Tell me about your engagement ring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cue in all the women who think engagement rings are stupid and unnecessary, and it means you guys don’t love each other, and you are a gold digger, and you will obviously end up divorced because they bought a ring from a vending machine and they are as happy and can be. Did I cover it all?

I like mine at all but quoting the prices to random internet strangers is beyond tacky.

Not when you’re humble bragging!! Which is all the op had in mind when she started the thread!

[Anonymous]

2 carat round (E or F, don’t remember, VS2, XXX cut - confirmed to have ideal proportions on pricescope) on a thin, plain platinum band.

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3 carat old mine cut that was worn by DH's great great grandfather (yes, grandfather) reset in platinum with tapered baguettes.

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1.5 carat princess cut set in an eternity band in yellow gold because I like yellow gold. My wedding band is a matching eternity band. I love it. I always get compliments on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Inherited early twentieth century diamond from family. Reset in a band I now consider too gaudy. We're divorcing. I'm bitter.

I'm sorry about your divorce. On the bright side, you get to keep and sell the ring -- or reset it into something you like better.

[Anonymous]

Simple thin white gold band. I love it.

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Maybe 0.3 carats? Bypass setting. We were poor grad students when he proposed. I love it.

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Mine was maybe about a .5 carat solitary in a custom designed setting. No idea of cost, but we were right out of college so I'd guess no more than $2K.

Haven't worn it since we divorced after 18 years of marriage. I'm planing to sell it to a pawn shop and donate the money to a women's empowerment initiative in Africa.

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$1.5 million. Kept mostly in a safe. I wear it for parties every weekend.

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Mine is "A light half" as the jeweler called it. .46 use it. It's old so it's a miners cut...whatever that means. It was 1,476.34. This was in 2008. We were both in grad school and that was almost to the dollar 2 months rent.

[Anonymous]

1.71 ct round solitaire, nearly flawless, in a basket setting on a thin (maybe 2 mm?) white gold eternity band. It's beautiful. It was a waste of money and it lives in my underwear drawer.

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It's round, and about a carat. I don't know how much it cost, I am guessing not that much because we were poor 25 year old grad students at the time. We are 45 now and I still like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3 carat old mine cut that was worn by DH's great great grandfather (yes, grandfather) reset in platinum with tapered baguettes.

Was he indian? All of my indian uncles wear diamond rings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 carat old mine cut that was worn by DH's great great grandfather (yes, grandfather) reset in platinum with tapered baguettes.

Was he indian? All of my indian uncles wear diamond rings.

It's a tradition in my South Indian community for the bridegroom to recieve a diamond ring from the bride's family. My DH still keeps joking that he never got one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1.2 ct gray diamond with halo set in rose gold, split shank. I am not a ring person, but I adore this one. It's unique but not so much that it doesn't look like an engagement ring.

Gray? Isn't that industrial grade?

No idea what that means.