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12-10-2013, 04:38 PM
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My now-deceased great aunt worked at Macy's for something like 40 years...consequently had all sorts of beautiful things from Macy's bought for super cheap. She got me the most gorgeous pearl earrings, necklace and bracelet set that I wear whenever I'm going to fancy sorority events. They're very popular down here, but not so much back home.
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12-12-2013, 12:26 AM
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12-12-2013, 03:57 PM
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This thread made me decide to wear pearls today---just because.
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12-26-2013, 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted by justaquestion?
Hi, I'm looking to buy my girlfriend, who is in a sorority, pearls. I've heard that they mean something similar to a promise ring. But I've seen in a few places that most of the time they are just a single pearl on a necklace. Would a string of pearls mean the same thing?
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That is so adorable. It can be a single pearl or a whole string of it what is important is the thought of giving your gf a present at precious as this. Way to go!
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07-16-2014, 02:51 PM
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I was presented a lavalier from my boyfriend. It had the letters on it in gold and is similar to a promise ring. It was an amazing gift, as I'm sure a string of pearls would be!
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07-16-2014, 03:02 PM
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I was presented a lavalier from my boyfriend. It had the letters on it in gold and is similar to a promise ring. It was an amazing gift, as I'm sure a string of pearls would be!
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Reread the thread. It is not a string of pearls he wants, it's a single pearl on a chain.
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07-16-2014, 07:13 PM
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As someone who dated (and then married) my GDI boyfriend AND Went to a 'southern' school (kentucky), I was pearled. At UK it is the equivalent of the lavalier for a frat boy. There really was no middle ground, after the pearl it would go straight to the engagement so I guess it could be either equivalent of the lavaliere or being 'pinned'.
It is a single pearl, hence the term "she got her pearl". Full strands of pearls are something your parents or other family member buys for you.
I still have it (22 years later) and wear it regularly. It's the first piece of jewelry my now husband gave me.
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07-16-2014, 07:59 PM
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What's interesting to me though, though, is the idea that husbands get them for their wives.
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Right, that's strange to me, too. I got them from my parents when I graduated from 8th grade. I could see a husband getting her more fancy, elaborate ones, but "reaching an age to wear pearls" to me says teens, either the start of high school or Sweet 16.
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11-20-2015, 12:40 AM
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Probably a leftover from the 1920's or a hopeful faux Marti-Gras moment...
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