I have some big news. I am engaged to my sweet, wonderful girlfriend Sondra. I bought her an adorable engagement ring, which she helped me to pick out. It was fairly inexpensive, as engagements rings go (none of that ‘three months’ salary’ stuff for us), but she seems to love it.
It’s going to be a fairly long engagement; her grandmother is paying for her education, but only so long as she doesn’t get married before she graduates. Since she has three more semesters of school to go, this means the earliest that we can get married without incurring a large amount of debt to finish her schooling is to wait until 2011. Plus, the time we take before we tie the knot can be used to build up a house down payment or create an emergency fund. (To say nothing of giving me time to find a job…)
I am very happy about these events, if a little nervous about my future. But, I have faith that everything will work out for the best in the end. Now, to review my financial state, with all this personal business out of the way.
A pretty messy week for my finances, with my credit card bills coming due, my Sharebuilder investments activating, and my unemployment check arriving. Still, my net worth is steadily increasing, which is always a good sign.
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the weakonomist
on April 18 2009
Congrats! I got engaged last year. We’re getting married this fall. Good luck with grandma, she sounds like my grand father (minus the paying for college thing!)
Mrs. Micah
on April 18 2009
Congrats!
My parents had similar rules about paying for college and getting married. Though a great deal of my non-scholarship money came from my grandfather’s will and he didn’t put in any marriage clauses I know of.
We were together 5 years before we got married and it was well worth the wait.
She also sounds like a sensible person, picking out a ring that’s inexpensive but makes her happy.
Roger
on April 19 2009
Thanks to both of you; I appreciate the well wishes from everyone. Congratulations to you as well, weakonomist; you’ll have to let me know how your wedding goes, so I can steal any good money-saving tips you might have for a wedding ceremony. I do consider her a very sensible (well, frugal, if somewhat goofy and ditzy at times) person, and the ring is well in line with personality.
As to her grandmother, I can certainly understand where she’s coming from, and since I want my Sondra to succeed just as much as her family wants her to succeed, I am willing to wait to marry my wonderful girl.
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