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"She said I cant walk around with a ring on my finger costing that much"
In March 2016, we went to London to look at wedding rings. Its a very exclusive shop, we looked at many designs. At one time someone asked me what the budget was, so I said £20k, and thought this is going to come back more. I didnt even know there was such a thing as a blue diamond, but there was. There were going to be four pink ones. I was letting Helen lead [the conversation] because it was always going to be the ring she wanted. When staff left to get more diamonds we spoke about the ring. The ring had to be special because Helen has very skinny fingers. I had joked about discount but I didnt know shed sent that email [to ask for discount]. Helen didnt like bartering, but I did. The problem with the ring was it was beautiful and you see Helens eyes light up when she tried it on, but the others looked like costume jewellery. You could see the ring was quality, it was a different thing already. Helen didnt want to get it, she said I cant walk around with a ring on my finger costing that much, I wont feel happy about it. I said I had money to spend on her to play with, I said this was a golden opportunity. She said she was going to put it off until the wedding venue was booked. The weekend before Helen was taken, she finally agreed. She was going to go for it.