<v Speaker 1>Jeremy, Katy and Josh Mix one hundred.

<v Speaker 2>This is part of the show where we read a

<v Speaker 2>listener email that has come into Jeremy, Katy and Josh

<v Speaker 2>here at Mix, and then we throw open the phone

<v Speaker 2>lines and you guys get to sound off about the emails.

<v Speaker 2>Would love to talk to some of our delightful listeners

<v Speaker 2>today three oh three six nine one one Mix three

<v Speaker 2>oh three six nine one sixteen forty nine if you

<v Speaker 2>want to sound off about Casey's dilemma. Casey says, Hey, guys,

<v Speaker 2>have been dating my boyfriend for about three years and

<v Speaker 2>we've talked about marriage. We're on the same page. Everything

<v Speaker 2>is great. I've always pictured a pretty traditional engagement, down

<v Speaker 2>to the knee, the pretty ring, the basics.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, yeah, a lot of girls do that.

<v Speaker 2>Oh sure, yeah, I dreamed of it. See yeah, a

<v Speaker 2>lot of girls and Jerbank, a lot of people do that,

<v Speaker 2>she says. Last week, one of our mutual friends had

<v Speaker 2>a couple of drinks with me and act accidentally spilled

<v Speaker 2>that my boyfriend is planning to propose soon, but he's

<v Speaker 2>not getting me a ring, but instead he's planning some

<v Speaker 2>big fancy engagement trip instead, like fly me somewhere beautiful,

<v Speaker 2>whole experience, big moment, No ring. Apparently he thinks rings

<v Speaker 2>are outdated and a waste of money, and he'd rather

<v Speaker 2>spend that money on a memory together. She goes, I

<v Speaker 2>know engagement rings are expensive, but I also can't shake

<v Speaker 2>the feeling that I might be a little bit disappointed,

<v Speaker 2>And then she wrote, you guy, that's a quote. You guys,

<v Speaker 2>I feel stuck. On one hand, I love him and

<v Speaker 2>I don't want to ruin what he's planning. The fact

<v Speaker 2>that he wants to propose at all is amazing, and

<v Speaker 2>I don't want to seem ungrateful. But on the other hand,

<v Speaker 2>I want something on my hand to show off. That's

<v Speaker 2>what the ladies do, right Katie. Yeah, So she says,

<v Speaker 2>what do I do? Guys? Do I say something now?

<v Speaker 2>How risk ruining the surprise, maybe ruin and hurt his

<v Speaker 2>feelings by telling him I actually want a ring instead

<v Speaker 2>of a trip? Or do I keep quiet go on

<v Speaker 2>the trip except that this is his way of showing love,

<v Speaker 2>even if it's not exactly what I had imagined. She

<v Speaker 2>ends by saying, well, this work for your show. Wants

<v Speaker 2>to know what do you guys think? Do I speak up?

<v Speaker 2>Or stay quiet, love the show. And that's from Casey Oh,

<v Speaker 2>Casey Oh, Casey wants a ring. Yeah, So what do

<v Speaker 2>our listeners think? Phone lines are wide open if you

<v Speaker 2>guys want to call in. We love talking to you.

<v Speaker 2>Three oh three six nine one one mix three O

<v Speaker 2>three six nine one sixteen forty nine. The engagement trip

<v Speaker 2>versus the engagement ring? Is it a good idea? Should

<v Speaker 2>Casey speak up and say as is not what I want?

<v Speaker 2>I want the ring instead? Now, from what I understand,

<v Speaker 2>I was actually just reading something about this a couple

<v Speaker 2>of weeks ago. This is like a big thing amongst

<v Speaker 2>the Ziers. Yeah, is skipping the ring?

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and just make it about experiences versus like physical

<v Speaker 3>tangible things. And it's like the whole younger generations of

<v Speaker 3>kind of have that thought process now, right. And it's

<v Speaker 3>funny because I've always kind of thought that way that

<v Speaker 3>a ring is really just a simple I mean, it

<v Speaker 3>does represent your love. I understand why people want it

<v Speaker 3>to be beautiful in something that they love, because they're

<v Speaker 3>going to stare at it all the time. But when

<v Speaker 3>it comes to what other people think about it, I

<v Speaker 3>don't think that that matters.

<v Speaker 1>After a certain point, you know what I mean.

<v Speaker 3>So if you're doing it just to like keep up

<v Speaker 3>with the Joneses type of thing, right, that's where I

<v Speaker 3>think it gets off track a little bit.

<v Speaker 1>Look for what's good for you.

<v Speaker 3>But yeah, with gen z ers, they're not just looking

<v Speaker 3>for the you know, trips and stuff instead of the rings.

<v Speaker 3>If they are getting the rings, they're a lot cheaper.

<v Speaker 3>Like they're looking for the lab grown over natural, non

<v Speaker 3>traditional choices, so not even just diamonds. So yeah, it's

<v Speaker 3>a whole new thing for the gen Z crowd.

<v Speaker 2>Well, this is definitely new to me. So if our

<v Speaker 2>listeners want to sound off about it, we would love

<v Speaker 2>to talk to you. I see the lines ringing already

<v Speaker 2>three oh three six nine one one mix three oh

<v Speaker 2>three six nine one sixteen forty nine. Should Casey speak

<v Speaker 2>up to her boyfriend and let him know that she

<v Speaker 2>kind of knows what's going on and she would rather

<v Speaker 2>have a ring, an engagement ring instead of an engagement trip.

<v Speaker 2>Let's talk to Brittany, Yvonne and Domlin. Here is britt

<v Speaker 2>britt Hi, Brittany, Hi, hey girl, So what should Casey do?

<v Speaker 4>I think she should go on the trip and enjoy

<v Speaker 4>it and then by the ring she wants for herself.

<v Speaker 2>Oh well there is that. Yeah, if you want the

<v Speaker 2>rings to get it yourself, that's not very romantic though.

<v Speaker 2>Well the trip is.

<v Speaker 4>Oh well, oh no, I got to pick out my

<v Speaker 4>own ring and fortunately my fiance did buy it. But

<v Speaker 4>it was awesome to pick out exactly what I wanted

<v Speaker 4>and not have any hesitation about wearing something that I

<v Speaker 4>have a different opinion about the design or the stone

<v Speaker 4>or anything like that.

<v Speaker 2>So she kind of gets the best of both worlds here.

<v Speaker 2>She gets a really nice trip, he gets to propose,

<v Speaker 2>she gets a fiance, and then she comes back and

<v Speaker 2>has to forcat ten thousand dollars and get herself a ring.

<v Speaker 2>Oh no, yeah.

<v Speaker 4>But then she gets to wear this jewelry and tell

<v Speaker 4>everyone she's engaged and the amazing proposal story.

<v Speaker 1>Well, in Brittany, is that super important?

<v Speaker 3>Like having, you know, been engaged now and you're getting

<v Speaker 3>ready to get married that ring in the story that's

<v Speaker 3>attached to it.

<v Speaker 1>Is that important for you to be able to tell that?

<v Speaker 4>I think the story is important because that's what you

<v Speaker 4>hold on to. I think the ring is whatever you

<v Speaker 4>make it. So if you have I mean a four

<v Speaker 4>thousand dollars ring, a one thousand dollars ring, a twenty

<v Speaker 4>dollars ring. That's kind of what you make of it.

<v Speaker 4>But that story is what would be important to me.

<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay, it.

<v Speaker 2>Was a romantic trip. Yeah, spilled his guts and how

<v Speaker 2>much he loves me, and then yeah, I think it's

<v Speaker 2>just the only thing I don't like is like when

<v Speaker 2>your girlfriends are like, show me the ring that he

<v Speaker 2>got you, yeah, and you're like, well, actually I had

<v Speaker 2>to go buy it myself.

<v Speaker 1>Well no, but she picked it out. She didn't buy it,

<v Speaker 1>she just got to Well Brittany.

<v Speaker 2>Was saying that she should go buy it herself.

<v Speaker 3>Well, if she doesn't like the one that he picked, yeah,

<v Speaker 3>go get it yourself, queen.

<v Speaker 2>Queen, all right, Brittany, I put you down to just

<v Speaker 2>go on the trip, and we got yo Vaughn Hi

<v Speaker 2>yo Vonn.

<v Speaker 5>Hello Whulu.

<v Speaker 2>So what do you think Casey should do about this

<v Speaker 2>engagement trip instead of the ring?

<v Speaker 5>I think she could actually do.

<v Speaker 2>Both another both. Okay, how's that going to work in

<v Speaker 2>your eyes?

<v Speaker 5>So go on the trip and have a good time

<v Speaker 5>and when he proposes, be very gracious, very happy. But

<v Speaker 5>when you guys go on a wole excursion, drop into

<v Speaker 5>a jewelry store of a local place and just say,

<v Speaker 5>you know, I would like something, just even if it's

<v Speaker 5>a little ring, just something to remember this moment by

<v Speaker 5>and to show everybody that I'm taking by you.

<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's like that, sneaky. I could have liked it.

<v Speaker 2>You know, as long as we're just farting around town here,

<v Speaker 2>we should just stop into a jewelry sting.

<v Speaker 1>I love that. And Yvonne, you're funny.

<v Speaker 3>It's funny because it kind of hits on the head

<v Speaker 3>of what we're saying about the gen Z crowd too,

<v Speaker 3>is they're not looking for the traditional like ten thousand

<v Speaker 3>dollars diamond solitaire there, you know, looking at the smaller

<v Speaker 3>rings that you'd find at a local shop.

<v Speaker 5>So I take that one, and then you have the

<v Speaker 5>story to go with it, and you have a memory

<v Speaker 5>always on your finger of everything that you guys did

<v Speaker 5>on that trip.

<v Speaker 2>Is the best call.

<v Speaker 1>This is such a really idea good job.

<v Speaker 6>I like it.

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, all right, I got you down for going to

<v Speaker 2>the trip, but then be sneaky. Thank you for calling.

<v Speaker 2>You have a great day, Hi, Domlin.

<v Speaker 6>Hey Jeremy, how we going well?

<v Speaker 2>I'm super Dupe's buddy. Let's get a dude's point of view.

<v Speaker 2>What should Casey do here?

<v Speaker 6>They you got you gotta do the ring. I mean,

<v Speaker 6>the trip's nice. You're gonna have a trip probably when

<v Speaker 6>you know, after the wedding, you're gonna have you know,

<v Speaker 6>the trip as well then, But I mean with the

<v Speaker 6>with the ring, it's gonna be forever as well. I

<v Speaker 6>mean it's you know, and then you don't have that

<v Speaker 6>awkward thing of oh, let me see your ring, and

<v Speaker 6>you know, the whole engagement part of it as well,

<v Speaker 6>and then you know, what are you gonna do to

<v Speaker 6>not stand up at the alter and and put a

<v Speaker 6>ring on her?

<v Speaker 2>You know. It's I was thinking about that too, because well,

<v Speaker 2>there's you get two rings. You get, you get the engagement,

<v Speaker 2>then you get the wedding. So maybe he's just gonna

<v Speaker 2>he's gonna lump it into one.

<v Speaker 4>Maybe, Yeah, I.

<v Speaker 6>Mean it's yeah, I mean I I personally I think

<v Speaker 6>it's it's you know, there's a lot of Pinterest stuff.

<v Speaker 6>You can find what they want. You know, if you know,

<v Speaker 6>if you're already you're already talking about it, I'm sure

<v Speaker 6>she's gonna like send you pictures and things, and you know,

<v Speaker 6>and get the right one that that she would want anyways.

<v Speaker 6>But I don't know that. I kind of say, I

<v Speaker 6>feel it's more like the ring is for her, where

<v Speaker 6>the trip is for both of you that you know,

<v Speaker 6>yes well.

<v Speaker 3>And even like Domlin, when it comes to buying a ring,

<v Speaker 3>I mean, old school thinking is like months of wages

<v Speaker 3>should go into the cost of it because that's how

<v Speaker 3>important that person is to you. I mean that really

<v Speaker 3>is like a sign to the woman that oh my gosh,

<v Speaker 3>he did it.

<v Speaker 2>You know, he loves me. He's recording me the whole

<v Speaker 2>gamut of emotion.

<v Speaker 3>He loves me this much. You know, that's how you

<v Speaker 3>kind of gauge it. So I think when you take

<v Speaker 3>that away, there is some of that romanticizing that gets

<v Speaker 3>taken away.

<v Speaker 2>I'm so traditional, Like this is so uncomfortable for me,

<v Speaker 2>like because it's just so non traditional, you know, it

<v Speaker 2>is non traditional, and Domin I feel like, I feel

<v Speaker 2>like this guy is so non traditional even when they're

<v Speaker 2>up there, you know, in front of everybody ranging rings,

<v Speaker 2>He's not even gonna have a ring then, oh.

<v Speaker 6>Which right, everyone like that Just yeah, that's kind of

<v Speaker 6>the point.

<v Speaker 2>He's gonna give her a wedding puppy, is what he's

<v Speaker 2>gonna do.

<v Speaker 1>But I mean, we could have a wedding puppy too, Do.

<v Speaker 2>You take Casey, Yes, here's a puppy. Oh my god,

<v Speaker 2>a wedding puppy.

<v Speaker 4>Uly.

<v Speaker 5>This guy