sydneycasandra
Shiny_Rock
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Want some advice; don''t worry, it''s a good dilemma.
To preface; here is the thread https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/something-borrowed-something-blue-my-new-antique-sapphire-diamond-ring.44638/ for the beautiful 1920s (?) sapphire/plat/diamond ring my mother gave me as a wedding gift (a couple weeks early, it was burning a hole in her pocket so to speak!) It was a piece of jewelry I had lusted after since I set sight on it and she secretly got it for me! My mom is amazing.
Last week my FI came to my house late one night after work; we pretty much went straight to bed. When I opened my nightstand drawer to get chapstick I found a green velvet, long jewelry box. I debated for a while (with him) on whether I should open it so early before the wedding. Eventually, I did.
The contents were a wg/dark sapphire/diamond bracelet from the same jewelry store my mom got the ring from. He was with me in there one day and we were looking at their bracelets; he asked if I liked any and since the saleslady was right there I said I sort of liked that one. (It is okay, sort of pretty actually but just not my personal thing.) This was immediately after I had gone gaga over the ring my mom ended up buying. FI took my comment re: bracelet (I didn''t even try it on) to mean that I loved it, so he went back and bought it and gave it to me.
I put it on for the night, said oh thank you sweetie, but didn''t make a big to-do. I thought I''d sleep on it.
Next morning, I realize that this "new" bracelet is actually not only a) waaaaaay too big b) cloudly and mismatched sapphires and c) MISSING A MELEE DIAMOND!!! FI doesn''t pay much attention to jewelry so he didn''t notice these when he bought it. Since we''ve been a little financially tight as of late, I finally went to him and said that as much as I appreciated the thought I couldn''t accept this gift and we should put the money towards our honeymoon instead.
He is okay with this, not hurt or anything. (FI are rarely on the same planet about jewelry and he knows that and is OK with it.) I have in my mind what I think he paid for the bracelet (I thought about $700 sorry to get all monetary but I think it''s important to the story.) I finally asked him, and he tells me he got a great deal on it. It had been marked at over $1800 but he only paid $1400 plus tax! I seriously almost fell off the couch. The bracelet is probably not worth more than $500 (and thats if it had all its stones!)
Long story short(er) we were eventually able to return it and get the money back. FI has asked if I would like to pick out a new wedding present (we both agreed to under $500 so we can use some money towards honeymoon). I can''t decide. I haven''t found anything in that price range that I truly love yet, and I don''t want to buy something just for the sake of buying it. What I *really* want is a roughly 3/4 ct ideal cut I/J SI1/2 bezel set pendant a la whiteflash... but obviously that''s not going to happen anytime soon. (which is totally okay; we''re just thinking of future goals here).
ADVICE TIME: Do I continue looking for something under $500 (have yet to do B&M''s, only have looked online) or perhaps see if we find anything in Antigua? Or do we save the money for a future (probably at least 2 years) purchase of said pendant? I hate to not have a wedding gift from FI but I just don''t want to blow money. HELP!
Oh, and I didn''t take any pictures of the bracelet. It was a bunch of small (0.25ct?) dark sapphires in tiny tiny halos set on a thin "stick" of melee about 1/2" apart each. Sounds prettier than it was, unfortunately
FI is a big sweetie though and I love him dearly.
To preface; here is the thread https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/something-borrowed-something-blue-my-new-antique-sapphire-diamond-ring.44638/ for the beautiful 1920s (?) sapphire/plat/diamond ring my mother gave me as a wedding gift (a couple weeks early, it was burning a hole in her pocket so to speak!) It was a piece of jewelry I had lusted after since I set sight on it and she secretly got it for me! My mom is amazing.
Last week my FI came to my house late one night after work; we pretty much went straight to bed. When I opened my nightstand drawer to get chapstick I found a green velvet, long jewelry box. I debated for a while (with him) on whether I should open it so early before the wedding. Eventually, I did.
The contents were a wg/dark sapphire/diamond bracelet from the same jewelry store my mom got the ring from. He was with me in there one day and we were looking at their bracelets; he asked if I liked any and since the saleslady was right there I said I sort of liked that one. (It is okay, sort of pretty actually but just not my personal thing.) This was immediately after I had gone gaga over the ring my mom ended up buying. FI took my comment re: bracelet (I didn''t even try it on) to mean that I loved it, so he went back and bought it and gave it to me.
I put it on for the night, said oh thank you sweetie, but didn''t make a big to-do. I thought I''d sleep on it.
Next morning, I realize that this "new" bracelet is actually not only a) waaaaaay too big b) cloudly and mismatched sapphires and c) MISSING A MELEE DIAMOND!!! FI doesn''t pay much attention to jewelry so he didn''t notice these when he bought it. Since we''ve been a little financially tight as of late, I finally went to him and said that as much as I appreciated the thought I couldn''t accept this gift and we should put the money towards our honeymoon instead.
He is okay with this, not hurt or anything. (FI are rarely on the same planet about jewelry and he knows that and is OK with it.) I have in my mind what I think he paid for the bracelet (I thought about $700 sorry to get all monetary but I think it''s important to the story.) I finally asked him, and he tells me he got a great deal on it. It had been marked at over $1800 but he only paid $1400 plus tax! I seriously almost fell off the couch. The bracelet is probably not worth more than $500 (and thats if it had all its stones!)
Long story short(er) we were eventually able to return it and get the money back. FI has asked if I would like to pick out a new wedding present (we both agreed to under $500 so we can use some money towards honeymoon). I can''t decide. I haven''t found anything in that price range that I truly love yet, and I don''t want to buy something just for the sake of buying it. What I *really* want is a roughly 3/4 ct ideal cut I/J SI1/2 bezel set pendant a la whiteflash... but obviously that''s not going to happen anytime soon. (which is totally okay; we''re just thinking of future goals here).
ADVICE TIME: Do I continue looking for something under $500 (have yet to do B&M''s, only have looked online) or perhaps see if we find anything in Antigua? Or do we save the money for a future (probably at least 2 years) purchase of said pendant? I hate to not have a wedding gift from FI but I just don''t want to blow money. HELP!
Oh, and I didn''t take any pictures of the bracelet. It was a bunch of small (0.25ct?) dark sapphires in tiny tiny halos set on a thin "stick" of melee about 1/2" apart each. Sounds prettier than it was, unfortunately
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