belleetbonne
Rough_Rock
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Reading this thread reminds me of why I love lurking here so much! I had a conventional diamond e-ring (I still love it, it''s a beautiful dainty antique ring from the 40''s) when we got married 10 years ago. But for my 10th I was wanting a little more bling (for lack of better word). It was just as much about liking a little sparkle as it was wanting to reflect how much more in love I am with my husband today than when I first married him and what an amazing marriage I think we have.
My husband on the other hand wasn''t to keen on the idea. He sometimes feels like jewelry and the commercials & marketing out there makes women seem shallow as if their love can be bought with a "shiny thing". He resented thinking that had to keep-up-with-the-Joneses by buying a bigger diamond. HE was the one who suggested looking at colored stones.
It makes me laugh because he''s exactly what Swimmer wondered about women who wear colored stones. My husband fits it to a "T"!. He''s "strong willed and willing to be unconventional, unafraid of what the masses think".
So with his blessing I started looking at blue sapphires since it''s a color we both love. The more I looked around, the more I fell in love with colored stones. And to be frank (my husband doesn''t know this yet) even though I now found a BEAUTIFUL SAPPHIRE RING (see my post "WOO-HOO, I THINK I FOUND my 10 year anniversary") I can TOTALLY relate to what Pandora II said "get into coloured stones and it gets expensive - one is never enough." I find myself looking on line ALL THE TIME because I too have fallen in love with the warmth and personality that colored stone display in all their glory.
So just say "Amen" to all the wise people who posted before me - the ring/stone should ''speak'' to you. You should find yourself just staring at it and getting lost in the sparkle. But most of all, I personally think, let the whole process be just as much about coming together as TWO SEPARATE PEOPLE into ONE union. I would have just gone with a larger or better cut stone but because I was able to do this with my husband, the ring is even more a reflection of our relationship and how we worked together to find something beautiful. That makes the "bling" even more special.
My husband on the other hand wasn''t to keen on the idea. He sometimes feels like jewelry and the commercials & marketing out there makes women seem shallow as if their love can be bought with a "shiny thing". He resented thinking that had to keep-up-with-the-Joneses by buying a bigger diamond. HE was the one who suggested looking at colored stones.
It makes me laugh because he''s exactly what Swimmer wondered about women who wear colored stones. My husband fits it to a "T"!. He''s "strong willed and willing to be unconventional, unafraid of what the masses think".
So with his blessing I started looking at blue sapphires since it''s a color we both love. The more I looked around, the more I fell in love with colored stones. And to be frank (my husband doesn''t know this yet) even though I now found a BEAUTIFUL SAPPHIRE RING (see my post "WOO-HOO, I THINK I FOUND my 10 year anniversary") I can TOTALLY relate to what Pandora II said "get into coloured stones and it gets expensive - one is never enough." I find myself looking on line ALL THE TIME because I too have fallen in love with the warmth and personality that colored stone display in all their glory.
So just say "Amen" to all the wise people who posted before me - the ring/stone should ''speak'' to you. You should find yourself just staring at it and getting lost in the sparkle. But most of all, I personally think, let the whole process be just as much about coming together as TWO SEPARATE PEOPLE into ONE union. I would have just gone with a larger or better cut stone but because I was able to do this with my husband, the ring is even more a reflection of our relationship and how we worked together to find something beautiful. That makes the "bling" even more special.
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