Love Letters

GIVEAWAY: Want a pair of free tickets to a special early screening of Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s “The Drama”?

Send your anonymous relationship question to Love Letters by Friday at 11 a.m. EST to enter. The screening will take place on Sunday, March 29, in Somerville.

Enter now: https://www.boston.com/love-letters/movies/2026/03/24/giveaway-the-drama-movie-screening/

18+. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To enter, send a relationship question to the Love Letters column—anything that’s on your mind—between Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 10 a.m. EST and Friday, March 27, 2026 at 11 a.m. EST. See Official Rules at https://www.boston.com/official-rules/ for additional information.

"My sister thinks that my boyfriend doesn’t value me after I told her we decided we would get a lab-grown engagement ring.

I don’t consider myself materialistic at all. My boyfriend and I are both artists, and I would much rather spend my money on experiences rather than nice items. We are aligned on this.

This conversation has continued to be an awkward one for us. It came to a head a few weeks ago when she drunkenly told me that she’s concerned that my boyfriend doesn’t “value” me. If he did, she said, he would insist on getting me a “real” diamond."

Read the full letter: https://www.boston.com/love-letters/marriage/does-a-lab-grown-diamond-mean-he-loves-me-less/