Engagement ring advice.

Primrose

I have no advice about money but I would be very miffed to be find that some other female had been consulted about a ring you would be expecting me to wesr for the rest of my life and I hadn't even been given any choice in the matter. Suppose your girlfriend hates it? SHE is the one should should be taking along to help choose it. If some other female helped my boyfriend choose my engagement ring and I didn't like it, I wouldn't wear it. It would be a constant reminder of your crassness in getting an important moment of your life together very wrong. Just one female's opinion though!

DigForVictory

Unless the lady is going as teddy bear and bodyguard, I'd leave her (& possibly the money) behind & just gawk.

Then return, with beloved, and try to avoid the greivous expensive places.

Wishing you all the best in your search for the right ring!

ltrent

Good luck - but I agree, I really don't think taking another woman along (no matter who) to choose it is a good idea, how well does this woman know your partner, does she think she would mind?

I am with you though, I would want to choose it myself to give to my partner, I do quite well on the usual jewelery I buy her (well she wears it anyway) so would feel fairly confident.

Not sure I agree with second hand, some woman can be funny about that, not sure if the woman on here would be a good judge of that - being money savers and all that..

Bella73

Another one here saying do not take female friend with you help choose.

I know my best friend pretty well after 20 odd years, but the engagement/wedding rings she chose I wouldn't have chosen for her in a million years, would never have thought they were her taste but they are!

Pollycat

I agree with the other posters advising you against taking this female friend.
Unless the relationship between the 2 women is very, very close indeed it could taint what should be a very happy occasion.

Bad idea.

tayforth

I agree with those who say let your girlfriend choose her own ring. It's so exciting

Good luck with the proposal!

PlymouthMaid

Yes sorry to agree but I would be quite miffed if another woman had helped to choose something so personal. Otherwise I would say bung any purchase on a card for the extra protection.

Mrs_Soup

Another one here who wouldn't have wanted another woman choosing my ring. Best to let her get involved in the choosing unless you are buying a diamond so huge it will blind her.

sterl1ng

hypochondriac wrote: »

Right I am going to Brighton tomorrow for the day with a plan of getting an engagement ring for my girlfriend. Obviously this is a major purchase and I've done research into ring size, type etc and am taking my female friend with me for advice! My question is should I take the cash or leave it all on my card and pay for it that way? Thanks for the help.

Have you thought about maybe your gf picking her own ring? My BFF's sister recently got engaged, she doesn't like the ring! And so now both her and fianc!e are going to find one for her!

I'm another one who'd hate another woman picking engagement ring!

egoode

Good luck with the proposal, however like other's I think you are better off getting a cheap ring for the proposal and then suggesting you buy the real ring together once she has said yes. After all she will be wearing it for the rest of her life so you'll want to make sure it's something she likes. Also it's really hard to know if a ring will suit someone until they try it on as it's not just how it looks but also how it feels on the finger and only she can decide on that as everyone's different.

However this trip to Brighton could still be a good idea to find the shops with a good selection of rings in a price range you can afford so that when you shop together you will know which shops to avoid!