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Originally posted by recentASAalum
I have been in this situation... I was lavaliered and then about a month later we broke up... I didn't want to give back the lavalier cuz it was the first piece of jewelry ever given to me by a man other than my father... I wouldn't have worn it around or anything but kept it more for the memory... well my sisters convinced me to give it back to him... then he turned around about 6 months later and gave his next girlfriend the same lavalier... I thought that was a little tacky but to each his own...
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I actually got lavaliered this August. I had to educate my boyfriend on the whole process. (
Lots of hint dropping...) When he heard what it signifies (here it's not so much "pre-engagement" as "I value you as much as, if not more than, I value my fraternity") he immediately wanted to get one for me. But he wanted my help in the process to end with telling him what it all meant.
So he got his brothers to help him find a lavalier, and one brother actually offered the lavalier he had bought for, but never given to, his now ex-girlfriend. Thankfully, my boyfriend knew enough to not take his brother up on that offer!