Anonymous wrote:I actually notice the smaller diamonds in a positive light and assume they have been married a long time/married young which I find very sweet. My sister's husband now makes close to 7 figures but 27 years ago when they were sophomores in college and dying to get engaged a .35 diamond was a huge splurge. She was give a huge upgrade right for their 10th. She wore it maybe 3 months and then went back to her tiny yellow gold ring. She said when she looked at her new ring she thought nothing and when she looked at her "real" ring she remembered that summer of college where they were obsessed with eachother and madly madly in love.
This. My engagement ring is a round diamond solitaire around .75 carats and is a high quality stone, but set in a yellow gold setting that seems out-of-style by today’s trends. Many new brides wouldn’t like it, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. It’s what DH could afford as a young man and I love my ring - and him!