[Slraep]

This morning, accidentally stumbled onto this amusing website:

http://www.exboyfriendjewelry.com/

Where are the pearls for sale, I ask you? Can it be that women are not willing to part with their gifted pearls after a breakup? In contrast, diamonds seem to be a very popular resale item. But I couldn't find anyone that said, "Okay, here is a lovely golden 18" 14mm South Sea pearl necklace that my cheating no-good alcoholic ex-boyfriend gave me as a present while on his knees crying, blubbering and grovelling for my forgiveness because the day before I caught him locking lips with my best friend Lyne. The rotten pathetic loser also offered to get me a pair of 14mm earrings to match but I told him to take a hike--- and he did, so now I want to unload this thing. It doesn't go with any of my tank tops."

Slraep

[barbie biggs]

This is a man we're talking about right?

[Slraep]

Originally Posted by barbie biggs

This is a man we're talking about right?

Hi Barbie,

Undoubtedly! Unless there is a mirror website for men who are selling off all the jewellery they got from their ex-girlfriends or boyfriends I definitely wouldn't be one of those girlfriends. I did buy my adorable husband a spiffy watch last year but I don't think that counts because I used his credit card to pay for it.

Slraep

[Pearl_dreams]

I found 6 pearl necklaces by clicking on necklaces and then typing "pearls" into the search field. Even some wedding day pearls. Sad.

[Amrita]

Unfortunately there are also some pearl jewelry pieces in the Misc.Jewelry, Earrings and Charms & Pendants sections too.

[Valeria101]

That website! What a riot! It actually feels pretty good to think that the lades who had the nerve to write those posts and sell the stuff are well over bad times.

[Mandy]

I dunno...I'm getting a strange sense of karma from these pieces of jewelry from this site. I understand getting rid of your ex's stuff that he/she gave you, but buying it and using it for myself just feels weird o.O Knowing that I have a piece of jewelry from someone where it came from a bad marriage/relationship with a smarmy guy doesn't sit well with me.

Best going to a pawn shop IMO! Lol, then you never know from where or from whom it came from and the story behind it.

[Heidi]

I've been chuckling since reading your post yesterday, Slraep. Where ever did you find this site??

[pattye]

That is pretty amazing!! If there was something there I wanted, I would give the pearls a nice pure castile soap bath when I received them and clean all the bad karma off!! Slraep, it is truly amazing what you come up with!!

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[Mervione]

Simply looking around on that page made me sad, so I can´t imagine buying from it, let alone use any jewelry like that...

[Slraep]

Originally Posted by Heidi

I've been chuckling since reading your post yesterday, Slraep. Where ever did you find this site??

I don't know. I'm always getting weird sites to pop up when I am searching the web for stuff. The weird websites are usually totally unrelated to what I am searching for! I sometimes think I am some kind of magnet for these things(and a lot of other things).

I think I missed the six pearl necklaces that Pearl_dreams found because I was concentrating too much on the hilarious commentaries. I see there is a Tahitian pendant too.

And, I agree, Mandy, some things are best kept "quiet". Like better not knowing that the engagement ring you and your fiance got for a steal on the web, actually came off the finger of a poor fed-up girlfriend who's gambling, cheating, lying, pot smoking, drunken, abusive, mooching, and good-for-nothin' ex-boyfriend stole it from a previous girlfriend's jewellery box and gave it to her just before she kicked his ass to the curb at the last straw--- dubious and scantily clad strange women sending pictures to his e-mail account. Yup, the mystiquery and romance of such a baubble would definitely be lacking.

Pattye, I think for some of the items, a castle soap bath maybe wouldn't be enough! You'd need many changes of water and a good salt scrub, of course, but some items might need a jewellery exorcism. Caitlin would know how to do it since it is a little know fact(so little known that ONLY Zeide knew it) that she moonlights as a Yaqui sorceress.

Slraep

[pattye]

Yes, Slraep,

I agree that soap bath might not always be enough! I hope someone will
help us out with info on how to do a jewelry exorcism. Caitlin!!???

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[Caitlin]

Do the salt bath and smudge it afterwards. That should take care of all lingering vibes.


I forgot about the Yaqui Sorceress thing...Too funny and the Yaquis would not appreciate my claiming that! No wonder she fessed up to me on that infamous day- she was scared of me.TeeHee.


Bay of Cortez pearls website used to have an extremely good article on Yaquis and pearls.....The Yaquis pre-conquest were pearl crazy. The chief who first met the European destroyers put on a full regalia brimming with pearls and mother of pearl. Boy, was that the wrong thing to do!!! Probably the last time he wore it before it got grabbed. The Yaquis were enslaved and forced to clean out the pearl beds, which never recovered to pre-conquest glory,while eventually, the Yaquis became the ONLY tribe to resist the conquistadores and keep their independent status as a tribal entity and (some of) their traditional lands.

[Pearl_dreams]

Oh, talk about bad karma, check out this ad for stolen oriental rugs:

The Scoop:

WON'T HURT ME ACTUALLY..... THESE RUGS CAME OUT OF ANTNY'S APARTMENT IN MANHATTAN. THE ONLY WAY I ENDED UP WITH IS BECAUSE HE HAD THEM PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED AND I DID HIM A FAVOR AND PICKED THEM UP. I HAD THEM FOR MONTHS AND WHEN WE BROKE UP I THINK HE JUST FORGOT ABOUT THEM BECAUSE HE NEVER ASKED FOR THEM AND I WASN'T OFFERRING THEM EITHER. I AM NOT AN ORIENTAL RUG TYPE PERSON BUT I KNOW HE PAID A TON FOR THEM BECAUSE HE BOUGHT THEM THROUGH AN INTERIOR DESIGNER WHEN HE FURNISHED HIS APARTMENT. PLEASE DON'T ASK ME FOR ANY DETAILS BECAUSE I KNOW NOTHING OTHER THAN THEY ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION, VERY HEAVY, VERY THICK MADE OUT OF WOOL.


Maybe if guys break up with their girlfriends, they should check out this website for their missing property!

[knotty panda]

Originally Posted by Slraep

I did buy my adorable husband a spiffy watch last year but I don't think that counts because I used his credit card to pay for it.

Slraep

What's his is yours and what's yours is yours too!