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Solitaire band width and tapered vs straight/parallel shoulders

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I fear I've been a bit high maintenance for Jonathan at Distinctive Gem for this engagement ring I'm planning.
I've purchased a 1.89ct round diamond (7.95 - 7.98 x 4.85 mm) and have the setting planned but I fear I've been marinating too long and am now flip flopping on the design.

The current design is a comfort-fit, non-knife edge version of the U-113 by Vatche (with the Vatche basket/tap prongs) with a 3.2mm width on the sides and bottom that tapers to 2.5mm wide on the top. I chose this larger width because my partner had expressed some insecurities about her finger being chubby/short and I had read that having a wider band would help with that, but now that I've read a bit further on it I'm not sure any more. The taper at the top is a compromise to better exaggerate the diamond's size I've also mentioned to her that 3.2mm would be around 2/3 of the ring sizer width (5mm in the photos) and she thinks that might be a bit borderline too large on the width, and might want it a bit narrower than that. She is a size 7.75-8

Based on previous discussions on this forum I'm going to get Vatche to do it as a modification of their usual U-113.

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I've attached some photos.

Based on this - my questions are
1. What do you guys think would be the ideal width of the band? Would 3.2mm on the bottom be too wide for her?
2. Should I just go for 2.5mm all the way around with no taper?
3. Does a taper at the top make it difficult to find a wedding band that fits with it (or does it make even earlier to fit a wedding band next to it?)

My partner wants to limit her involvement in this to keep a slight air of surprise around it all so I'm hoping the combined wisdom of Pricescope will help

Thanks in advance!
 
3.2 mm on bottom and 2.5 mm up top sounds perfect. My pointer finger is about a size 7.5-8 and that size band will not feel too cheese-slicer-wiry whereas a smaller band might. Also she seems to have tapered fingers (instead of the kind where the knuckles are bigger than the base of the finger) and a lot of us with tapered fingers like wider bands.
 
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