Engagement Ring - Size

Gloomendoom

elephantrosie wrote: »

also it should be at least ONE carat diamond.

Twaddle!

Do you work for De Beers?

sweetbabu

elephantrosie wrote: »

buy the ring with her presence.

also it should be at least ONE carat diamond.

Oh is that so?! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:



The thing is, it really depends on her taste. Some people don't even have engagement rings at all; someone I know was proposed to with a wedding ring as her husband-to-be wanted a wedding, not an engagement. I thought that was sweet.

I think a Haribo ring is a lovely idea; I'd have that set in resin and keep it as well

Using an average size won't work for most situations. My ring size is K and I had a ring bought for me in size P - it has a tension set stone and cannot be resized, so I can't wear it.

Pollycat

I'd like to know where elephantrosie got that odd idea from.

sweetbabu

Probably the same place that dictates that men should be spending the equivalent of three months salary on a ring... the jewellers!

DigForVictory

The OP's intended is (if I've understood it right) presently Ukraine based & so whatever she is treated to needs to photograph well & not all diamonds do - something to bear in mind?

I'm all for shopping for the ring together, but for the proposal moment a modest ring (not quite bead on a fuse wire but that sort of idea) may be acceptable. Indeed it may be cherished quite out of proportion (& even produced to startle folk with) but that would be the lady's call.

Happy hunting & look forward to hearing of a happy conclusion!

Enterprise_1701C

What is this thing about diamonds anyway. They are a very common stone and really not very exciting, even the big ones look a bit off.

Personally I think they need a coloured stone to go with them. I have a beautiful Ceylon sapphire pendant with diamonds to set it off, and a tsavorite ring with diamonds, also a fire opal surrounded by diamonsd. Diamonds are great to make a nice stone stand out, but really are not very exciting unless they are coloured ones.

This is another reason to shop together, whilst my husband might have thought a diamond ring a good idea, we found a beautiful heart shaped sapphire with diamonds. It was barely a week's wages let alone 3 months but it was the one I wanted and THAT is what counts.

Gavin83

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Personally I think they need a coloured stone to go with them. I have a beautiful Ceylon sapphire pendant with diamonds to set it off, and a tsavorite ring with diamonds, also a fire opal surrounded by diamonsd. Diamonds are great to make a nice stone stand out, but really are not very exciting unless they are coloured ones.

This is what I got my fianc!, a central sapphire with a diamond either side. She loves it and gets a lot of compliments.

As far as I'm concerned the guy should buy the ring or no ring should be bought at all and just propose without one.

lincroft1710

Pollycat wrote: »

I'd like to know where elephantrosie got that odd idea from.

Have you read some of er's other posts?

Primrose

PLEASE don't inflict your jewellery tastes on your fiancee. She will have to wear this ring for the rest of her life hopefully and if you get it wrong she will always wear it with distaste, or perhaps decline to wear it at all on some excuse
but won't want to say she hates it for fear of offending and upsetting you. I have disliked most of the jewellery my husband has bought me but would 't dream of telling him for fear of upsetting him.

Choose the ring together when you have an opportunity. If you want to give her a ring whe. You propose, choose an inexpensive costume jewellery ring of conservative design just to mark the occasion but make it clear that his is just a token and that the real ring will be chosen together.

Pollycat

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

What is this thing about diamonds anyway. They are a very common stone and really not very exciting, even the big ones look a bit off.

Personally I think they need a coloured stone to go with them. I have a beautiful Ceylon sapphire pendant with diamonds to set it off, and a tsavorite ring with diamonds, also a fire opal surrounded by diamonsd. Diamonds are great to make a nice stone stand out, but really are not very exciting unless they are coloured ones.

This is another reason to shop together, whilst my husband might have thought a diamond ring a good idea, we found a beautiful heart shaped sapphire with diamonds. It was barely a week's wages let alone 3 months but it was the one I wanted and THAT is what counts.

A good quality, decent sized diamond is lovely

I know, I have 3 solitaires ranging from .75 carat to 1.25 carat.
I also have rings with sapphires of every colour (bought loose & set in Sri Lanka) as well as opals, rubies, emeralds, tanzanite and other gems.

The important thing is what the recipient of the (hopefully forever) ring thinks about it.