Comments about your engagement ring being....?

[Sky56]

I get compliments on my jewelry every now and then by friends, store clerks, etc. I always appreciate it.

I'll never forget the time about ten years ago when my husband and I were in a lobby waiting to see a play. We ran into a friend and he was with a woman friend who was a stranger to us. I was wearing my .5 ct tw antique OEC earrings, sparkly, pretty things set in 14K floral settings which make them look attractive and prominent on the ear considering the small size of the stones.

I paid $500 for them at an antique shop; they had belonged to a very old lady who wore them when she was young in the Roaring '20's.

The stranger complimented me about them and then asked me how much I paid for them! I said, "Too much." I was embarrassed, people were standing right by us, no way would I answer such a rude question anyway.

She kept insisting, asking the question over and over and when I responded with silence, she got louder and angry, repeating, "HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR THOSE?" It was really weird and scary and I walked away quickly, somewhat pleased that she was tortured by my lack of information. I knew that I would never see her again and I haven't.

 

[Niel]

i havent commented on this thread mostly because no one really comments on my ring.

when i got it the first thing my sister said is "it does look small!"... she meant, as she said, that it looked very low profile, as i said that was something i was looking for in this ring. She felt terrible after saying it. her ring is a 1.25 solitaire, so compared to her it is small, but i believe her, i dont think she meant it that way.

my Ma always goes "puts mine to shame"... she has just old 5 stone bar ring. I really love it its in yellow gold and really holding up to time n terms of style. Whats great though, is she will let me help her find an upgrade next year, so thats good..


but other than that, no one really ever says anything about it. but today someone did. My boss said "is that your new ring, very pretty, i really like the proportions of your graduation"
oh that made me so happy!!! I put SOOO MUCH thought into the exact proportions of this ring, so to have someone actually recognize that just made my whole day

 

[AprilBaby]

Today someone at work said " your rings are so blinding they look fake". I guess that was a compliment?

 

[Winks_Elf]

I can honestly (thankfully!) say that I've never had a negative thing said about my rings. I've had them long enough that they are now a part of me, and so when someone compliments them it still takes me by surprise. Recently I've even had a teenage boy working in a convenience store gasp at my ring and say, "Whoa! That's a gorgeous rock!" It always makes me smile.

Over the 4th of July weekend, we had family visit from MA, originally from India, and my son's aunt's family are jewelers there. She was amazed at how well my little gem was twinkling away in the LED Christmas lights we keep on the porch (use 'em as party lights, they don't draw bugs), and said it twinkled more than all the stars in the sky. I thought that was really sweet.

 

[Natylad]

I have received many polite and nice comments on my ring, which, by the way, is definitely small, compared to the average PS ring!!!
Of course, this is also due to the fact that i live in Greece and i believe that the average ER diamond size here is somewhere between .25ct and .50 ct. Ladies here wear their diamond rings with pride and they don't really consider their diamonds being "small". Nevertheless, my diamond which is a .90ct (E color, VVS2 clarity, triple ex cut, no fluor, GIA certified and H&A certified by my appraiser here) is considered HUGE, which always makes me laugh, because after being a pricesoper for so long, i don't consider anything less than 3cts huge
So i've heard things like: I've never seen such a big diamond before (hehehe, hilarious ), your husband did very, veeeery, well, this is the most beautiful ring i've ever seen in my life, etc.
But...the funniest comment that i ever received, by far, is the following one: "What? How big is this thing? You can skate on it"

 

[Niel]

So I went to Victoria secret yesterday and the checkout woman told me my rings were very sparkly. Thanks!
Then she asked me if they were real! Eek!
Weird question. Kinda rude. I mean what if they had been, who would say no?.
Plus they are by no means substantial! If I was wearing a fake diamond I don't think my goal would be ".8" CTS


Some people.

 

[soxfan]

So I went to Victoria secret yesterday and the checkout woman told me my rings were very sparkly. Thanks!
Then she asked me if they were real! Eek!
Weird question. Kinda rude. I mean what if they had been, who would say no?.
Plus they are by no means substantial! If I was wearing a fake diamond I don't think my goal would be ".8" CTS


Some people.

your ring is one of my favorite on here. SUPER sparkly...The ones that shine like that look bigger. My friend has a 3 stone ring, and I *think* the center stone is .75? It's BLINDING.

I don't have my new ring yet, but when I wear my almost 4 carat yellow sapphire, I get a ton of compliments. People ask me if it is a canary diamond.

 

[maccers]

I like this thread!

I don't recall ever getting a bad compliment. Mostly comments about how sparkly it is, the details of the setting and sometimes how big the stone is (it's only 1.1 OEC but around here that's above average).

The comments I'm not sure about have to do with my choice of yellow gold. Sometimes I get 'I hate yellow gold but your ring almost convinces me otherwise' type of comment. It's well-intentioned but sometimes I wonder if my taste is being questioned But mostly, I think people are being kind...I know I've seen rings on here that are amazing yet, typically, they wouldn't be my cup of tea. One thing PS has taught me, never say never to any kind of bling!

 

[elysiadiamond]

Not one person has said anything nice about my 0.92 emerald cut! I'm only 22 and have a young baby but we boughtvthe best stone we could afford and I love it. But nobody else notices! Maybe it's a british thing..

 

[vinjewels]

I get a ton of compliments and have only had one rude (really it was just tacky) one. It was my Dad's new wife. When she found out I was going with a warmer antique stone that was bigger than hers (she has an ideal, G, MRB), she said, "When your Dad and I were looking at diamonds our buyer found for us, he offered to show us some older cut stones. We decided to go with quality over big and gaudy."
Then she saw my ring and I offered to let her try on the old gaudy thing. She didn't have much to say....

 

[Rhea]

Not one person has said anything nice about my 0.92 emerald cut! I'm only 22 and have a young baby but we boughtvthe best stone we could afford and I love it. But nobody else notices! Maybe it's a british thing..

I'm with you. It's a British thing. Lovely ring!

 

[Smith1942]

Here are comments I received.

Positive: "That is huge!" "It's so sparkly" "it's pretty" "Your husband did well." "Your husband loves you plenty". "I love your ring."

Negative: "Is your ring real?" "You are rich you, why do you work". "I am not high roller like you." "Your ring blind me"- very sarcastic tone. My co-worker at different city, saw my ring for the first time w/ my normal manicure (which is always nice and painted). Her comment is "Do you do anything at home? It looks like you don't anything at all". My response was "I scrub 3 bathrooms and wash 8 loads of laundry every weekend plus my daily mommy duties". The following day, she asked if my LV bags, an Hermes bag.

Oh, doncha just love nosy/jealous people?? What a thing to say to you!

When people say seriously rude things like this to me, if I've got my wits about me and am not in too much shock about the abject rudeness, I wind them up even further. I might laugh and say something like, "Yes, I do PLENTY! After breakfast I put my feet up and exhaust myself reading the paper. Then I clean my diamond - you can imagine how long that takes - and I touch up my manicure, peel the grapes myself if Jeeves has got the day off, before I tell Cook what I want for dinner. I'm exhausted just thinking about how much I do" etc etc and it only takes about ten seconds for them to realise I'm making fun of their rude remark.

Most of the time I'm in too much shock when someone makes a remark like this, though!

 

[Smith1942]

Re. comments about my ring, I haven't had many because it's only a 0.70. But it does sparkle since it's a super-ideal cut (Hearts on Fire). When I got engaged, my sister - who doesn't hand out compliments easily as she's more of a four-carat sort of girl - said it was a really nice diamond, and a friend said "That is a ROCK!" in a nice way.

Other than that, I can't think of any comments, negative or positive.

 

[Smith1942]

Not one person has said anything nice about my 0.92 emerald cut! I'm only 22 and have a young baby but we boughtvthe best stone we could afford and I love it. But nobody else notices! Maybe it's a british thing..

Ooooh, I love your ring! I just adore bezels, and I bezel everything I can get my hands on. It's not easy to find bezels around emerald cuts. I am so sorry no one notices it - it's just beautiful! Maybe it's because your social circle is probably quite young, like you, and perhaps they don't appreciate things like diamond rings yet. Maybe you'll get more compliments when you get a little older!

I'm British and like I said above, I've only had two comments on my ring, which is a 0.70 round. I think at home people don't comment as much - I think perhaps we're not as tuned in, not being consumers of large diamonds as much as America. In America it's not big enough to draw attention among all the larger sparklers!

 

[MrsBettyBoop]

I mostly have people that kind of gawk... which makes me feel uncomfortable. The manager/appraiser at the jewelry store I always visit said I always have such nice pieces. That made me feel very proud. It's funny because she sees all my stuff but I've NEVER bought anything there - it's too expensive!

On another note, my daughter's preschool teacher has the most gorgeous ring. It's tiny but that thing sparkles like I've never seen! I want to ask how big it is (but I won't because it's rude)... of course that doesn't matter, it's just SO sparkly that I want to know everything about it. It couldn't be bigger that .30 but it's amazing and perfect on her little hands.

 

[bgray]

My favorite quote from Blood Diamond is when an elderly man confirms they (the main characters) are headed in the right direction (toward a dig site) and he says something like pray to god they never find oil here.

 

[elysiadiamond]

A film about diamonds? I need to see this! My fiance talked me into watching snatch, brad pitt and diamonds! But there wasnt enough of either for my liking!
Thanks guys, im glad someone appreciates it. We need to educate britain on diamonds!

 

[junebug17]

Here are comments I received.

Positive: "That is huge!" "It's so sparkly" "it's pretty" "Your husband did well." "Your husband loves you plenty". "I love your ring."

Negative: "Is your ring real?" "You are rich you, why do you work". "I am not high roller like you." "Your ring blind me"- very sarcastic tone. My co-worker at different city, saw my ring for the first time w/ my normal manicure (which is always nice and painted). Her comment is "Do you do anything at home? It looks like you don't anything at all". My response was "I scrub 3 bathrooms and wash 8 loads of laundry every weekend plus my daily mommy duties". The following day, she asked if my LV bags, an Hermes bag.

Oh, doncha just love nosy/jealous people?? What a thing to say to you!

When people say seriously rude things like this to me, if I've got my wits about me and am not in too much shock about the abject rudeness, I wind them up even further. I might laugh and say something like, "Yes, I do PLENTY! After breakfast I put my feet up and exhaust myself reading the paper. Then I clean my diamond - you can imagine how long that takes - and I touch up my manicure, peel the grapes myself if Jeeves has got the day off, before I tell Cook what I want for dinner. I'm exhausted just thinking about how much I do" etc etc and it only takes about ten seconds for them to realise I'm making fun of their rude remark.

Most of the time I'm in too much shock when someone makes a remark like this, though!

Oh Smith, you made me laugh, especially the bolded!!! I'd pay money to see someone respond like this, and watch the rude person's reaction! Jealousy makes people behave very badly sometimes.

 

[gordab]

My ring gets no attention at all. Maybe I should go bigger!

Your 3 stone is Amazing! How is that possible!!?

It's true. I live I the UK and people really just don't comment. Maybe they think it's rude?! I don't think it's rude people: I'm going to wear a sign that says "Please compliment my ring. Thank you in advance"

Yes, I think in the UK people tend to not comment unless they know you well. Maybe not wanting to seem intrusive?

I think it also often seems to be seen as pretty ostentatious and in bad taste to wear a huge diamond. Quite apart from my partner not wanting something she'd be scared to wear every day, this is one of the reasons we wanted to stay below 1 carat for her ring.

 

[Smith1942]

Here are comments I received.

Positive: "That is huge!" "It's so sparkly" "it's pretty" "Your husband did well." "Your husband loves you plenty". "I love your ring."

Negative: "Is your ring real?" "You are rich you, why do you work". "I am not high roller like you." "Your ring blind me"- very sarcastic tone. My co-worker at different city, saw my ring for the first time w/ my normal manicure (which is always nice and painted). Her comment is "Do you do anything at home? It looks like you don't anything at all". My response was "I scrub 3 bathrooms and wash 8 loads of laundry every weekend plus my daily mommy duties". The following day, she asked if my LV bags, an Hermes bag.

Oh, doncha just love nosy/jealous people?? What a thing to say to you!

When people say seriously rude things like this to me, if I've got my wits about me and am not in too much shock about the abject rudeness, I wind them up even further. I might laugh and say something like, "Yes, I do PLENTY! After breakfast I put my feet up and exhaust myself reading the paper. Then I clean my diamond - you can imagine how long that takes - and I touch up my manicure, peel the grapes myself if Jeeves has got the day off, before I tell Cook what I want for dinner. I'm exhausted just thinking about how much I do" etc etc and it only takes about ten seconds for them to realise I'm making fun of their rude remark.

Most of the time I'm in too much shock when someone makes a remark like this, though!

Oh Smith, you made me laugh, especially the bolded!!! I'd pay money to see someone respond like this, and watch the rude person's reaction! Jealousy makes people behave very badly sometimes.

Ha ha, glad it gave you a giggle! Trouble is, it takes presence of mind to respond like this and most of the time you're in too much shock!

I was reading an article about a woman who has remained very slim - like 112 pounds - into her 50s, and she said she gets weird comments from other women like, "I'd have you over for lunch but you don't eat, do you?" WTF??? I cannot believe the things people say sometimes. The slim woman should, in my view, say something like "That's right, I haven't eaten since 1985. Just feeding tubes, three times a day. Cuts right down on grocery shopping and dentistry. I can't remember what food tastes like!"

Another woman in the article said that when she gets comments saying she's too thin, she responds with, "It must seem so, to someone your size" !!

 

[Strawberry129]

Old thread..but just had to share since I'm newly engaged.

Good:
"Wow, he did good."
"Pretty ring"
from future mil, "Yours is one of the most beautiful ring I've seen..top 3" "I can see the pinfire sparks from here!"
from a wedding photographer "That's a nice size diamond!"
"This is a really nice quality diamond!" from a picky friend who examined my ring up to her eyeballs for inclusions.
"It's so sparkly!"
SIL: "Hunnie, I want to upgrade my ring size."
BIL: "That's gotta be two carats..great job!"
boss "That's a gorgeous ring!!!"

Bad:
"I thought you would give (insert my name) a bigger diamond!" Thankfully, another friend whose dad owns a jewelry shop quickly said "No way dude..that's a two carat diamond and $$$$." The look on my friend's face was priceless when being told off that he doesn't know diamond size.

My ring is set in a solitaire, so it's definitely not blinged out and more understated. My friend never really had a gf nor has he ever shopped for diamonds. I think people who have never shopped for diamonds don't realize how small diamonds truly are and to get to this size requires $$$$. Their problem, not mines eh?

- Also got a reference to blood diamond.

- Since it's in a solitaire, I feel some people just glance at it and it's 'underwhelming' to them (just too polite to say it to me). I can't wait to have blinged out wedding bands though!!

 

[pearaffair]

My e-ring is really different: pear shaped labradorite! It's faceted and set in an almost chevron type setting. People tend to say nothing or they LOVE it! "What kind of stone is that?" "Wow I love your ring - rock on!!" "That is so badass!" "That diamond is so big" (lol whaaaat)

The only comment that could remotely be considered "bad" was from my dad: "Well it's not the ring that matters, it's what it symbolizes" haha and it was meant as a compliment and was a response to me telling my dad the e-ring cost $125

I would love to have a great big diamond one day to get lots of jealous comments!! Haha kidding... sort of...

 

[heididdl]

Ill chime in I mostly get IS THAT REAL. 3.66 emerald cut.


So surprised about the blood diamond commments never heard anyone say that .

 

[chamomiletea]

Nicest comments are along the lines of 'that is a beautiful stone', 'what a beautiful ring', 'wow I love your ring, it's so sparkly!'. That sort of thing, I love getting nice comments .

Rudest comments was 'it's big but Americans choose size over quality don't they'. This was in the UK from my British friend in reference to my 2ct that my American fiancé bought me. I said 'It's internally flawless', her response was 'well your fiancé has more money than mine' and then of course I said that hers is beautiful (which it is!! Very high quality and sparkly and 1ct which is a very good size in England). In UK my experience is they are more snooty about clarity than they are size. They assume big stones have low clarity and turn their noses up but the culture is different and people are generally more understated, at least they are where I am from .

 

[girlyglam]

I'm glad this thread was resurrected - how interesting to read what people will say!

I have an alexandrite e-ring that has moderate color change in a diamond halo. I love it, but I know it's not everyone's style. Most people don't say anything at all, anymore. When I first got engaged and people commented, it was pretty positive. A lot of "it's different but beautiful" or just, "so pretty" comments. The most "negative" response I've had was from my aunt who just said, "that's not a diamond!". No, no it's not, lol.

I have a diamond RHR that has been mistaken for my e-ring, and it seems like I get more positive comments on that while I get no real comments anymore on my e-ring. My RHR is really pretty though, if I do say so myself. It has a somewhat unique/vintage-y halo with sapphire accents, so it's different from what most people see but still fairly classic. Sometimes I get a little sad that my RHR seems to get more attention than my e-ring. I get it though - the most people seem to like diamonds. I think a lot fewer people like alexandrites or "get" a non-diamond e-ring.

 

[WinkHPD]

I get several nice comments a week. I'm generally just told that my ring is pretty and sparkles a lot. I haven't had any rude comments. My diamond isn't huge (1.4 ct) but my ring is quite blingy and I'm pretty sure people just don't see ideal cut diamonds every day.

I ordered my diamond online and took it out shopping to find a mounting that I liked locally. The first store I went into, the owner immediately took my diamond out of my hand (still in the temporary setting) and put it under a microscope. He and the associate then stepped off to the side and started whispering. The only thing I could hear him say was "be careful with that diamond, it's a nice one". It kinda freaked me out. I left after that and will never return.

The owner of another store I went into ASKED if he could see my diamond. He cleaned it and viewed it under the microscope. He was impressed! Said it was one of the nicest cut diamonds he has ever seen and added that he wished his clients would order diamonds based on cut but instead they prefer size and color over cut. He offered me a glass of wine, showed me settings, had no problem setting my diamond, and I will be a customer for life Every time I stop by to have my ring cleaned he tells me how nice my diamond is and he didn't even sell it to me.

The weirdest thing happened a couple of weeks ago. I had a minor surgical procedure done and was out under heavy sedation. When I woke up I found my ring finger in the hand of the nurse and she was inspecting my diamond. Kind of holding it up to the light and tilting my ring back and forth. She then commented that my ring was really pretty and that I woke up fast...awkward

Somehow I missed this thread, and I too am glad it has resurfaced.

LetItShine, as a jeweler, I can not tell you how much it pleases me to hear your now Jeweler For Life treated you so well! Such well educated jewelers are a blessing both to their clients and to the trade.

I have my own fun story to share about a "compliment" my wife received many, many years ago.

She was new to Boise, the mother of two young children and a new member of the Junior League. She was at a function, tricked out in some of the jewels that I have bestowed upon her, including a nice engagement ring that I bought her after a horse ate the center stone of her first engagement ring while her hand was resting on the fence post of the corral.

One of the older ladies had been speaking with her for a few minutes then got a snotty look on her face and said, "You certainly have a LOT of nice jewelry for such a young lady."

Resa just looked at her for a second, shocked to her core, and then replied, "Of course, I sleep with my jeweler."

Wink

 

[MaisOuiMadame]

Somehow I missed this thread, and I too am glad it has resurfaced.

LetItShine, as a jeweler, I can not tell you how much it pleases me to hear your now Jeweler For Life treated you so well! Such well educated jewelers are a blessing both to their clients and to the trade.

I have my own fun story to share about a "compliment" my wife received many, many years ago.

She was new to Boise, the mother of two young children and a new member of the Junior League. She was at a function, tricked out in some of the jewels that I have bestowed upon her, including a nice engagement ring that I bought her after a horse ate the center stone of her first engagement ring while her hand was resting on the fence post of the corral.

One of the older ladies had been speaking with her for a few minutes then got a snotty look on her face and said, "You certainly have a LOT of nice jewelry for such a young lady."

Resa just looked at her for a second, shocked to her core, and then replied, "Of course, I sleep with my jeweler."

Wink[/quote]

what a quick - witted lady
but to the horse!!


I have to be much much more careful in the future around the kids' ponies!

a)was the horse ok?
b)did you ever get that diamond back?
c)if so, did she consider wearing it again?

 

[Blingalingaling]

When my SO and I decided to get engaged, we started the hunt for stones together. He didn't want me to settle for something that wasn't going to make my heart sing, so he wanted me to be involved in picking it out. I hadn't received a diamond from my first husband and I've always loved diamonds, so this was a very significant purchase for me...

We looked for several months. I wanted a fancy-either an emerald or a pear shaped. In our social circle the women of my age and stage for the most part, have beautiful, large stones. While mine wouldn't be the largest, I knew I wanted it to "hold it's own" among the others. Finding a stone like that, within "budget" wasn't easy to do. I worked with a few jewelers in our area and also on-line. But it wasn't happening. My SO wanted to get engaged that Valentine's Day, so I had the added pressure of finding something within that time constraint.

One night, I went after work to view a stone that a jeweler sourced for me. It was out of range, price-wise, but while I was there, I happened to look down into the case at a three-stone ring they had with an oval center. I asked about it. The jeweler said the center stone was a GIA Certed, E color, 2.78 carat, SI1. I louped it and couldn't see any inclusions-it was eye clean. The price for the center stone alone was UNDER budget and he happened to have a halo setting that he'd taken off of another stone that fit it perfectly with a double shank that he could sell me for a song. I was ecstatic! We bought the stone, the ring and picked it up two days later.

We got engaged on Valentine's Day and took photos which I posted to my Social Media...BIG MISTAKE!!!

In rolled all the negative remarks. Not on Social Media (they were all congratulatory) but in person. Because of the flash photography, the stone appeared DARK.

The comments I got were: "Is that a BLACK DIAMOND?" and the worst for me was, "OH, thank G_D!!! It looks so much better in person!" But not, "Oh, wow! What a gorgeous diamond!" And then I got comments about the bow tie, which I hadn't even realized had a negative connotation. I'd been searching for an emerald or a pear and just happened upon this oval, which I bought without too much thought, being so under the gun to find something! (Imagine feeling so pressured about something that should've been exciting and fun!!)

Immediately, I wanted to return the ring. I wanted to hide it! I wanted to roll back the clock and do it again!! I felt like such a fool for being so impulsive! I went back to the jeweler and told him I wanted an exchange. Of course he tried to talk me out of it. But I persisted. Now I was locked into what he had-and buying from him! He wasn't initially willing to source me anything after that, but eventually he did.

It's three years later and my plight continues...I've had two other stones since then. The jeweler finally found me an emerald cut, but the color bothered me (It was I color) after going down from the E. I paid dearly to upgrade to a 4.12, though, plus the price of the custom setting. And just recently, I traded it back to him for a pear shaped stone (so happy they've come back into vogue again, always loved them) because the jeweler was able to source me a D color stone with great proportions and size. So, although it's smaller than the EC, it's bigger face up. I'm happier now, get lots of compliments - all positive. I get comments like, "Wow! I've never seen a stone with so much life!!!" and "Wow! Your stone is GORGEOUS!!! Can I try it on??" We are having a setting made somewhere else this time.

I didn't realize it would take so long to find a stone I'd be happy with. I wish I'd kept looking instead of settling. I wish I wasn't the kind of person who cared about what "other people think"...but I am!!

 

[WinkHPD]

Somehow I missed this thread, and I too am glad it has resurfaced.

LetItShine, as a jeweler, I can not tell you how much it pleases me to hear your now Jeweler For Life treated you so well! Such well educated jewelers are a blessing both to their clients and to the trade.

I have my own fun story to share about a "compliment" my wife received many, many years ago.

She was new to Boise, the mother of two young children and a new member of the Junior League. She was at a function, tricked out in some of the jewels that I have bestowed upon her, including a nice engagement ring that I bought her after a horse ate the center stone of her first engagement ring while her hand was resting on the fence post of the corral.

One of the older ladies had been speaking with her for a few minutes then got a snotty look on her face and said, "You certainly have a LOT of nice jewelry for such a young lady."

Resa just looked at her for a second, shocked to her core, and then replied, "Of course, I sleep with my jeweler."

Wink

what a quick - witted lady
but to the horse!!


I have to be much much more careful in the future around the kids' ponies!

a)was the horse ok?
b)did you ever get that diamond back?
c)if so, did she consider wearing it again?

Actually it was not a diamond that she lost. When we got engaged we both lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. I took her to a nice store on Copacabana Avenue and bought her a ring with eight melee diamonds and three square cut rubies. At a time when I made a Marine Corps Sgt salary of a little less than $600 pr month if I remember correctly, I spent what was to me a princely sum of $300 or maybe a little more on her ring. Trust me, even if the two month's salary standard had been invented back then, as a Marine Sgt I would have laughed in the salesmans face had he tried that line on me!

I do not remember the size of the individual rubies, but they were no where near large enough to hurt that horse.

Resa volunteered to muck out a stall and put the horse in it and go through its manure until she found the ruby. I told her no wife of mine was digging through horse poop looking for a pebble in a poop stack that might well get hung up somewhere in the horse's gut.

I took the two remaining rubies and put four of the diamonds in each stud and made here a great looking pair of earrings. She wears them and gets comments on them all the time.

I then gave her a beautiful Coast Diamond ring that she also wears and gets compliments on all the time.

If, somehow, the ruby had ever surfaced again, I would have cleaned it,and made her a pendant to match the earrings. I suspect if I had, she would still be wearing it and getting compliments on it. She grew up riding horses and spent time on the family farm during the summers, even though she grew up in a small town rather than on the farm. It would take a LOT more than a little horse manure to keep her away from that beautiful bright red stone.

Thank you for asking, Kipari, it brings up so many warm memories.

Wink

 

[WinkHPD]

Oh, I think I need to add a further post.

My wife considers herself to be very fortunate to have more jewelry than she can wear at any one time.

She has a 0.96 ct natural light fancy blue colored diamond, a 1.45 ct Marquise Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond, an incredible deep blue 11 ct pear shaped aquamarine, and many, many more rings pendants and earrings.

Her favorite treasures that she wears the most, and consistently gets great comments on are a slightly less than a carat round brilliant diamond set in a 22 kt yellow gold ring in a bezel, and a pair of half carat round diamonds set in simple stud style earrings. I will not mention the branding of those diamonds for obvious reasons, but it is safe to say that strangers have come up to us in restaurants and complimented her on both her ring and her earrings, saying things about the sparkle being mesmerizing.

When we go out to fancy shindigs and she is accessorizing, she will bring out her treasure box and ask me what I think goes well with her dress. She almost always wears the simple stud earrings, no matter what pendant and ring she chooses, and she always gets the most comments on the simple elegance of the studs.

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