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Carat Size for Chinese Girlfriend

Thank you all honestly for the advice. I want this to be a surprise so I am not going to ask her and just go with my gut and get what I really loved. Its G Si1. I know its not colorless or absolute best clarity but I prefer this size for her, its eyeclean, near colorless and a really nice cut IMO. What do you guys think of below? Only concern is whether inclusions around perimeter will cause structural integrity issues or not...

1.51 G Si1 Video (cert attached): https://media.hdfiles.in:8520/hd.aspx?StoneId=50C92688-E77B-4AD1-AA81-9DD5A3E143DA

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DRSAMURAI said:
At baseline, most men are idiots. Poor launching pad. I agree. Your observation of Westernized Asian is valid. My wife is American Born Chinese (ABC) and covets larger diamonds. Her CBC mother would utter "Chuh!" And it translates the same in English. The DSS extended to her earrings too. Her 1ctw RBs were too small. She got 1.8ctw Decagon earrings at the same time as her 2.2ct. I follow the Singapore blog about JP and mainly Decagons. The great majority of Singaporean fiancees get Decagons in the .5-.6ct range. I remind my wife that one of her earrings is larger than Singaporean ERs (referred to as proposal rings in SG).

As for H2H optical performance of Decagon vs BG Black, don't think it exists. I was thinking of either Black or ACA for my wife until I saw the JP online vid stream on Decagon H2H vs SIC MRB vs 3EX MRB. 111 facets vs 57 facets was no contest in light performance. For optical symmetry, JP's Master Cutter who exclusively cuts all of JP's White Series (and hence the wait time if not available in house) has H&As that are unequalled. H&As can easily be compared online. JP's Master Cutter spends more time and labor with more wastage to create his perfections than any 57 facet cutter. And, yes, there is a visible difference with 111 brilliantly and fiery flashing mirrors.

As for the Rich Asian stereotype, the movie spawned a Netflix documentary following filthy rich Asians in the Los Angeles area. Catty, jealous and spiteful women trying to one up each other only serves to project and perpetuate the negative stereotype you mentioned. Unfortunate.
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@holeydonut If you can accept JP's 57 facet SIC as a surrogate for BG Black MRB then look at this video:
. Seeing is believing. This is the video that convinced me and this rings true (pun intended).
 
Hmm, it faces up a little small for a 1.5 carat diamond. I like a diamond at this weight to be 7.4mm. I think the video looks pretty clean (although the report does say additional clouds not shown), but do you know if she has any preferences on color or clarity? Some women do and it is important to know that.
 
holeydonut said:
Yeah, I think mugatu (thread's OP) will know what type of wife he's dealing with. But I have a hunch that his "... smaller and hope she never feels the need to upgrade ..." is foreboding bad things if he goes too small lol. I bet he ends up giving two rings... one for the USA and one for Asia.

The "just ask her" crowd is hilarious to me. You can't even ask most women what they want to eat for Dinner and get a straight answer. And yet somehow an engagement ring is some idealized perfect dialogue and coincidence of planning/execution?

Actually maybe the woman will say what they want. That they want a 3ct Cartier. What does the guy do now? Such a trap card.

PS: entertaining video to watch:
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Oof. Couple.of things to unpack here.

1) yes traditional Asian prefer high colour and clarity over cut. In Australia this has typically been 1ct minimum. The debeers ads really did a number on understanding.

2) if she's travelling - maybe consider a really good "travel ring" (for safety?) - frankly unless they're PS level "I can tell double refraction, that is zircon from ten yards away" most people will not notice.

3) unless she has family/social circle that have D colours in high sizes - they're not going to tell.

4) never tell.

5) none of anyone's business but you and your fiancee to know!

6) I've got the "master set" comparison and E - h (diamonds that are set in rings and pendants).
My parents and most people at work couldn't tell. They still don't know the specs of my current ring and never will. :).

7) I must be an outlier because I flat out said I was picking the stone with your input and we can co-design....

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