Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma came from Ben. Here's the email: Hey Jaime, I need to know 2 things: 1) if I was wrong here and 2) what should I do now? So I went to visit my girlfriend at her parent's house last weekend . . . and POPPED the question. Well, since then I've been getting crap from my mom and my TWO sisters because they know that I used the same engagement ring I gave my ex-fiance . . . and they think it was tacky and wrong for me to RE-USE it. I see nothing wrong with re-using an engagement ring! I paid about $6,000 for it 4 years ago, the girl I was engaged to back then CALLED OFF the wedding and GAVE ME the ring back, so what the heck was I supposed to do with it? It's a perfectly good ring, so I saved it and I figured I'd eventually get engaged again. I just always figured the "right girl" wouldn't care about petty stuff like that . . . that she'd just be happy we're gonna get married and believe me, my NEW fiancee loves that ring . . . she's been showing it to everyone. My mom and my sisters think it's disrespectful, they REALLY like my new fiancee and they think she deserves her OWN ring. They want me to tell her and get her a new ring. I never told her about the ring . . . and I don't think I need to. In fact, I'm annoyed that this is even an issue because I don't feel like I did anything wrong. What would you do??? Help Thanks ~ Ben. WOW. Well, I do think Ben needs to tell her, because eventually it's going to come out. It wouldn't bother me, but I'm not hung up on that kind of stuff. I know a lot of people are so for me, first thing, tell her and then decide what to do. What do you think? Let's help Ben out and let me know on the TRY Facebook page.
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