Billie: “Mom. That ring was $17,000.”
Me: “Yep.”
Billie: “$17,000, MOM!”
Me: “Yup.”
Billie: “NO. MOM. That’s SEVEN.TEEN.THOUSAND. DOLLARS. FOR. A. SHINY. ROCK.”
Me: “Yup.”
Billie: “A tiny little shiny rock?!? $17,000! Why?? Why, mom?? That’s just a shiny rock. If I am going to give you $17,000 then I want the rock to be the size of me. Yea. And, you know what? I don’t want a shiny rock. That’s what I have a backyard for. I could go get my own shiny rock. You know how much chocolate cake I could get for $17,000? I could fill a WHOLE POOL with chocolate cake. Why do we even have wedding rings when cake exists?”
This kid is a revolutionary.
Billie's Momma 
She’s brilliant. I love this thought.
Right? A cake proposal would go over a lot better than a ring. You can’t really lose a cake… đŸ˜‰
You gain with cake. You really have to work to lose the cake.