Semper buy: Benefactor picks up ring for Marine
No matter how you happen to feel about the war in Iraq, if this story doesn’t bring a smile to your face, you just might want to take a blowtorch to that block of ice surrounding your heart:
TYLER - A Marine who’s planning to marry a Texan got an early Christmas present: A fellow shopper picked up the tab for a $3,000 diamond engagement ring after the two struck up a conversation in a jewelry store.
The 54-year-old Dallas woman who paid for the 1-carat, princess cut diamond ring wants to remain anonymous, Helzberg Diamonds spokeswoman Stacey McBride told the Associated Press on Friday.
The woman’s father was in the military, her brother was a Marine who died in Vietnam and her nephew just got back from Iraq, McBride said.
Merry Christmas, son…here’s to hoping that you and your intended will enjoy many happy years together. If nothing else, you’re going to have a hell of a story to tell, eh?
