Perspective Question

[JV36912]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but had a question- sometimes when I look down at my hand at a ring, I thing that it's not that big or that I could go bigger (DSS, I know). When I walk past a mirror though, and look from farther away, the same ring looks huge to me. Anyone else experience this ? Makes me wonder if any DSS I feel is a skewed perspective. Curious to hear people's thoughts/experience on this, if they're willing/wanting to share.

 

[evergreen]

Ha! Definitely. I often flash my ring in the mirror for a bit of perspective - otherwise, just looking down on it, I think "Ah that's a perfectly logical size for my hand, don't suppose I really could go smaller" and not "Wow, that is a massive diamond!" (4ct) which really is closer to the truth. It is a VERY helpful correction strategy! I think one just gets used to it, which probably exacerbates (or is the source of!) DSS.

 

[JV36912]

Loll- Glad I'm not the only one and yes, totally agree- it IS a very helpful correction strategy when I start to experience DSS

 

[Sparkledrops]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but had a question- sometimes when I look down at my hand at a ring, I thing that it's not that big or that I could go bigger (DSS, I know). When I walk past a mirror though, and look from farther away, the same ring looks huge to me. Anyone else experience this ? Makes me wonder if any DSS I feel is a skewed perspective. Curious to hear people's thoughts/experience on this, if they're willing/wanting to share.

Absolutely. I think mine looks small, but then in some situations around my peers, it feels too large. I do not want to look flashy at all. There is nothing wrong with being flashy and fancy, but it's just not my style and I feel self conscience. So, at times I feel it's too large, but it really isn't. I don't know if that even makes sense lol

 

[JV36912]

Absolutely. I think mine looks small, but then in some situations around my peers, it feels too large. I do not want to look flashy at all. There is nothing wrong with being flashy and fancy, but it's just not my style and I feel self conscience. So, at times I feel it's too large, but it really isn't. I don't know if that even makes sense lol

I can totally relate with what you shared. I think that's why I have such mixed feeling on my rings when I see it from different perspective. Totally makes sense!

 

[nala]

I love admiring my ring on my DD’s finger bc it looks huge!! And I have smaller hands!

 

[JV36912]

I love admiring my ring on my DD’s finger bc it looks huge!! And I have smaller hands!

So cute! I've done this before with my littles but they tend to want to run around with it so I stopped- ha. It is the best perspective though!

 

[sabinameister]

Yes! I often think mine looks small as a 1.12 halo, and then I see it in pics and I’m like ok it’s looks hug like here.

 

[SparklieBug]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but had a question- sometimes when I look down at my hand at a ring, I thing that it's not that big or that I could go bigger (DSS, I know). When I walk past a mirror though, and look from farther away, the same ring looks huge to me. Anyone else experience this ? Makes me wonder if any DSS I feel is a skewed perspective. Curious to hear people's thoughts/experience on this, if they're willing/wanting to share.

I do think DSS is a skewed perspective. Our brains get "used" to seeing something, and then we have an opinion about it...which can literally change the way we see something. A bit of a Catch-22 situation. Think of people who have eating disorders who, dangerously thin, look in the mirror and think that they're overweight. DSS is the opposite of that.

A quick glance in a mirror or a reflection definitely gives a more correct perspective.

 

[Dee*Jay]

I have a friend who loves to wear my jewelry when we go out to dinner. I always sit across from her and admire my pieces on her hands. They look much much bigger from afar!

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

Such an interesting question. None of my diamonds look big to me but I have had people comment that they are big. I think I am distracted by my arthritic knuckles and I developed OA in my hands when I was 15 years old.

 

[JV36912]

I have a friend who loves to wear my jewelry when we go out to dinner. I always sit across from her and admire my pieces on her hands. They look much much bigger from afar!

What a sweet friend you are!

 

[JV36912]

Such an interesting question. None of my diamonds look big to me but I have had people comment that they are big. I think I am distracted by my arthritic knuckles and I developed OA in my hands when I was 15 years old.

Thanks so much for sharing- so interesting to ready these different perspectives!

 

[Dee*Jay]

What a sweet friend you are!

Well.... I'm probably a bit more loosey-goosey than most when it comes to my pieces. I actually let a server at The Red Lobster put on The Brick and wear it to the kitchen to show her boyfriend who was cooking.