# Diamonds are a girls best friend... keep it or give it back

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 16, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamonds-are-a-girls-best-friend-keep-it-or-give-it-back/50392 "2001-01-16T21:51:11Z")\
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**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:** [January 17, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamonds-are-a-girls-best-friend-keep-it-or-give-it-back/50392/21 "2001-01-17T15:01:04Z")

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I can’t be reading that post right. He proposed after being with her _for 10 days???_

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**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamonds-are-a-girls-best-friend-keep-it-or-give-it-back/50392/22 "2001-01-17T15:09:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by spooje \*  
> \*\*I can’t be reading that post right. He proposed after being with her _for 10 days???_ \*\*

No, no, no. I must not have written that clearly… sorry. She came here to visit her family and was here for 10 days. During that time they started talking about moving in together and getting married. This was mid October and he proposed to her on Thanksgiving. So they were physically together for 10 days and “dating” (basically talking on the phone) for about 5 weeks before he proposed and then were engaged for about 1 week before she broke it off.

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