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

I sold my duramax to buy a ring/down payment on a hosue... never bought the ring... dont think i can move into a house alone...

she was very supportive of my sledding and my accomplishments in the sport. I understand how concerned and worried she got each and everytime i went sledding. Looking back i should have done things a little different... If selling my sled meant showing her she is number 1 in my life i would do it in a heartbeat. i would hope my actions towards her would speak for themselves and she should never have to question which came first, her or the sled.
There is alot in life i dont understand, but i do know that families are forever and nothing is more important than families. My fondest goal in life is to have a loving wife and family of my own and i would give away everything i have to accomplish that goal, including first and foremost my sled.

we broke up last week :brokenheart: and i dont think i will ever be the same...
 
I'm in a different position. Divorced, have my kids nearly full time. I would sell my sled in a heartbeat to help my kids. I wouldn't spend one day's oil money on a ring!
 
phatty said:
I sold my duramax to buy a ring/down payment on a hosue... never bought the ring... dont think i can move into a house alone...

she was very supportive of my sledding and my accomplishments in the sport. I understand how concerned and worried she got each and everytime i went sledding. Looking back i should have done things a little different... If selling my sled meant showing her she is number 1 in my life i would do it in a heartbeat. i would hope my actions towards her would speak for themselves and she should never have to question which came first, her or the sled.
There is alot in life i dont understand, but i do know that families are forever and nothing is more important than families. My fondest goal in life is to have a loving wife and family of my own and i would give away everything i have to accomplish that goal, including first and foremost my sled.

we broke up last week :brokenheart: and i dont think i will ever be the same...
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Very well put Geoff..... I think alot of these guys are just keyboard tough guys...... My wife is numero uno, first a foremost..... Yes, even above a sled.... Everyone is saying he should ditch the b!tch if she requires such an expensive ring.... Maybe, just maybe she doesn't have a clue and he is doing it because he loves here and the only way he can make it happen is to give up his sled for the time being.... There will always be another winter / season to ride.... Could also be a good reason to upgrade to that new model he wants...

Btw Phatty, sorry to hear the news...:( chit like that always sucks... Atleast ya have some high HP starpped between ur legs to help alleviate the pain;)
 
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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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Holy S____T Stocker! I don't know you from adam but I was just sledding with a buddy of mine that is from AK and he was just up there over the Holidays. All he could talk about was how he needed to sell his sled for a ring!:eek: I hope we arn't talking about the same person..................
 
Verticaledge69 said:
Very well put Geoff..... I think alot of these guys are just keyboard tough guys...... My wife is numero uno, first a foremost..... Yes, even above a sled.... Everyone is saying he should ditch the b!tch if she requires such an expensive ring.... Maybe, just maybe she doesn't have a clue and he is doing it because he loves here and the only way he can make it happen is to give up his sled for the time being.... There will always be another winter / season to ride.... Could also be a good reason to upgrade to that new model he wants...
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Precisely what I was thinking. If she's insisting he sell his toys to buy her a ring, she's not the gal for him. If he's doing it because he wants to, more power to him. I'd never demand or even ask my b/f to sell his toys for a ring for me (I've got 2 nice ones in a drawer already). But if he did it on his own, I'd be flattered beyond words (and make it worth his while).

Wanting to spend the rest of your life with someone you love more than lifes doesn't make you a puzzy, it makes you a man in my eyes.
 
vmaxfrank said:
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).
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Well said. However I would just tell him to do it only if and when he is ready.
 
I'd buy her a donut and tell'er not to finish it all before I get back from riding the pow. Ha ha oh my wife would kill me. Glad this isn't cafe mom.
 
Finance the sled to buy the ring, Or do a one year no interest payment financing. Their are sooooooo many different options here! lets just hope he gets to ride her more than he would have riden the sled ;)
 
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You fuggers are thinking this through all wrong.

See what you do (like what I am doing) is get rid of that old hunk of chit and take the money and get her that ring.

Then when she has her ring and you two are hitched you tell her you are going to buy a NEW sled with both of yours money.


My plan is to yes sell my sled and get my girl the ring she wants. She will be paying for it anyways because I will be smart and make payments. Then when it is "our money" she will be paying for it anyways.

Then like me (might have to give alittle time, maybe a season of riding)tell her we need snowmobiles so we can go riding. Get her one and me get my Nytro and drop a turbo on it and live happily every after.

Think about it fellas, it always can be turned around in your favor.
 
First it's a sled, then your dirt bike, then your truck, then the trailer, and still be working for 1/2 pay for the rest of your life---DUH:eek:
 
If it's for the "right" girl and she means that much and funds are tight, there's no way I'd hold it against anyone. Ya, I know some guys are just playing internet tough guy on here and what not, but there's also enough people that have had relationships go backwards on them just as fast as they went the other way. Or have been around them. Different strokes for different folks.
 
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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Have you ever been in love? Or married. Or have kids?

I would sell everything and anything for my wife or children.

This friend is smart! There is always another sled. If we are lucky there is only one someone to marry. Don't trade your future for today. Anything worth having is worth sacrificing for.

Snowmobiling one of the greatest things I've done fully clothed. But make no mistake it is not in the top ten of priorities.

Not to jinks myself, I am glad I don't have to make that decision. You should be too.

:):beer;
 
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I sold a thirty foot RV to buy my wifes ring, she always jokes that it sleeps 8!


Now I look back and consider it a wise investment since she foots the bills for my sleds and all the other expenses that come along.



Love you honey!!!!
 
Having been married for 22 years with two wonderful children, I would not even have thought for a fleeting second, 22 years ago, to sell my sled for a ring. In my opinion a man needs a planned escape every now and then in order to stay sane, or else you end up like my brother who is towed around by a demanding piece of work for the next fifty frickin years of HIS LIFE. Who knows, maybe he likes it. I would have put a bullet in my head long ago to ease the pain.
 
There is the foundation for your life....Family, home, financial security. And then there is the frosting....toys, vacations, big screens tvs, frivilous electronics, etc. Frosting is the easy come, easy go stuff. If you have to part with it to secure your foundation, then you do so. Once the foundation is stable...frost away!! That's what women really want...the foundation. Once they have that, a good one will enjoy the frosting just as much as you do. ;)

Personally, if I was into "marriage"...I'd take the engagement sled over a ring ANYDAY! :) With "renewal" mods every year or so!! Yeah baby!
 
First off.... next go round ...finda women that sleds! Especially someone like you bro...besides your WAY to YOUNG to get married....You got plenty of time...Get your career going and your financial situation settled out first DON't be a DUMB *** and get married without doing that first! SHE did you a favor brother..

Now go sleddin and enjoy your life ... and don't hook up into a married - live in relationship until you are freakin ready to have kids and have the dough to make it happen...

Be safe out there

Helisledder
 
Haven't read the whole thread.......

So maybe I aint got the gist of it, but I'd sell 10 sleds, if thats what it took to buy a ring for my wife and best friend .............:D



Without her, I'd just be an old fart flappin in the wind with Halftimers disease :face-icon-small-coo
 
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