SparkleyBezel
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Aug 9, 2008
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- 31
Hi Everyone! I''m a long time lurker, and I thought in repentance for my lurking I''d share my resetting adventure story and pictures. This board helped me so much, thank you thank you!
My husband and I got engaged when we were both poor college students, and we firmly believed in not financing my engagement ring. My husband was intent on picking out my engagement ring himself so I gave him the following parameters: something very low set, white gold, and preferably a sapphire with a diamond halo so that I could get some finger coverage on our limited budget ($900). I love him with all my heart, but the poor man is hopeless when it comes to jewelry. In real life he works on a rescue squad and doesn''t flinch in the scariest situations. However, he was so intimidated by the whole ring-quest that he walked into Kay Jewelers (the only store he went to) and 15 minutes later, shakily left with a 0.33 carat, knife edge, very high set, white gold diamond ring.
A year later, after some soul searching and Pricescope hunting, I finally decided to reset my ring. The diamond was set far too high for my job and my clumsy nature, and by this time I''d developed a bit of a complex about the size of my diamond. Perhaps I''m just surrounded by awkward people, but I got a lot of unsolicited derogatory comments on the size of my diamond that year. I tossed around the idea of adding a halo, but I didn''t want it to look like I was trying to make up for anything, and I didn''t want it to end up looking like a cluster ring. I LIKED looking at it and remembering that we were so in love that we wanted to be engaged RIGHT THEN, instead of waiting for the money to buy a big ring. I wanted the setting to look strong, representative of our relationship. Most importantly, I wanted it to be COMFORTABLE. In the end I modeled my setting after a plain sterling silver band my husband gave me early in our relationship.
I LOVE my new setting. It''s so comfortable, and with this setting, I feel like I''ve removed myself from the diamond size game. My friends with 2 carat stones now gush (convincingly) about my e-ring. I have to say, it feels good.
My husband and I got engaged when we were both poor college students, and we firmly believed in not financing my engagement ring. My husband was intent on picking out my engagement ring himself so I gave him the following parameters: something very low set, white gold, and preferably a sapphire with a diamond halo so that I could get some finger coverage on our limited budget ($900). I love him with all my heart, but the poor man is hopeless when it comes to jewelry. In real life he works on a rescue squad and doesn''t flinch in the scariest situations. However, he was so intimidated by the whole ring-quest that he walked into Kay Jewelers (the only store he went to) and 15 minutes later, shakily left with a 0.33 carat, knife edge, very high set, white gold diamond ring.
A year later, after some soul searching and Pricescope hunting, I finally decided to reset my ring. The diamond was set far too high for my job and my clumsy nature, and by this time I''d developed a bit of a complex about the size of my diamond. Perhaps I''m just surrounded by awkward people, but I got a lot of unsolicited derogatory comments on the size of my diamond that year. I tossed around the idea of adding a halo, but I didn''t want it to look like I was trying to make up for anything, and I didn''t want it to end up looking like a cluster ring. I LIKED looking at it and remembering that we were so in love that we wanted to be engaged RIGHT THEN, instead of waiting for the money to buy a big ring. I wanted the setting to look strong, representative of our relationship. Most importantly, I wanted it to be COMFORTABLE. In the end I modeled my setting after a plain sterling silver band my husband gave me early in our relationship.
I LOVE my new setting. It''s so comfortable, and with this setting, I feel like I''ve removed myself from the diamond size game. My friends with 2 carat stones now gush (convincingly) about my e-ring. I have to say, it feels good.
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