Dear Madame Joy,
A few years ago a friend of mine set me up on a blind date. Normally I don’t do blind dates but she basically bullied me into it. To her credit, this one turned out well. Don and I really hit it off. Fast forward three years, we are still together and are planning for our future. A month ago he surprised me by proposing. He gave me a beautiful ring and I was very happy and looking forward to planning our upcoming wedding.
Initially when I told my friends I was engaged, they were really excited for me, that is until they saw the ring. Don’t get me wrong, my friends love him. They always said he is perfect for me. My friends think he should have spent more on the ring.
I told my fiancé what my girls said and he dismissed it. He said as long as I like it he does not care what they say. He is not marrying them!
Madame Joy, I will admit when I first saw the ring I was all excited and I loved it. Now after my friends’ comments, I find myself wondering if I was just caught up in the moment.
Maybe he should have spent more on the ring. Maybe he doesn’t really think I’m worth it.
Madame Joy, how do I move forward from these pesky doubts in my mind? I want to go get back to actually planning and excitement of my wedding.
Put A Ring One It!

Dear going around in circles,
Thank you!
Oh gawd, yuh friends wha? Yuh friends tink wha? Dey want him tuh do wha?
Wait sorry eh, give me a minute! Woosah!!!!
And there it is, the beginning of end of your marriage before you even get married! Buh wha de ass is dis??? Ammmm!!! Lord hold meh back… but you chuppid or what?
I know yuh wasn’t born chuppid, so it MUST be something yuh grow into or yuh learn from yuh friends.
Excuse me but who de ass is your friends? Who yuh marrying? De last time I check yuh wasn’t sleeping with dem. Well… unless of course, you are den dat is a totally different story for another episode (call me!).
Here is your priority in this scenario.
You marrying
1) the ring
2) yuh friends
3) de man
That is the blasted rong order, yuh marrying the man or the material? Yuh know what your man think of you? You is de one lying down next to him and yuh going and let them blasted heifers ruin your relationship. Gyul, yuh lucky you is not my chile eh, I smell a cutass in de air! Ah doh care how big yuh tink yuh is!
Yuh wasnt’s going around in no damn circles until yuh start listening to dem idiots. How much ah dem single? And if dey not single, how much ah dem happy in dey relationship? A big expensive ring doh make a better relationship.
Now if the man open a cereal box and pull out a ring dat different. But oh gosh doo-doo, doh let dem mess up yuh happiness.
Just so we get de point across
1) Yuh have a good man
2) Yuh happy
3) He happy
4) Yuh friends is a pack ah ass
5) You worried because de ring not expensive enough

Yuh friends come in if the man is an ass but you just say that they love de man. If you happy with yuh half karat is your business. Look at it and grin tuh yuh heart’s content and be flippin happy!!!

p.s. Let yuh friends carry dey ass someway else eh!

Yuh know the old saying “A ring is a circle and has no end, that’s how long we will be friends”? Yuh know that one? Is a blasted LIE!!! NOT everybody that come with you will leave with yuh!!!

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