Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 14:32     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one cares. You don't get a reward because some kid in Africa lost an arm mining your diamond.


This. And even if you can ensure your diamond is conflict free… have you seen pictures of diamond mines? Have you seen the total and utter destruction they do to the environment. No thank you. I’m glad we can now get sparkles that don’t fund a war in Africa or tear up God’s green earth.


100%. And for those chirping antique diamonds… look up pictures from colonial era mining. You’ll likely get physically sick looking at them. They would cut kid’s hands off for not hitting quota. Can’t get more blood diamond than that.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 06:54     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:No one cares. You don't get a reward because some kid in Africa lost an arm mining your diamond.


This. And even if you can ensure your diamond is conflict free… have you seen pictures of diamond mines? Have you seen the total and utter destruction they do to the environment. No thank you. I’m glad we can now get sparkles that don’t fund a war in Africa or tear up God’s green earth.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 22:04     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I read a WaPo article over the weekend that talked about how lab diamonds are so inexpensive these days and how this is driving the size of rings up - i.e. 2 carats becoming the norm vs. 1. I got married over a decade ago so am very out of the loop here and curious. If anyone can get a 2 carat ring for $2500, doesn't that significantly lessen the appeal of bigger diamonds because they are no longer a status symbol?


I was listening to npr where there was an interesting fact - diamond size is inversely correlated with the length of a marriage.

My guess is diamond quality is directly proportional - as in it should be the real deal.


DP. The "real deal" is a diamond. Whether it was mined or lab grown is totally irrelevant. They're both the same thing.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 14:57     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I read a WaPo article over the weekend that talked about how lab diamonds are so inexpensive these days and how this is driving the size of rings up - i.e. 2 carats becoming the norm vs. 1. I got married over a decade ago so am very out of the loop here and curious. If anyone can get a 2 carat ring for $2500, doesn't that significantly lessen the appeal of bigger diamonds because they are no longer a status symbol?


I was listening to npr where there was an interesting fact - diamond size is inversely correlated with the length of a marriage.

My guess is diamond quality is directly proportional - as in it should be the real deal.


NP. Were they including lab-grown stones in this very scientific study? It’s so fascinating that your “guess” is that natural diamonds = longer marriage.

I’m genuinely embarrassed for you.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 14:48     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:I just love the look of 1.5 ct plus. I personally don’t think small diamonds are pretty. If you can’t afford a bigger one, just get an eternity band or a pretty gold band.



You have fat fingers, don't you?
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 13:59     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anyone flaunting a big (2+) carat lab grown diamond is low class. Simple as.


how would you even know? do you walk around with a loupe?


There is no way to tell a lab grown vs mined diamond if there is no marker mark.


Well, no. That is not true. Its inclusions do have "tells." You can't tell with your naked eye, but they are distinguishable.


Hahahaha. You’re so gullible! Is that what they sold you on. Even under a microscope a trained eye cannot really tell with the good lab grown jewels these days. The truth is jewelry just isn’t the investment it once was. Same with art. It’s just not.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 13:52     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
I just love the look of 1.5 ct plus. I personally don’t think small diamonds are pretty. If you can’t afford a bigger one, just get an eternity band or a pretty gold band.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 13:52     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:I read a WaPo article over the weekend that talked about how lab diamonds are so inexpensive these days and how this is driving the size of rings up - i.e. 2 carats becoming the norm vs. 1. I got married over a decade ago so am very out of the loop here and curious. If anyone can get a 2 carat ring for $2500, doesn't that significantly lessen the appeal of bigger diamonds because they are no longer a status symbol?


I was listening to npr where there was an interesting fact - diamond size is inversely correlated with the length of a marriage.

My guess is diamond quality is directly proportional - as in it should be the real deal.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 13:46     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My experience with large diamonds, the bigger the rock, the smaller the penis.


Wow, how many times have you been engaged?

Just kidding, you’re obviously one of the butthurt women from upthread clinging to her tiny blood diamond lol


Lol. You know that PP doesn't have a tiny blood diamond. She doesn't have a diamond at all.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 13:35     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:My experience with large diamonds, the bigger the rock, the smaller the penis.


This is my experience too from friends who overshare stuff like that in the beginning stages of dating and then seeing their engagement rings from the same guy a few years later…
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 09:18     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My experience with large diamonds, the bigger the rock, the smaller the penis.


Wow, how many times have you been engaged?

Just kidding, you’re obviously one of the butthurt women from upthread clinging to her tiny blood diamond lol


I feel like grandma making this comment, but I can tell you after 32 years of marriage that the cost of your engagement diamond is perhaps the least important thing about the commitment you're about to make.


I agree! Another reason why it’s so weird that anyone would be upset about people being able to spend less for a lab grown diamond.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 09:14     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My experience with large diamonds, the bigger the rock, the smaller the penis.


Wow, how many times have you been engaged?

Just kidding, you’re obviously one of the butthurt women from upthread clinging to her tiny blood diamond lol


I feel like grandma making this comment, but I can tell you after 32 years of marriage that the cost of your engagement diamond is perhaps the least important thing about the commitment you're about to make.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 09:10     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
Anonymous wrote:My experience with large diamonds, the bigger the rock, the smaller the penis.


Wow, how many times have you been engaged?

Just kidding, you’re obviously one of the butthurt women from upthread clinging to her tiny blood diamond lol
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2025 08:31     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
My experience with large diamonds, the bigger the rock, the smaller the penis.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2025 22:47     Subject: Lab diamonds and engagement ring sizes
What a truly stupid thread. Labs and mined are both exactly the same thing - diamonds. Who cares which you have.