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Would You Sell Your Sled to Buy a Ring????

If he does it on his own. Then I guess it's his choice. I wouldn't. I'd find another way. If she told him he needed to do it, then he's screwed for life. She'll wear the pants forever. His balls in her purse.
Ans yes you can finance an engagement ring.
 
You gotta wear the pants early or they'll run your life for ever!! PS I just got engaged Xmas Eve! I got a good girl, she would actualy get mad if I spent too much on a ring for her. She's got a dirt bike and rides a Limited CBR 1000RR Honda at the track with me... Her comment was "Jesus, you better not have spent more than $500 bucks!!!!" Seriously I think she would have rather I gave her a full system for her bike... lol.:D
 
I'm not sure how many of you are just talk on the site...Family is by far more important than sledding and my wife is the most important person in the world to me, even over my daughter (kids move out - your spouse is for a lifetime).

She is not asking him to quit riding. He is trying to get her what he thinks she deserves. The ring will last a lifetime, maybe more and will go up in value. The sled will only last a few years.

He can always get a sled later. Who knows, maybe his fiance is rich or will inherit some money and buy him a brand new one. I would sell mine if it was the only way to get the ring.

If he picks the right one, it will work out. My wife is the one that got me into sledding in the first place and now we own 3 sleds, 2 quads, a dirt bike and a camper (all old, but still fun).
 
BigT said:
OK, so I'm the minority (and a ***** I guess) BUT,
If someone would have asked me the same question 15 years ago i would have said no way. But now that I have been married 15 years--would I give up my sled for my best friend--YA, definately--without a doubt.
The cool part is though--my best friend would never ask me to give up my passion!!
I get to keep the sled!

BigT
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You said what i was trying to say better. Maybe I would be willing to sell my toy to buy a ring for "the one," but I would hope "the one" would never except a ring finaced in such a way.
 
Sledding is part of who you are, your girlfriend should accept that. I wouldn't personally sell off my passions to satisfy someone...unless you replace it quickly. You'll become unhappy!!! :face-icon-small-con And that defeats the purpose of selling it in the first place.
 
I've always been big on the idea of the "Engagement Sled" instead of the ring. For what some people spend on a ring, you could buy her a very nice sled, so that she can go riding too. Instead of some shiny piece of metal and stone that only her friends and single guys will really notice, she would have something useable.

Me, well, I already had two sleds, so one became hers. Didn't spend a fortune on a ring (she didn't want me to), and several months later, she went and bought us a pair of dirtbikes. Thats not the reason I married her, but damn, it sure showed people that I had chosen the right one... :D
 
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From a woman's perspective, I wouldn't want a guy to give up what makes him who he is to buy something for me that doesn't come from the heart. If she EXPECTS it, she isn't the right one and your buddy needs to keep looking.

Skinny - I love the engagement sled idea!!! :) Get her into the sport before talking marriage - then she'll take a zip tie on the finger and a sled in the trailer!

:) 2fun
 
Lol!

You guys are funny! My fiance bought himself a brand new M8 then sold me his old 900, took a trip out west and then he proposed to me 11,000 feet with a REALLY nice rock. I couldn't imagine be married to someone who left me at home to cook, clean, take care of the kids while he went out and rode or went on a sled trip - THATS JUST WRONG. lol
 
Selling your sled to buy a ring is about the same as cutting your balls off to use as a wedding cake decoration.

Many jewelry stores have sales where there is 0 payments 0 interest for 12 months. He might as well wait till April to sell the sled with a loan like this. At least he would be able to ride the rest of the year.
 
No, buy her a sled first.

I did and my mother and mother in law have been giving me chit ever since.
 
Skinny said:
I've always been big on the idea of the "Engagement Sled" instead of the ring. For what some people spend on a ring, you could buy her a very nice sled, so that she can go riding to. Instead of some shiny piece of metal and stone that only her friends and single guys will really notice, she would have something useable.

Me, well, I already had two sleds, so one became hers. Didn't spend a fortune on a ring (she didn't want me to), and several months later, she went and bought us a pair of dirtbikes. Thats not the reason I married her, but damn, it sure showed people that I had chosen the right one... :D
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LOL...I think if you were down here we all would be hang'n out!!!! Budd (my husband) bought me a new RMK when we were dating & then came the titanium bands (anything else wouldn't hold up w/ us!)! Then went on a six week sledding honeymoon in AK!!!!!:D.......our lives revolve together around sledding!
 
This is not just talk! I would NEVER sell my sled to buy something as materialistic as a ring! I would sell it to get out of a financial jam or something like that.

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER sell your happiness to get a fuggin ring! If she is that kind of woman then you don't want her, she will just make you miserable even more. My wife would never ask me to sell my sled or my bike to get her a ring and if she ever does, I WILL TELL HER TO GO GET BENT!

If she really loves you, then it's not the size of the ring that matters. A ring has the SAME symbolism no matter how big or small. If she has a big ring it just means that you either have money or you are willing to spend money you don't have.
 
Stocker said:
I heard a nasty rumor that a bud of mine is selling his one and only sled to buy an engagement ring. This is sooooo wrong! wrong! wrong! What is this world coming to? This makes as much sense as Rush Limbaugh endorsing Hillary for prez, Ted Nugent joining PETA and going vegan, and moonbat greenies screeching at the top of their lungs (with spittle) for more motorized use areas.

Its enough to make one lose faith in humanity....perhaps this is the first sign of the apocalypse?
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Hell Fuggin No. But I like sledding. Maybe it's not that important to him.
If it is....
Tell your buddy to get a sack.:eek:
 
mod03rmk800 said:
tell him to buy a cheaper ring and upgrade later in the marrige(if they make it). otherwise he/they will always be living out of there limits!!

"honey we just need 1 kidney,a lung and possibly an eye and the house is ours!"

"but they have one so i want two!"

"fine i'll take half of your stuff and go find someone richer!"
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I got engaged when I was 19. Thats what I did to, I spent about 1 months worth of 19 year old's savings and bought a ring.

Now this last anniversary(7 years) I bought her a much nicer "your worth it" set of rings.

I would do it the same way all over again too.
 
Start off with a dating sled it could be a rental, back up sled or whatever then bring on the engagement sled! That is a damm fine idea


I skipped all that though and got hitched, now I'm trying to get a wife into sledding.....much more difficult cause shes not trying to impress me anymore, that flew out the window 11 years ago when I said "I do"
 
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