| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 10/30/2009 9:51:46 AM |
She told me she'd be more than willing to pay for another one that actually looked more like a proper
When my ex and I got married, I bought her all the ring I could afford at the time (not much). For our 10th anniversary, I bought her one of those rings that surrounds the original with a new cluster of diamonds.
Your friend could do the same thing. Keep the original ring and simply buy a ring that goes with it. It is improper to change, alter, trade up, etc the original ring given with love. | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 10/30/2009 2:40:37 PM | Luckily the trend is dual bands (groom and bride), with no diamonds.
A diamond maybe forever, but at the end of the day, it's a rock (okay a gemstone, but still a rock). | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/2/2009 8:28:37 AM | YES IT DOES!!!!
When I proposed to my tomboy ex she loved the fact it was a big fancy ring(even though she said she would be happy with a washer on her finger). Her whole Italian family wanted to look at the ring and used that to judge me and my interest in her. They even took it to the jeweler to appraise it. I know that's horrible but that's the way her family is.
On the plus side my mom now has a beautiful ring.
Anyways, I'm trying to say that you can think a ring doesn't matter but to most women in the end it will. If they say they don't care you'll still get brownie points because it shows you "love them more". I suggest not getting a diamond though because they are ridiculously overpriced. Stick with something like a saphire, emerald, garnet, topaz, etc because you'll save tons of money and you'll look unique at the same time. | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/2/2009 8:47:50 AM | I told my fiance not to spend much on a ring...
Spending a lot on a ring to me is just stupid...no offense to those of you who judge your guys love for you based on the price of the ring. | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/2/2009 10:15:23 AM | | Any man I dated would know better than to buy me a diamond long before any talk of an engagement. First, everybody has one. Second, it's a waste of money for something that isn't even that pretty. Third and most importantly, I dont want to wonder how many people died or suffered for or because of my ring. In your friend's case though, I think she is being pretty shallow to be embarassed by the size. | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/2/2009 8:37:13 PM | op,
you're making de beers one very happy company! it's like anything in life...if it's 10karats, you'll become used to it.... everything tends to the middle over time... good and bad! | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/2/2009 8:57:34 PM |
just buy her a 52" plasma tv so you can watch movie -she will like that
One of my friends got his girlfriend (now engaged) a CR 250 dirt bike instead of an engagement ring. She loved it! She now races professionally and she's pretty good at it. You would think that she's a tomboy, but no. She's very much a woman and is very attractive. | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/3/2009 2:14:18 AM | If a man gave me a ring out of the gumball machine and ask me to marry him...that would turn me on more...I rather have his "Big Heart" not a big diamond... | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/3/2009 6:21:32 PM | Sounds so superficial and petty its just gross.
It sounds like something a 22 y/o fox would say to her girlfriends when a rich 80 y/o billionaire proposed to her and gave her a ring that wasent worth a house.
This dosent at all sound like what it is supposed to, which is, a woman who was asked by someone she loves to marry her.
She should give the ring back and they should part their own ways. | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/3/2009 7:02:47 PM | | Honestly the size of the ring shouldn't never matter.The love she has should be all that matters.To me if I knew a guy loved me, truely loved me and wanted to ask me to marry him yes a ring is all nice but honestly he wouldnt have to get me one cause hes really all i need and want. a ring is just a thing that sits on ur finger to look pretty,or to let someone know ur taken,but love if theres someone in ur life that truely loves u it doesn't sit on ur finger,or taken off while u wash dishes then maybe lose it done the drain.its in ur heart to stay if ur willing enough to keep it there. she shouldnt care what her friends think of her ring. it came from her mans heart and that should be enough for her. | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/4/2009 2:57:32 AM | | Diamonds are so worthless and so common. In the places they are mined they are laying all over the place. The miners are treated like dirt and badly abused. I absolutely refuse to photograph diamonds for any purpose than insuring them. I would much rather give a small ring and spend for a honeymoon that would be a trip of a lifetime than to give a worthless rock. | |
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/4/2009 3:38:47 PM | umm look up the kimberly law..aka the one that prevents "blood diamonds" 
as far as the emotional side of this debate and my personal opinion, the size of the ring should not matter. ( I'll take a ring, a rottie or english bulldog for my eng. treat)
now from my expierence in jewelry as that IS what I do for a living.
size does matter depending on the shape of the stone. Some cuts such as asscher and emerald do not look as they should uder 1-1.5 ctw. marquis are crap no matter what size and have NO resale value same with hearts. circle and princess are the best cuts for resale and size doesnt matter.
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| does size really matter in an engagement ring?
Posted: 11/4/2009 4:21:07 PM |
She should give the ring back and they should part their own ways.
They did part ways. This thread is from 2008.
There's a lyric by Santogold that reminds me of this topic:
"I got no need for the fancy things...
all the attention that it brings..."
I'm like that. In my workplace, all the women have carbon copy, doorknob diamond rings. I think it's a waste and gross. | |
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