Shopping for an Engagement ring is exhausting...
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even though i love her to death.. i dread the day my shopping begins.
the year 20XX
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Archer said:
She's lying.
bionic77 said:
NME said:
Oh I already know what she wants we've talked about it... it's trying to find the combination of what SHE wants, with what I'M willing to pay that is the tricky part.
I've spent some time on smyth's website... it's disappointing that they don't have the build your ring option that most diamond sites do.
Yup already have.
ToxicAdam said:
Nope.
My friend got his ring from Blue Nile. The stats were great (based on some diamond books) and of arguably greater importance: it looked great and was supposedly competitive with jewelers he went to.
Maybe if he worked harder he could've gotten a better deal, but if you hate shopping for the ring Blue Nile sounds pretty good to me. I've bought earrings from them and they were great.
Maybe if he worked harder he could've gotten a better deal, but if you hate shopping for the ring Blue Nile sounds pretty good to me. I've bought earrings from them and they were great.
Lucky Forward
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Hey, another Baltimore Co. boy! I live over in Essex.NME said:
I got engaged once when I was a lad. We picked out the engagement ring at a White Marsh mall jewelry store (young and foolish, didn't know any better). A few months after I paid the $875 (big money!) and gave it to her, she broke my heart and gave it back. The ring rattled around my drawer for a while, then when I went to buy a new car, I took the ring in to a shop to see what they'd offer for it.
$75.
So basically, you don't want engagement ring advice from me.
Soybean said:
I've spent some time on their site over the last few days, they are definitely in the final running as to where I'm going to pick up a ring from.
NME said:
Yeah I know that's the rule... but you know what? There is shit chance in hell I'm buying her a ring with 2 months salary of money, I could buy her a friggin small car for that much.
:lol @ geek
DCharlie I don't know what could be harder, we've already lived together and driven each other crazy.
NinSoX said:Congratulations Darien
So, she already let you know her preference for the ring? :lol How much are you planning to spend? The notion of spending "2 to 3" months of salary is just ridiculous and luckily mine only asked for a "300~$" range.
Thanks, yeah we've already talked about exactly the type of diamond(marquise), the type of mount(baguette), as well as the color and clarity range she's interested in. I'm not spending more than like $2300 for this puppy.
DarienA said:
:lol Do you think marriage itself will be any easier? That's the real challenge. Living with someone else.
I had my wife come with me. That way, she got what she wanted. I actually picked the items out though. I have good taste in jewelry apparently. Funny, because I don't wear any myself.
Dr_Cogent said:
We've lived together for over 2 years(closer to 3 if I'm counting correctly) already DC, and this isn't my first marriage. Nor is the first or even second time I've lived with my other half for an extended period. This is probably like the 4th long term girlfriend that I ended up living together with, I'm 35 man. This shit ain't new(well the shopping for a ring part is)!
The entire process is a pain in the ass. I just got engaged last month and it took me the better part of the summer to find something that she wanted in my price range. And that was my biggest mistake. It fustrating trying to balance cost and quality. Just bite the bullet and get her want she wants.
Id be damned if after I paid good money for a ring and she didnt wear it for the rest of her life. Get her what she wants, (that sounds like a Cop out) but trust me it will save you fustrations later on.
Things to remember
Buy both the Diamond and the setting from one place......less hassle with sizing
Make sure you buy the right size
Make sure she knows what kind of wedding band goes with the setting.
El
-Just wait till you have to plan the wedding, 20x worse than looking for a ring, the rape just continues.
Id be damned if after I paid good money for a ring and she didnt wear it for the rest of her life. Get her what she wants, (that sounds like a Cop out) but trust me it will save you fustrations later on.
Things to remember
Buy both the Diamond and the setting from one place......less hassle with sizing
Make sure you buy the right size
Make sure she knows what kind of wedding band goes with the setting.
El
-Just wait till you have to plan the wedding, 20x worse than looking for a ring, the rape just continues.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Me and my wife didn't have engagement rings, and we didn't have wedding rings until the day before. Mine cost £5 from Half Price Jewellers, hers cost £50. She lost hers 4 months later, and mine sits on the bathroom shelf. Neither of us care. My friend's wife is incredulous that we don't put much importance on these metal bands. Our everyday happy interactions confirm our love for each other.
God, I'm such a sap.
God, I'm such a sap.
distantmantra
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My sister is a licensed jeweler, so I was able to buy my wife's engagement ring and our wedding bands directly from her wholesaler. I got a nice princess cut solitaire ring that would retail at $2,000 for $700.
Make friends with a jeweler, they'll hook you up with a great deal.
Make friends with a jeweler, they'll hook you up with a great deal.
DarienA said:We've lived together for over 2 years(closer to 3 if I'm counting correctly) already DC, and this isn't my first marriage. Nor is the first or even second time I've lived with my other half for an extended period. This is probably like the 4th long term girlfriend that I ended up living together with, I'm 35 man. This shit ain't new(well the shopping for a ring part is)!
:lol Then you know what I am talking about.
Dr_Cogent said:
I'm jealous of distant and Cravis.. oh well anyway this missus just let me off the hook.
You see the biggest problem has been that I've been able to find good size stones in the price range I want, but then when I start looking at the damn baguette mounts the prices are ridiculous.
So the phone rings and its her and I tell her I'm stressing about this ring because I really want her to be happy, etc... and she's like what's the problem so I explain the baguette situation and she's like f*ck it just get a solitaire you can always remount the stone for an anniversary somewhere down the road.
...damn.. she's right.
Problem solved.
/close thread. j/k
distantmantra
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DarienA said:
You know, the two of you could go pick out the ring together. She obviously is aware of what you're doing.
DarienA said:
To me, baguette is useless. They don't sparkle like other cuts do. My attitude is, if it's a diamond, it damn well better sparkle a lot at any angle. My wifes has gotten comments on her ring for years, ever since she got it. Women like it, so I musta done good (damn well better have, the thing was expensive enough).
I say, take her with you. She will love it. Women love buying jewelry or picking it out.
cloudwalking
300chf ain't shit to me
Archer said:
It's not all that uncommon
I'm the same way, I hate jewelry (rings in particular), if I have to wear any at all it's usually just earrings. If my boyfriend surprised me with a ring, though, of course I'd wear it. I'd probably faint if he spent a ton of money on it, though. He knows me better than that, and that I'd rather put the money towards other more meaningful things.distantmantra said:
Oh she's always know, we've never made it a secret to each other that we were ready to get married, and when this first started it all started out with us shopping for stones and mounts together online.
Dr_Cogent said:
Yeah I couldn't figure out why she was in to the baguette thing myself, I told her when she first said it that I thought it took away from the look of the diamond itself, because now it's competition for space/attention on the mount.
Personally I'm not in to the whole ring thing, we didn't buy expensive rings in my first marriage.
cloudwalking said:It's not all that uncommon
Like a Playstation 3.
darscot said:
Wife: My husband had to journey to the depths of mordor to my witch* mother in laws tomb to retrieve this from her bony wretched hands!
*no offense; just playing to the evil mother in law stereotype
What's amusing is that engagement rings is a recent whitebred tradition... it's not something that's been around for a long time... but it certainly has spread far and wide! Damn you debeers!
KingGondo said:
What might work better is, telling her that you love her, want to marry her; and ask if she says yes, if she wants an engagement ring, or some other symbol of this proposed union, and go out with her to get it.
To some people... the idea of just springing this loaded trap (it's an expensive one), comes across as probably a little misogynistic. A step up would be proposing to her via a public forum and putting her on the spot. Fantastic if she says yes... terribly embarassing if she says no... and given the situation, even if she wants to, will she have the fortitude to say no?
But I'm not a jewelry conniseur... and hope I the person I love enough to marry won't be one too! ^^;
Ghengis Cohen
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My advice is to go to a real jeweler (ie. someone who makes their own jewelry) and not a display gallery and have them make something for you and your more likely to get an honest opinion on a diamond. I designed my wifes engagement ring (and our wedding bands) with a jeweler I know and my wife couldn't have been happier.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=e...latlng=38986937,-77097885,2107542457213988090
Your money will get you a lot more here... Trust me.
Your money will get you a lot more here... Trust me.
Thankfully, we have a very nice and well established local place here (the jewelry company Warren Buffett owns if you've ever heard about it), and when I went looking for one recently, I walked in there, and within about 20 minutes had a ring I was very happy with. Ended up paying $2700 for the ring, which to me is a bit more than I like to pay for jewelry, but I wanted something that not only would she be happy with, but I'd be happy with.)
Sure, but that works both ways. If my girl is trolling the game shops of Osaka for something to get me for a gift, it can be exhausting for her. If I was the one doing it, I could happily spend hours looking around and getting ideas of what I want.
LakeEarth said:
Sure, but that works both ways. If my girl is trolling the game shops of Osaka for something to get me for a gift, it can be exhausting for her. If I was the one doing it, I could happily spend hours looking around and getting ideas of what I want.
DaCocoBrova said:
Give me some credit, I was there last Sunday... was NOT impressed. They had no stones in my price bracket at the store, when I went in I gave her the model # of stones off their website so she could have them shipped their for viewing this weekend, and Monday I called her with a few more stones.
I haven't heard back from her.
distantmantra
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