#irl fluff

See my post from here to see what I'm talking about, a while ago, 2 balck vultures stayed a while at my house, now i saw them again! It was harder to record them, tho

The breakup with Mx Toxic has made me realise I should be taking my relationship with Raven more seriously. With my improving mental health I can be their rock and now the other guy is out of it I feel like I can express my affection for Raven without causing drama with Mx Toxic. Raven and I have also been together for more than 10 years! When we got together we were a 'cis+hetero' couple lol, now we are both trans and gay. To begin with we wanted to get married and have at least one kid, now we both dislike the idea of marriage and are antinatalists <3

While I don't want to get married or have a ceremony or anything I do want some kind of symbol of our undying love and the bond we have that is clearly not going anywhere, so I asked if they would like if we got rings. They said yes! Unfortunately we are also on a budget so we can't drop thousands on AMAZING rings (would take anything from Nick Von K). Other limitations include my goddamned allergy to nickel and wanting to keep the rings looking fine for a while, at least until we can afford to replace them, so I've had to be looking at least at gold vermeil (a little thicker than electroplated, thinner and cheaper than gold filled & solid gold) or sterling silver (I don't like silver).

I originally wanted something kind of rough/hammered gold with a garnet or maybe an opal or something interesting in it, somewhere between these

(x, x)

But here are some I've been looking at below that we COULD afford and I wanna know what you all (anyone who's reading this) thinks about them:

From Lucid & Luna, NZ, heavily ft. Moonstone lol

Honestly lots of nice and reasonably priced rings at Moon Magic, USA but I don't know the company and feel slightly funny about ordering from the USA tbh

Patterned bands from MasteRetsaM on Etsy that I also love

One of many nice rings at Kirstin Ash, Aus, but they're priced for quality...

Really nice but nicely priced ring from Bixby & co, Aus, with recycled glass instead of gemstones!

Just a proper sized, gold filled band with a solitaire CZ from J&Co, USA.

Rings that are a bit more fun from Thaya, from... USA?? The fun designs make me waver from my preference for gold but I also don't have to deal with the enamel chipping or weathering off.

A selection from Etsy (x, x, x). It's not easy wading through the junk on there

Or, we could just...