Engagement Rings (merged)

Rikki

I never bothered about an engagement ring. I had my wedding ring and after my two children I had a very nice eternity ring.

FairyElephant_2

Hi All,

After being adamant that he would never do it again (1st wife did the dirty on him), B/F had a change of heart, and proposed to me on Tuesday!
I am, obviously, a very happy bunny now!

We are going ring-hunting on Sat, and I was thinking white gold or platinum. I thought white gold was cheaper, so would go for that, but I just read that as it is plated, it needs re-plating every year or so - is the the case?
If so, am I better off with Platinum? - and what should I expect to pay for a simple diamond solitaire? - Not being unromatic, I want a lovely ring to treasure forever, but in true MSE fashion I don't want to spend too much!

Any thoughts peeps?

FE

Murray

CONGRATULATIONS! :T

Try: diamondgeezer.com

Its worth a look even if just for research purposes as they show you all of the possible diamond cuts/metal/setting combinations.

Have fun shopping!!

Becles

http://www.geraldonline.com have some excellent bargains. Much cheaper than the high street.

fatboyonadiet

If you must do high street, barter most have a margin of 15 - 20% they can knock off. Otherwise (and I know it's far) the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham is very cheap, it's about 40%+ cheaper then high street, must be similar types of shops in Bristol?

silvercar

My rings are white gold. Chosen because they look shinier than the rather matt finish of platinum (& cheaper). I think the shinyness sets of a diamond solitaire better. I had mine re-plated once in 18 years and that was only because I had my engagement ring reset so it was suggested that the wedding ring should be replated at the same time.

lestamunda

How About - Get Prepared For Wedded Life -

Suffer - "ring" - Geddit? Ha Ha Ha

Only Joking - And Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!

Ally

Congratulations to you both!

Just thought I'd mention that there are some bargains on the argos thread ... 'One Love' rings half price!

edit: just had a quick look and the engagement rings have gone! they were there on wednesday! But, they do have some trilogy rings.

Go to 'jewellery' ... 'clearance' ... 'ring's' ... and bingo, not as many left though! 1 One Love platinum trilogy ring @£499.99 was £999.99

kdee_2

Hi, I thought exactly the same as you about white gold but still went for a wedding band in it. My husband chose white gold first and then after a year it had almost lost all its gold and he switched to platinum.
We have used the same jeweller for years and bought some very expensive stuff from him during that time so we can trust him when he gives us advice.
He said that the type of skin you have can greatly affect how the ring wears. My skin is dry beyond belief and I must say my ring is as shiny as the day I bought it, my husband who has a much more oily skin had real problems with his white gold ring.

So bear that in mind when choosing.
But a real word of caution, platinum ends up lookng really base and dull so if you can avoid it at all, I would do.

rio

Congratulations!! I can only pass on the advice my mother gave me. At the end of the day after all the excitement and celebrations you are left with the ring on your finger. Buy what you like, imagine wearing it in 30 years time - think to yourself will I still like it, and buy the one you can say yes to. My engagement ring was relatively cheap, but quite unusual and even after wearing it for 19 years I still really like it.

Good Hunting!!