How big is it and is bigger better?

[Anonymous]

Mine is one-third of a carat. I also love mine and have no desire to upgrade it.

Even 1 carats look ridiculously big to me. I hope you all have fat fingers to make your huge rocks look proportional.

[Anonymous]

I have a 2 carat round cut with two smaller round cuts on either side set in platinum. It is an estate ring and I think its perfect. I have always recieved compliments and never seen one similar to it. My MIL has a 10 carat dimanod surrounded by small diamonds, it is an old family ring (not an engagement ring and the diamond is virtually flawless with perfect color) and while truly beautiful, its a bit "much" IMHO but, she does only wear it for social occaisions. Even she is not dumb enough to wear it out in the general public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People actually still get solitare rings? Ugh, makes you like like an old lady and so very tacky and unoriginal. Might as well be pretty much every other person on the block.

Let me guess, 2 ct, princess cut in a plat. setting? Blah...yawn. I smell your boring life from here.

They still get them because they are classic and timeless and elegant. What do you have, a heart shape? I can smell your warm and fuzzy from here.

[Anonymous]

Do most of you wear your rings every day? I think the first 5 years of marriage I was pretty religious about wearing it most days. But I'm really not a jewelry person, so I just wear it much anymore. Now I'm wondering if people think it is weird I don't wear it- I had never thought about it before! (I don't have an engagement ring, but a diamond band wedding ring instead).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People actually still get solitare rings? Ugh, makes you like like an old lady and so very tacky and unoriginal. Might as well be pretty much every other person on the block.

Let me guess, 2 ct, princess cut in a plat. setting? Blah...yawn. I smell your boring life from here.

They still get them because they are classic and timeless and elegant. What do you have, a heart shape? I can smell your warm and fuzzy from here.

That's only because she probably hasn't washed her warm and fuzzy in weeks...

[Anonymous]

My original engagement ring is 3/4 carat. I recently inherited a 2.5 carat solitaire, and I feel really self-conscious wearing it. I tend to talk with my hands, and I see people notice it during a conversation. It's a ridiculous rock, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Mine is a little over 1 ct., almost flawless, princess cut, solitaire which I love (not tacky at all! that's ridiculous). Looks perfect on my petite hands. Plain gold band, Art Carved which was what we could afford at the time. We talked about upgrading for our 10th anniversay but then decided to use the money for a trip to Egypt instead. Perfectly happy with my choice.

[Anonymous]

WHY would anyone upgrade? Could you think of anything more hurtful to your spouse? "Sorry honey, all these years I really hated the ass ugly ring you picked out for me...."

[Anonymous]

I also think solitaires are really, really ugly. I have one. It's the one I was given, so I will keep it. It is more sentimental than anything. After all, it is a wedding ring! I thought the unusual shapes or non traditional shapes were more expensive? That is what I have heard from many in the past. I personally love the marquis IMHO. I think it looks gorgeous on the right person.

[Anonymous]

my husband proposed on his 20th birthday (high school sweethearts)
my ring is .5 solitare
i'd love to get a wrap now that we're older but would NEVER replace it
he has said several times that he'd like to get me a new diamond or to upgrade my white gold wedding band to platinum
i think he cares more about it than i do

i love my rings though

[Anonymous]

I don't have an engagement ring, I wear a platinum wedding band. (Just noting this in case anybody is using this thread to calculate an "average" size--I would like to pull down that average with my 0.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quality over quantity.

4 ct, as one PP noted, is probably not going to be very clear, well-cut, or flawless--e.g., is not going to have that bright white sparkle--that high quality, but smaller diamonds would. quote]

It's possible the guy paid over $80K for a quality 4 ct. If I had the money to buy a quality diamond that size, I would wear it for special occasions. Since I can't afford it, I wouldn't try to pull off a lower quality diamond in that size. Big oversized costume jewelry has been popular, but I wouldn't try to pull of a diamond ring as such.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also think solitaires are really, really ugly. I have one. It's the one I was given, so I will keep it. It is more sentimental than anything. After all, it is a wedding ring! I thought the unusual shapes or non traditional shapes were more expensive? That is what I have heard from many in the past. I personally love the marquis IMHO. I think it looks gorgeous on the right person.

I don't know about all diamond shapes, but princess cut is supposed to be less expensive than a round solitaire.

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who was given a 3-carat and never wears it - combination of too ostentatious, gets in the way of things, and afraid she would lose it or it would get stolen. I bet she would love the opportunity at the outset to take it back to the store and have a 2-carat or smaller that she would wear, plus the extra $.

Mine is .75, marquis, yellow gold - hopelessly unfashionable now but I love it and knew at the time that I never would want to upgrade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My ring is a 2.5 carat center stone. In DC it feels fairly big but when I go home to NY I see lots of women with way bigger. The ring has been in my family (with no changes) for over 100 years and it's very special to me. It cost my DH nothing, so I think it's pretty ridiculous that bitter people like the PPs would use it as a reason to make assumptions about my character. Fortunately I have no interest in being friends with people like that anyway.

No one was referring to you ring. That is just average.

Awww, sweetie, I'm sure your ring is very beautiful too! You don't need to be so insecure that you put someone else down like that. I'm sure the PP is well aware that in DC 2.5 carats is definitely NOT average. Mine is barely half that and still very respectable. I'm a biglaw attorney and DH is a lobbyist so it's not like I never see huge rings, but they are definitely the exception.

If you're that bitter maybe you could ask your DH to save up a little each month so he can buy you a bigger diamond, or you could just buy a big cubic zirconia. No matter what you do, know that you don't need to feel so bitter--I feel sad for you. Hugs.