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denverkat

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Hi ladies!

Just thought I''d update before anyone starts wondering "whatever happened to Denverkat- she was awfully close to the top of the list..."

Well, I sort of forgot about my engagement obsession. About a year ago I was going nuts and sounding desperate (according to my closest friends, even!) and convincing BF to go to jewelry stores with me and putting together wedding-planning scrapbooks in secret, and really straining the relationship. Then things just got busy- between finishing school and moving and hurricanes, etc, the engagement fever lifted (though I still thought about it every now and then)

Well, a couple months ago, BF starts mentioning marriage and engagement all the time, but I didn''t pay much attention to it (to spare my feelings just in case he was just being "nice", you know?) Then about a month ago we''re in the car and he tells me that he''s been referring to me as "his fiancee" to his co-workers "because, you know, it''s sort of a foregone conclusion." !?! So then I was both very annoyed, but super-excited :)

That weekend we get a call from his parents and to summarize: BF is receiving a nice chunk of extra income he wasn''t expecting. All on his own, he decides to spend half of it to get our stone set, and the e-ring w-band set was shipped on Thursday. Apparently, I will be receiving it sooner than later, because he has told me that my parents will get to see me wearing it when they visit us at Christmastime. (Wedding fever is kicking in again, and it feels good!)

So here'' a picture of what the set will look like. Although during my time at Pricescope, I have changed my mind 35 million different times and dragged BF to local jewelery stores half as many times, we decided on the original set we looked at 2 years ago, this Natalie K:
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That is extremely good news
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The picture of that ring looks very pretty!! I hope you''ll update us when you get it, and share some pictures of course!
 
that set looks gorgeous!! glad to hear that things are finally working out for you
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How very exciting! And so cute that he''s already calling you the finacee. I can''t wait to see hand shots.
 
*SIGH*

I told myself not to peek, but he''s chickened out on proposing twice already (this past holiday weekend he carried the ring around in his coat for days) and then TOLD me that he had planned on proposing then changed his mind because it wasn''t "perfect" enough.

Anyway, today he''s at work and I''m off early and I''m like, "enough of this, I''m going to look at it!"

So I get it out of the box and the first thing I notice is that 3 of the pave diamonds look like charcoal. Little black spots. Thanks Natalie K, for the bonus onyx pave, but I really prefer for them to all somewhat resemble quality stones! The prongs are off-kilter, and each little stone looks distinctly different from the next one...

Which sucks, because I love my little diamond, and it makes me so happy to sit here reunited with it (even if I have to put it back and pretend I haven''t seen it) and this ring is just a piece of metal and stone and just a material symbol of far more important concepts in life, but it''s also a sub-par "designer" setting that BF reallllllly stretched his finances to purchase for me.

And now, in the near future, I''m going to have to point out the "bonus dark gray diamonds" so they can be fixed.

*grumbles*
 
Date: 11/28/2005 5:35:45 PM
Author: denverkat
*SIGH*


I told myself not to peek, but he''s chickened out on proposing twice already (this past holiday weekend he carried the ring around in his coat for days) and then TOLD me that he had planned on proposing then changed his mind because it wasn''t ''perfect'' enough.


Anyway, today he''s at work and I''m off early and I''m like, ''enough of this, I''m going to look at it!''


So I get it out of the box and the first thing I notice is that 3 of the pave diamonds look like charcoal. Little black spots. Thanks Natalie K, for the bonus onyx pave, but I really prefer for them to all somewhat resemble quality stones! The prongs are off-kilter, and each little stone looks distinctly different from the next one...


Which sucks, because I love my little diamond, and it makes me so happy to sit here reunited with it (even if I have to put it back and pretend I haven''t seen it) and this ring is just a piece of metal and stone and just a material symbol of far more important concepts in life, but it''s also a sub-par ''designer'' setting that BF reallllllly stretched his finances to purchase for me.


And now, in the near future, I''m going to have to point out the ''bonus dark gray diamonds'' so they can be fixed.


*grumbles*

Haha, I know exactly how you feel. I noticed right away a flaw in my ring (the extra metal under the sapphires was only shaved off of one edge (so the other three didn''t quite meet the bottom of the ring if that makes any sense). I waited a few weeks before bringing it up and then casually said (huh, this is strange...). He got annoyed too but we took it to our jeweler and it was an easy fix. I am sure your jeweler will replace the stones without a problem. What quality does Natalie K use in their settings (Tacori uses G/VS) so that it strange to get such included stones.
 
That is beautiful. He needs to hurry up and un-ass that ring so we can get live pictures!!!!
 
Denvercat - I''m so excited for you!!!
I think it would be thrilling to know that it''s coming but unsure of which day.
Every morning I''d wake up wondering - could this be it?
Congratulations!!!
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As far as the bonus diamonds, I think Tacori''s method is perfect. Don''t notice it right away. Wait a few weeks or wait until you''re at a jewelry store and borrow a lupe and say, huh I always thought I just needed to get the ring cleaned. It appears these diamonds aren''t all the same quality - that''s strange.
 
I think its cute that he wants the moment to be perfect, but I totally understand your disappointment in the lack of quality in the ring. Be sure to get that taken care of ASAP....maybe you could sneak it to the jeweler.
 
WHAT''S GOING ON???

CHRISTMASTIME???
 
I was just thinking the same thing!!!
 
OOPS :)

I was going to wait to post until I had some pictures, but we don't have a digital camera, then I got so distracted with wedding planning, etc, blah blah....

I'm engaged!
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He actually asked twice. The first time was in December and I didn't post about it because it's kind of embarassing since I come off sounding like a toddler having a temper tantrum, but it's a good lesson for a lady-in-waiting. Not even my friends or family know about this one. He "proposed" with the toss-the-ring-at-you "Here, will you just shut up if I give it to you already?" *jaw drops*
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Okay, yeah, exactly what I deserved, I admit it. I knew he'd been carrying it around with him on a number of occasions that would have been movie-perfect proposal moments, and then nothing happened, so I was really being obnoxious about it. So, in my state of shock, as I'm giving it back with an "I don't care, I don't want it anyway," I point out the flaws. The pinnacle of maturity, I know.
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So that taught me a HUGE lesson. We sent the ring back to be fixed. I shut the heck up and for the next month I actually didn't stress about it.
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When he finally proposed for real in his hometown in Oklahoma 2 weeks ago, on a farm, with a bunch of cows, it was perfect and meaningful and I don't even remember what he said because I was crying.
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In the end, the ring didn't even matter that much and the drama and impatience of the past 2 years seems really silly. I love it and I'm sort of shy about showing it off because it realllllly sparkles
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, but we're just over-the-moon about spending the rest of our lives together. Eventually, I will get a chance to take some pics with the camera at work.

Thanks, ladies, for sharing all of your stories and advice! Hopefully someone will learn from my "How to force a proposal and ruin a moment" story. I'm really lucky it turned out perfectly in the end!
 
I am glad it all worked out for you! I know proposal #1 wasn''t exactly what you had planned, but it is something you guys can look back on (in many years!) and laugh about.

I have been really pushy lately about getting engaged, so I am going to try to relax some, like you did, and just wait for it to happen.

Can''t wait to see pics of your new gorgeous ring!!
 
Congratulations!!!
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And don''t worry... If we''d never make mistakes, we''d never learn anything!

Congrats again and have fun planning your wedding!!!
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Congrats!!

Can''t wait for some pics!
 
Congratulations and best wishes to the both of you!!! Can''t wait for the pics!!!
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Congratulations, denverkat!
Thanks for giving us an update, and I hope you''ll post some pictures soon too!
 
Congrats!
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Congratulations!! Can''t wait to see ring pics!
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Best Wishes!!
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