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Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2003
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I am now engaged thanks to Niceice. Here is my story:
I started looking around for an engagement ring in January, the first forum that I found
was diamondtalk, and I hung out there for a bit. It was fustrating not being able to post
and only being able to read about other peoples questions. As I trolled those forums
I collected every single link that I could. Eventually I found my way to pricescope
and was happy to be able to register and start asking questions. I browsed around
still collecting links from everywhere. I had an idea of what I wanted, I just was
not very serious about buying a ring for a long time.
Along comes tax time, and I get a large tax return. Now I have a couple thousand dollars
in my account, and I start getting serious about buying a ring. At this point I am looking
for a ring with a large center stone, 2 smaller side stones, and a bead of really small
stones down the side. Finding a ring that meets my specifications is hard. So I posted
to pricescope to try and see if anyone else had found the same ring somewhere else
or if that ring was easily modified.
Todd Gray said that he might be able to help, and offered his services to me. And so
begins my journey of buying a ring.
I soon found out that taking an existing ring, and modifying it would cost me alot
of money that I did not have. So rather than modifying I decided to forget the small
side stones and stick with a large center stone, and 2 smaller side stones.
I went back and forth using emails to find the ring that I wanted. The ring design that I
really liked was a
D.Vatche. But I knew that this D.Vatche would cost me quite a bit of
money. I agreed with Todd when he said that extra money should be spent on a better
diamond rather than an expensive piece of gold. As it happened the ring that I did
end up buying was right infront of me the whole time on the niceice site. http://s89621933.onlinehome.us/img/rings.jpg (I have an arrow pointing at the
one I liked)
Choosing the ring was harder than choosing the diamond. I already know what I was
looking for in a diamond. I just had to choose a ring that suited the diamond.
Now that I had the ring chosen I told Robin that I wanted to have one of thier
puppys that was in stock. It is a 0.487 carat weight (I didnt want to have a huge ring sitting on her delicate little
fingers, she is philipino, and her ring size is 4. She has tiny tiny little fingers)
It had a great colour (F). It is an AGS000 (rates 1.4 on the pricescope cut advisor)
And it is a VS2 clarity diamond. I tried taking some pictures with the digital camera
here at work, but my pictures just did not do it justice. Here are the pictures Robin
was able to take. I might be able to get pictures of the ring on her finger sometime
soon here.
I got the ring at work, and that evening brought it home to show my family
my mother was stunned by the size of the diamonds, and the brilliance of
the cut. I had put the ring on the table, and she kept going back to look
at the ring. I told my family to keep it secret. I did not want the
whole family to know that I had a ring in my possesion. That would just
make things more tense as, they would keep pressuring me to go propose
right this instant. So it is a secret, from the rest of the family.
The next thing I did was talk to her parents. Thing is though, I had already
talked with her parents in length about this proposal a year ago. That made
things a little easier when I talked to them. I didnt show them the ring,
too bad for them. They just have to see the ring on her finger. I'm sure
she will like showing it off like that. Well I talked to her parents at the
beginning of the week, and then on tuesday and wednesday, her nieces came
over for us to babysit. (no proposal either of these 2 days)
Then on thursday she wanted to go play tennis with her brother and I (humph,
she really knows how to organize her evenings). Then on friday I told her
that I wanted to go for a walk with her, instead of playing tennis or doing
other things.
The weather was not co-operating very well on this day, but I was determined.
At this point I have been holding onto the ring for a good week and a half. Hidden
in my inside pocket, just waiting to be released. My plan was to take her down
to the small lake where we had a date when we were first dating. Bad news is
that she did not want to go down there. She just wanted to walk around on the path.
On this day it was cool, and a bit rainy, it doesnt set the most romantic outing.
After we got back to her house I decided it would be best to propose there, where
it was warm, and we spend alot of time at her house anyways.
We were both upstairs, sitting on the couch talking about what we had to do
in the next week, or planning our weekend. She was wondering why I was acting
so strange (cause I had really wanted to go for a walk). I figured that this
was the best time to produce the ring, and propose to her there. Sitting on the
couch. She gladly accepted my ring, and ME
.
After I proposed, we both had a good chuckle about how I tried to get her to go to our spot,
yet she had refused, and screwed up my plans. I am kinda sad I didnt get to
propose in my way. It was simple, plain, but at least I proposed in a place
that we were both comforable in. The important thing is that I am now
engaged to a woman that I have spent 4 years with. We have talked about,
and joked about marriage since the beggining. She is my very best friend
that I can hang out with every day, and not get sick of her. She understands
me, and doesnt care about the things I am ashamed of. I love being with
her all the time, and this proposal has been looong overdue. I am glad
to be moving on in our relationship. Rather than always coming over to
her house, ringing the doorbell, and going home at night. I want to be
able to live with her all the time.
More pictures
I started looking around for an engagement ring in January, the first forum that I found
was diamondtalk, and I hung out there for a bit. It was fustrating not being able to post
and only being able to read about other peoples questions. As I trolled those forums
I collected every single link that I could. Eventually I found my way to pricescope
and was happy to be able to register and start asking questions. I browsed around
still collecting links from everywhere. I had an idea of what I wanted, I just was
not very serious about buying a ring for a long time.
Along comes tax time, and I get a large tax return. Now I have a couple thousand dollars
in my account, and I start getting serious about buying a ring. At this point I am looking
for a ring with a large center stone, 2 smaller side stones, and a bead of really small
stones down the side. Finding a ring that meets my specifications is hard. So I posted
to pricescope to try and see if anyone else had found the same ring somewhere else
or if that ring was easily modified.
Todd Gray said that he might be able to help, and offered his services to me. And so
begins my journey of buying a ring.
I soon found out that taking an existing ring, and modifying it would cost me alot
of money that I did not have. So rather than modifying I decided to forget the small
side stones and stick with a large center stone, and 2 smaller side stones.
I went back and forth using emails to find the ring that I wanted. The ring design that I
really liked was a
D.Vatche. But I knew that this D.Vatche would cost me quite a bit of
money. I agreed with Todd when he said that extra money should be spent on a better
diamond rather than an expensive piece of gold. As it happened the ring that I did
end up buying was right infront of me the whole time on the niceice site. http://s89621933.onlinehome.us/img/rings.jpg (I have an arrow pointing at the
one I liked)
Choosing the ring was harder than choosing the diamond. I already know what I was
looking for in a diamond. I just had to choose a ring that suited the diamond.
Now that I had the ring chosen I told Robin that I wanted to have one of thier
puppys that was in stock. It is a 0.487 carat weight (I didnt want to have a huge ring sitting on her delicate little
fingers, she is philipino, and her ring size is 4. She has tiny tiny little fingers)
It had a great colour (F). It is an AGS000 (rates 1.4 on the pricescope cut advisor)
And it is a VS2 clarity diamond. I tried taking some pictures with the digital camera
here at work, but my pictures just did not do it justice. Here are the pictures Robin
was able to take. I might be able to get pictures of the ring on her finger sometime
soon here.
I got the ring at work, and that evening brought it home to show my family
my mother was stunned by the size of the diamonds, and the brilliance of
the cut. I had put the ring on the table, and she kept going back to look
at the ring. I told my family to keep it secret. I did not want the
whole family to know that I had a ring in my possesion. That would just
make things more tense as, they would keep pressuring me to go propose
right this instant. So it is a secret, from the rest of the family.
The next thing I did was talk to her parents. Thing is though, I had already
talked with her parents in length about this proposal a year ago. That made
things a little easier when I talked to them. I didnt show them the ring,
too bad for them. They just have to see the ring on her finger. I'm sure
she will like showing it off like that. Well I talked to her parents at the
beginning of the week, and then on tuesday and wednesday, her nieces came
over for us to babysit. (no proposal either of these 2 days)
Then on thursday she wanted to go play tennis with her brother and I (humph,
she really knows how to organize her evenings). Then on friday I told her
that I wanted to go for a walk with her, instead of playing tennis or doing
other things.
The weather was not co-operating very well on this day, but I was determined.
At this point I have been holding onto the ring for a good week and a half. Hidden
in my inside pocket, just waiting to be released. My plan was to take her down
to the small lake where we had a date when we were first dating. Bad news is
that she did not want to go down there. She just wanted to walk around on the path.
On this day it was cool, and a bit rainy, it doesnt set the most romantic outing.
After we got back to her house I decided it would be best to propose there, where
it was warm, and we spend alot of time at her house anyways.
We were both upstairs, sitting on the couch talking about what we had to do
in the next week, or planning our weekend. She was wondering why I was acting
so strange (cause I had really wanted to go for a walk). I figured that this
was the best time to produce the ring, and propose to her there. Sitting on the
couch. She gladly accepted my ring, and ME
After I proposed, we both had a good chuckle about how I tried to get her to go to our spot,
yet she had refused, and screwed up my plans. I am kinda sad I didnt get to
propose in my way. It was simple, plain, but at least I proposed in a place
that we were both comforable in. The important thing is that I am now
engaged to a woman that I have spent 4 years with. We have talked about,
and joked about marriage since the beggining. She is my very best friend
that I can hang out with every day, and not get sick of her. She understands
me, and doesnt care about the things I am ashamed of. I love being with
her all the time, and this proposal has been looong overdue. I am glad
to be moving on in our relationship. Rather than always coming over to
her house, ringing the doorbell, and going home at night. I want to be
able to live with her all the time.
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