When would it ever be appropriate to wear a 3-carat-diamond engagement ring at a job interview?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you seriously think men sit around and fret about wearing an expensive watch to an interview?

No, but that watch does communicate personality and social class to the interviewers.

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You're right. I know tons of people with a lot of money: my family, all of my neighbors, many of my friends, fellow parents at our private school, and frankly, myself. None of the people I know would shop at Tiffany for serious jewelry. They shop at places like Boone & Sons, Pampillonia, Chas. Schwartz and with private jewelers here and in NY. I agree with the poster who equated Tiffany to Pottery Barn. Anyone who knows better would prefer a custom piece to something mass-produced and overpriced.

Back to the original question. I did not wear my 3 carat engagement ring when I was interviewing at law firms many moons ago. Mainly, I didn't want to draw attention to the fact that I was married and of child-bearing age. If I were to jump back in the law firm arena at this point in my life, post-kids, I wouldn't hesitate to wear it.

Just curious, when you reference "a lot of money" how much are you talking about?

"A lot of money" can range vastly. At a minimum, at least a million in the bank and a mid to high 7-figure HHI, then ranging up to the type of wealth where one's name is on a number of buildings throughout the country.

Holy cow, where do you live that all your family, neighbors and private school parents make between $5-$10 million per year? I am pretty familiar with law firm comp levels and there are only a few partners making over $5 million, even in NYC, so it can't be law focused. Even Silicon Valley entrepreneurs tend not to have regular income at that level - usually it's more of a windfall due to IPOs. Are all your family members and neighbors at Goldman?

Its not working for their money- its their money working for their money. Investor class. But you know they "already paid taxes" on the very first investments so definitely they should continue to have a 20% or below tax rate on all their income, er I mean, investments.

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Anonymous wrote:I would think a) you're a golddigger or b) come from family money and married into family money.

Why would a gold digger be interviewing for a job?! Isn't the goal of gold diggers the life of leisure? That makes no sense to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I think we've beaten this one to death. I, for one, don't wear a big ring to the office (and yes mine are real). I don't want to be mugged in the parking lot, I don't want to damage it, I don't want to create envy with colleagues or subordinates, I don't want it to be noticed during meetings. I think it sends all the wrong messages to clients and to associates as do the name purse. When I started out in practice, a newly-married associate wore a high-mounted 2 kt round-cut diamond. I think it was a mistake because it just really stuck out in a 250 year old Boston Brahmin law firm. The women in that firm of serious money wore emerald cuts because you can wear more karats that way and still be discrete. But, still, no diamonds over 2 at all. It all comes down to taste and wisdom.

Love of god, this board never, ever ceases to make sure everyone knows that their very narrow, very white way is the "wise and tasteful" way. There is a huge cultural component here, but apparently those are inferior.

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Are you interviewing to be a Desperate Housewife of Potomac, OP?

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Anonymous wrote:Lol *checks how many figure I have in my bank account and doesn’t respond but keeps scrolling*

Lol that’s a lot of scrolling to revive a 6 yr old thread. But at least you got a chance to let random internet users that you check how many figures you have in your bank account.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol *checks how many figure I have in my bank account and doesn’t respond but keeps scrolling*

This thread is 6 years old. What were your search terms?

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If its your engagement ring why not wear it. Shows how much your are loved.

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Anonymous wrote:If its your engagement ring why not wear it. Shows how much your are loved.

Um. No. The size of a persons ring does not directly correlate to how much someone is 'loved.' Did you count your Christmas presents as a child to see how much your parents cared about you on an annual basis, PP?

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Anonymous wrote:In law, banking, or real estate, no-one will care.

+1

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You are joking right? It's 3 carats. This is DC. My ring is 3 carats and it feels pretty normal. It's not 10 carats.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I think we've beaten this one to death. I, for one, don't wear a big ring to the office (and yes mine are real). I don't want to be mugged in the parking lot, I don't want to damage it, I don't want to create envy with colleagues or subordinates, I don't want it to be noticed during meetings. I think it sends all the wrong messages to clients and to associates as do the name purse. When I started out in practice, a newly-married associate wore a high-mounted 2 kt round-cut diamond. I think it was a mistake because it just really stuck out in a 250 year old Boston Brahmin law firm. The women in that firm of serious money wore emerald cuts because you can wear more karats that way and still be discrete. But, still, no diamonds over 2 at all. It all comes down to taste and wisdom.

Love of god, this board never, ever ceases to make sure everyone knows that their very narrow, very white way is the "wise and tasteful" way. There is a huge cultural component here, but apparently those are inferior.

I think you mean "discreet" not "discrete"

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Anonymous wrote:I always assume big rings (over 2 carats) are fake. I wear a 1.9 ct high grade Tiffany's diamond that cost 23K set in platinum. I have medium sized fingers and anything bigger than 2 would look pretty garish.

Only morons would tout tiffanys rather than be embarassed for overpaying.

Words of truth!

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Engagement rings were made up to increase the value of a rock, and it worked!

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Anonymous wrote:I always assume big rings (over 2 carats) are fake. I wear a 1.9 ct high grade Tiffany's diamond that cost 23K set in platinum. I have medium sized fingers and anything bigger than 2 would look pretty garish.

Only morons would tout tiffanys rather than be embarassed for overpaying.

Words of truth!

I NEED to know why you revived a 12 year old post. This is super random.