# Best Christmas Present This Year Hand's Down?? My Engagement Ring! I'm Engaged!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145 "2000-12-25T03:31:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/1 "2000-12-25T03:31:29Z")
I am now engaged, yay me! I am so happy! ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/2 "2000-12-25T03:33:20Z")
May you always be as happy as you are today 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wyldelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@wyldelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wyldelf)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/3 "2000-12-25T03:35:10Z")
Congratulations!!! Best wishes to you!!! ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/4 "2000-12-25T03:35:16Z")
Congratulations, Poysyn! Best wishes! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/5 "2000-12-25T03:36:46Z")
Woo! ---
**Author:** ![Bubble\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/6 "2000-12-25T03:38:08Z")
Congratulations Poysyn! Give us some details! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/7 "2000-12-25T03:38:58Z")
Details, hmmm, let’s see. About the ring or the guy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Damhna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Damhna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damhna)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/8 "2000-12-25T03:57:26Z")
Way to go!! All happiness to you and your loved one. Congradulations ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/9 "2000-12-25T04:01:36Z")
Yaaaay Poysyn! Of course, now Montfort and I can’t fight over you . . . wait, yes we can. This is cyberia! So tells us about the guy/ring . . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/10 "2000-12-25T04:04:30Z")
Congratulations!! And I was happy about getting a Barnes & Noble gift certificate! Sheesh! 😛 Best wishes
and we want details on the man. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/11 "2000-12-25T04:11:00Z")
Poysyn: The ring AND the guy! Woohoo! Congrats to you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/12 "2000-12-25T04:13:58Z")
Congratulations, Poysyn! I wish you both all the happiness you can grab! Now, details about the ring and the guy!! ---
**Author:** ![JuanDeCuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JuanDeCuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuanDeCuba)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/13 "2000-12-25T06:19:39Z")
The guy got something even better than a ring, a fiance, right? Seriously, congratulations to both of you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/14 "2000-12-25T06:53:07Z")
Mazel tov, **Poysyn**. I’m glad that since I can’t have you, no one else can, either (well, except for your fiancĂ©, but he must be decent). When’s the big day? ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/15 "2000-12-25T07:47:15Z")
Congrats & good luck! ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/16 "2000-12-25T07:51:37Z")
Congratulations and best wishes
 you’ll be able to wear a white dress, won’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/17 "2000-12-25T09:47:26Z")
Yeah **Poysyn**! Wooohoooo!!! {{{{{{{{ **Poysyn** }}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/18 "2000-12-25T11:30:27Z")
Congratulations to a wonderful person and to one of the SDMB’s cutest hotties! **Poysyn** , you’ve had a pretty good year–didn’t you recently get a promotion (or a permanent position)–I forget? Best wishes to you–my envy notwithstanding! [sub]why can’t _I_ ever find someone?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/19 "2000-12-25T14:03:13Z")
Okay here you go: The GUY: Is a wonderful Mechanical Engineering Technologist that I have been with for almost six years. He met me when I was going through what I affectionately refer to as “The Dark Times”. He helped me back, pushed and encouraged me to do many things; get my license, go back to school, get off my meds, go to college etc. Physically he is 6"2’ about 230lbs with black wavy hair and dark brown eyes (he is part aboriginal). He coaches kids hockey in his spare time. The RING: Is a stunning solitaire that he told me (I know diddly about rings) is a 21 point ÂŒ carat. So it really sparkles. I love it, I am so happy. I could hardly sleep. WOW! DRY: This year has been really, really weird. I got a full time job and now I am engaged so those are two wonderful things. But then also this year my step0father dies, my mom had to have a hysterectomy and my aunt has a brain tumor. It’s really been up and down. BUT WHAT AN “UP”! ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145/20 "2000-12-25T14:27:56Z")
Congratulations Poysyn!!! Wow that is so exciting!!! You can now say that Santa brought you the best gift ever 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-present-this-year-hands-down-my-engagement-ring-im-engaged/47145.md?page=2)