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Well, Lesley has told me Brian (who's currently in Antwerp sourcing diamonds) is having problems sourcing a match for either the 2.656ct H or the 2.374ct G. I really don't know what to do! I am going crazy here...it's been about 3 months since I shipped my stones to Perry Chen/ LM, and at the earliest it'll be a total of 4 months before I get ANY pair of diamond earrings (even the J's - pls see below). Am having terrible withdrawal symptoms and have resorted to wearing fakies a few times..yuck yuck!! 
So now, I am thinking that I might take back my 2.3ct each J's (though they'd be sent back to Perry Chen later, as I've 100% made up my mind to sell them eventually) and continue to wait for a BGD match to the 2.656ct (I'd prefer larger earrings). Or should I just get the 2.358ct H from BGD now to match my 2.374ct ? This 2.358ct H was cut by them recently in an effort to match the 2.374ct G but it turned out to be an H and my 2.374ct has MBF so it's like 3 colour grades' difference. But at least they're higher colours than the J's, so more "mind-clean" , you might say.
The problem is if I were to get this 2.358ct H, I'd need to cough up more $$$ (though I have yet another BGD diamond I could trade-in/ upgrade with). It seems to me a little ludicrous to spend all that money to end up with 2 diamonds that don't match, colour-wise, and would have to be upgraded AGAIN later for a matched pair (if a matched pair of my specs would ever surface, that is).
Morever, the $$$ could alternatively be used (with a top-up) to get some smaller EC's (another upgrade but this time with JA, as I have two 1.5ct each originally bought from JA) to make into a 3-stone ring. In one of my recent threads, I mentioned that a pair of earrings and a 3-stone ring are my current bling projects.
I thought I'd go back to having a 3-stone ring made up of RB's but I'm craving EC's (Mayk, you are to blame, lol
) and have always had a soft spot for EC's; AND it's extremely unlikely I could EVER get a honker EC, so I thought I could go for a 3-stone ring with smaller EC's. In this case, I wouldn't have to cough up an awful lot of $$$ and the $$$ that would otherwise be used to upgrade to the 2.358ct H with BGD could be used for this purpose instead. And if the match for the 2.656ct doesn't come along any time soon, that'd be totally ok (in fact, DH would probably breathe a sigh of relief as that'd prob mean that that project would be deferred to a much much later time, even 2 or 3 years' time wld totally be a-okay).
So once again, please help me make up my mind. I am kind of leaning towards one option, but help me to make my mind up 100%.
I am creating yet another poll. Pls feel free to vote and/ or to give me your input; particularly if you choose option 3 (ie. do nothing), I'd really appreciate it if you could explain why. I am not inclined to do nothing, as again it's been several months since I wore diamond earrings, but perhaps there's another reason I am not seeing clearly.
Thank you.
So now, I am thinking that I might take back my 2.3ct each J's (though they'd be sent back to Perry Chen later, as I've 100% made up my mind to sell them eventually) and continue to wait for a BGD match to the 2.656ct (I'd prefer larger earrings). Or should I just get the 2.358ct H from BGD now to match my 2.374ct ? This 2.358ct H was cut by them recently in an effort to match the 2.374ct G but it turned out to be an H and my 2.374ct has MBF so it's like 3 colour grades' difference. But at least they're higher colours than the J's, so more "mind-clean" , you might say.
The problem is if I were to get this 2.358ct H, I'd need to cough up more $$$ (though I have yet another BGD diamond I could trade-in/ upgrade with). It seems to me a little ludicrous to spend all that money to end up with 2 diamonds that don't match, colour-wise, and would have to be upgraded AGAIN later for a matched pair (if a matched pair of my specs would ever surface, that is).
Morever, the $$$ could alternatively be used (with a top-up) to get some smaller EC's (another upgrade but this time with JA, as I have two 1.5ct each originally bought from JA) to make into a 3-stone ring. In one of my recent threads, I mentioned that a pair of earrings and a 3-stone ring are my current bling projects.
I thought I'd go back to having a 3-stone ring made up of RB's but I'm craving EC's (Mayk, you are to blame, lol
) and have always had a soft spot for EC's; AND it's extremely unlikely I could EVER get a honker EC, so I thought I could go for a 3-stone ring with smaller EC's. In this case, I wouldn't have to cough up an awful lot of $$$ and the $$$ that would otherwise be used to upgrade to the 2.358ct H with BGD could be used for this purpose instead. And if the match for the 2.656ct doesn't come along any time soon, that'd be totally ok (in fact, DH would probably breathe a sigh of relief as that'd prob mean that that project would be deferred to a much much later time, even 2 or 3 years' time wld totally be a-okay).So once again, please help me make up my mind. I am kind of leaning towards one option, but help me to make my mind up 100%.
I am creating yet another poll. Pls feel free to vote and/ or to give me your input; particularly if you choose option 3 (ie. do nothing), I'd really appreciate it if you could explain why. I am not inclined to do nothing, as again it's been several months since I wore diamond earrings, but perhaps there's another reason I am not seeing clearly.
Thank you.
...SERIOUSLY!! 
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