I''m getting nervous!!!

[KissyKissy]

A few days ago while walking around the mall my b.f. suddenly turned into a jewelry store and started looking at rings! (AHHHHH I FREAKED but went with it!!!). Anyway, I commented at one particular chain store, "Wow, they are selling 1 carat stones for $2500. They must not be that great of quality, but you''ll find that at stores like this." Then I slyly slipped in, "If you ever needed to make a jewelry purshase in the future maybe skip the mall jewelry store chains..." And then he thought maybe I didn''t trust him to make a good decision and that I thought I''d be stuck with something hideous. I know I can completely 100% trust his taste, but I''m getting nervous that maybe he WON''T learn a lot about stones before picking one. I know a LOT about them and I hope I''m "mentally ok" with any stone he chooses. Does that make any sense? I trust him yet I''m a little nervous. It''s such a huge decision to not have a say in. And he doesn''t want me to be pushy and too suggestive, he wants to do it all on his own, but with a few minor taste things from me that he''s already known for a long time. I get worked up about just about everything so this is just another thing for me to freak about! I need to take a deep breath and have faith that I trust the boy for a reason!!

I can''t wait to be engaged but at the same time I still feel like a little kid playing pretend! (I''m 24 and we''ve been together for a looooong time so I know it''s more than pretend!!!)

Anyway, I just need to chill

 

[squeaksluv]

Oh KissyKissy I''m really excited for you! Sounds to me like it''s getting close. Woohoo!

Do you really think your bf would make such a big decision on which diamond to choose without researching it carefully first? I think since it is such a big purchase, and an important one, many guys will really learn what they can, I''m sure your bf will too! I know what you mean though as I wonder about that myself, what if I don''t like the ring he chooses? What if I hate it? It''s anxious enough waiting for it to happen!! My bf is the same way about not wanting me to be pushy. He really wants to do this on his own so I have to sit back and wait. It''s hard!!!!

 

[firebirdgold]

Date: 3/15/2006 7:24:29 PM
Author:KissyKissy
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And then he thought maybe I didn''t trust him to make a good decision and that I thought I''d be stuck with something hideous. I know I can completely 100% trust his taste, but I''m getting nervous that maybe he WON''T learn a lot about stones before picking one. I know a LOT about them and I hope I''m ''mentally ok'' with any stone he chooses. Does that make any sense? I trust him yet I''m a little nervous. It''s such a huge decision to not have a say in. And he doesn''t want me to be pushy and too suggestive, he wants to do it all on his own, but with a few minor taste things from me that he''s already known for a long time. I get worked up about just about everything so this is just another thing for me to freak about! I need to take a deep breath and have faith that I trust the boy for a reason!!

I''m in the same spot! My bf has wonderful artistic taste and usually researchs things first, but yet I can''t seem to let go of my anxiety that he won''t learn much about diamonds. His current knowledge status is probably still somewhere around ''they''re made out of carbon''.

So I''ve taken to, ah, collecting pre-screened diamonds in a wishlist on whiteflash.com. I''m just hoping he won''t think that''s too pushy or suggestive!

He says it''ll take all the fun out of it. (being too specific, he means). Of course I''ve recently had a lapse of self control, and started to put whole rings in my wishlist. just ideas... really!

Of course my other major fear is that he will get gung-ho on diamond research and discover PS.

*shudder* I don''t even want to tell him about the discount in case he starts reading my venting posts in LIW!

 

[aphisiglovessae]

Date: 3/15/2006 7:42:37 PM
Author: squeaksluv
Oh KissyKissy I''m really excited for you! Sounds to me like it''s getting close. Woohoo!


Do you really think your bf would make such a big decision on which diamond to choose without researching it carefully first?

Ha ha, you''d be surprised!

Hopefully he''ll find Pricescope sometime and learn a few things.

 

[JenStone]

Date: 3/15/2006 8:42:25 PM
Author: aphisiglovessae

Ha ha, you''d be surprised!

Hopefully he''ll find Pricescope sometime and learn a few things.

Ever since I signed up for PS, I''ve always had a secret fear that my boyfriend will stumble upon this site and read everything I''ve written about him!

KissyKissy and Wren, I think men just have a general tendancy to trust B&M''s more, because they are a lot more visual than women. They want to see the stone and feel it in their hands. Even if that means getting ripped off.

 

[sunkist]

Kissy, how exciting!! You''re lucky that you can trust your BF''s tastes. My BF doesn'' t even trust his own taste in buying jewelry for me! Although the one piece that he''s picked out for me so far I now love

I too feel like a "kid playing pretend" sometimes

It''s crazy thinking about making such a huge step in your life, but if you''re both ready for it, I know it''s a great step to take