://www.whiteflash.com/engagement-rings/designer-rings.aspx

Ouch! That hurt!

This morning I reached around the kitty with my left hand for my coffee cup while reading Martin Luther and felt a sharp pain in my ring finger. I wear 3 rings--wedding, engagement, and a special band that I think was a Valentine gift about 3 or 4 years ago. But I'd worn a different 3rd ring for years before that--anniversary of our first date I think (my husband is very romantic). Something got pinched. After each move toward the cup, it would hurt more, so finally took the rings off. Oh my. All the fat is gone on that finger from 48 years of wearing rings. So when it's naked, it looks sort of deformed. It used to be a 5, but I think it's gone down a bit. Just rubbed it away--probably went to my hips, that's what happened to my ear lobes. I finally put the wedding band back on, but put the other two away--I won't say where because the cat sometimes reads my blog, and she loves to climb up on the furniture and knock things on the floor.