What is it you love about diamonds?

[Independent Gal]

ETA of my post above: my mom never had one UNTIL just a little before I discovered diamonds. My step-dad gave her a honker once they''d been married 24(?) years and that was my first, up-close diamond experience. But it wasn''t till my cousin took me to Graff that I really fell in love with them.

 

[Phoenix]

Date: 9/6/2007 8:08:06 AM
Author: Independent Gal
ETA of my post above: my mom never had one UNTIL just a little before I discovered diamonds. My step-dad gave her a honker once they''d been married 24(?) years and that was my first, up-close diamond experience. But it wasn''t till my cousin took me to Graff that I really fell in love with them.

Isn''t Graff amazing? I am in love with ALL their diamonds?! LOL.

 

[Phoenix]

Date: 9/2/2007 12:51:37 PM
Author: Skippy123
They are so much fun to stare at in the car; I love the rainbow of colors

I can stare at them for hours, in the car, at home, in the shop, at work, practically everywhere!!

 

[Phoenix]

Date: 9/4/2007 12:38:50 AM
Author: diamondfan
I love that you can have some nice reminiscings about your mom and trace back your love of jewelry!

I was very young when I was bitten by the bling bug. We moved into the home my mom current lives in when I was about 2 years old. (She just told me she moved in in 1967 and I was born in 1965). Apparently a new neighbor or friend came by to say hi and my mother was not home. She recalls, to this day, that I told her 'My mommy is not home. But would you like to come in and see her jewelry?'!!! Well, I still feel that way today. I love bling, all kinds, though there are things I do not like at all. There is not ever a shortage of things I want for my wishlist. Any gift, hubby knows he can get me bling, be it a small thing like my beloved Hello Kitty necklace, or something big. I am happy with it all, and even love semi precious things too. I just cannot say what intrigued me or caught my eye at two, who can say? But it ain't ending anytime soon!

That's a super-cute story, Caroline!!

You certainly started young!!

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Unlike you, I'd better stop buying diamonds soon, or my husband will run out of patience with me. He's certainly been very indulging and accomodating but I think I've tested him plenty or willl soon be!

Maybe I should go into the diamond business, huh? That way, I could look at beautiful diamonds all day and my husband would stop complaining that I am wasting our money away, LOL!!

 

[ephemery1]

2 things I love:

- The uniqueness. Everyone''s diamond is different... be it shape, setting, color, size, etc. There''s always something to appreciate!
- The sentiment. I love that a diamond e-ring can become so intrinsic to a person''s being. If I saw my mom without hers, she would look like a different person to me! It''s that much a part of who she is. I like that.

 

[diamondfan]

Lien, I also feel my hubby has been patient but he does not truly get my obsession. I try to tell him I loved jewelry when I was not even two, so it was not about knowing diamonds are costly or anything like that, or associating status with them, I just loved their look. My mom had a friend with a large pear shaped diamond and I recall always wanting to see it and try it on when she would come over. I was like a little crow, attracted to anything that sparkled. Hubby just promised me a small trinket for putting up with his family and I have a few things in mind, not terribly expensive things, but still, I can immediately tell you what I want. He just bought me that gorgeous necklace a few months ago and I promised I would not ask for anything else for a while, but hey, he can offer and I will not turn it down!!

 

[BlackIsland]

style="WIDTH: 99%; HEIGHT: 114px">I always loved looking up at the stars at night, and watching them twinkle and sparkle in the distance-

Isn''t that funny. It is exactly what I used to do. One of my favorite times of the year was after the first snowfall. I would be walking home at nite when the moon was bright and I would love to squint my eyes when looking at the fresh snow - it would sparkle like a million diamonds. Same thing when you are lying on the beach and the sun makes the sand sparkle. I guess it is all about the sparkle! that is all around us.