You Know You Are Too Anal With Your Diamond When.............

[Mara]

LOL Kayla I have SOOO done the whole pretending to take pictures of the house, flowers etc...anything other than the sparkly ring inside the flower....!!!

I typically rush out, look around covertly, and only commence with picture shots if no one is around. hahaa. Oh and I keep a wet paper towel on hand for quick rub downs of the stone and setting in between shots. HAHA. It's pretty insane. But fun!!!

 

[sanfranciscoellen]

What about when you drive three hours with your baby to see your childhood best friend who just moved to your state, and you want sooo much to bring your US, not for you but for her, because she has a 1.1ct D IF, and you KNOW she doesn''t clean it, and you can''t stand the fact that they BOUGHT a D IF, much less that they have the gall to not clean it.... But you decide that since she knows nothing of your diamond obsession that might be over the top, but you do bring an extra jar of cleaning solution, and you manage to quell your desire to clean her ring ALL OF THE WAY until the 12 hour mark of the visit, when you shriek and grab her rings and soak and scrub frantically, and then you "accidently" leave your cleaning solution by her sink when you leave......after having sent her a link to the refurbished SI US on ebay....

PS I do think I converted her to clean rings, especially when I brought out the emotional sucker punch of, "But if he spent so much money on a perfect diamond to represent your perfect love, shouldn''t you show him you appreciate it by keeping it clean and at its best?"

 

[Julian]

I clean everyone's jewelry!

My mom came to visit recently and she said, "It feels weird without that EEE! EEE! EEE! sound at night."
I had no idea what she was talking about until I realized she was talking about the US cleaner!!!! LOL.

This is the strange part, though. I stopped cleaning my diamond for a week (the horror!) and it still looked as sparkly as ever. It really made me wonder if I needed to clean it every single day... Hmmm...

I wonder if over time we get more lax about these things. I don't even check anymore when I bang my ring on things! Yikes!

 

[sanfranciscoellen]

Date: 7/31/2006 1:50:28 PM
Author: Julian

This is the strange part, though. I stopped cleaning my diamond for a week (the horror!) and it still looked as sparkly as ever. It really made me wonder if I needed to clean it every single day... Hmmm...

Well, OBVIOUSLY you did not look at that puppy through a loupe!!!

I think that someone should design tiny diamond encrusted loupes on a lovely necklace chain and sell them to PS''ers...

 

[Julian]

I do need a loupe! You are soooo right.

That would DEFINITELY awaken the diamond beast within me!

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 7/28/2006 6:03:24 PM
Author: Mara
...you are constantly wiping your stone''s table down on whatever you are wearing to get off grease prints

I''m not as anal as some of you, but I have gotten into a HORRIBLE habit of wiping my stone on my shirt! I find myself doing it without even realizing. It''s like a some kind of twitch of something. Help!

 

[Mara]

Date: 7/31/2006 1:53:37 PM
Author: wallermama

Date: 7/31/2006 1:50:28 PM
Author: Julian

This is the strange part, though. I stopped cleaning my diamond for a week (the horror!) and it still looked as sparkly as ever. It really made me wonder if I needed to clean it every single day... Hmmm...

Well, OBVIOUSLY you did not look at that puppy through a loupe!!!

I think that someone should design tiny diamond encrusted loupes on a lovely necklace chain and sell them to PS''ers...

Yeah I so don''t need a loupe to see stuff in my diamond...hehee. I''d quickly go NUTS.

I notice if I don''t clean my rings for a few days, the diamond looks bigger and more white brilliant rather than super fiery sparkly. And if I just clean the top of it with some quickie cleaner stuff (aka if I am rushing out the door)...then the diamond looks like a mix between white brilliant and sparkly. But when I really clean it in the US, it''s like all sparkles all over and less white brilliance. Pretty interesting how it changes depending on where the dirt is, and how much of it is going on. It''s like I own three different diamonds which is kind of fun. hehee.

My pavilion gets dirty fast so even a quick wipe down on the top does not do a thing for the stuff on the pavilion. Even if I can''t see it...if I haven''t cleaned it in a day I *know* it''s there....nothing like camera magnification during an impromptu photo shoot to make you realize how dirty your diamond is when it looks fine to your naked eye!!

 

[Mara]

Date: 7/31/2006 2:05:04 PM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 7/28/2006 6:03:24 PM
Author: Mara
...you are constantly wiping your stone''s table down on whatever you are wearing to get off grease prints

I''m not as anal as some of you, but I have gotten into a HORRIBLE habit of wiping my stone on my shirt! I find myself doing it without even realizing. It''s like a some kind of twitch of something. Help!

LOL, I know I do this at LEAST 3-5 times per meal when I''m just sitting down at a restaurant....!! It''s mindless. It''s a sickness.

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 7/31/2006 2:06:01 PM
Author: Mara

Date: 7/31/2006 2:05:04 PM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 7/28/2006 6:03:24 PM
Author: Mara
...you are constantly wiping your stone''s table down on whatever you are wearing to get off grease prints

I''m not as anal as some of you, but I have gotten into a HORRIBLE habit of wiping my stone on my shirt! I find myself doing it without even realizing. It''s like a some kind of twitch of something. Help!

LOL, I know I do this at LEAST 3-5 times per meal when I''m just sitting down at a restaurant....!! It''s mindless. It''s a sickness.

I know...and then I realize that I''m irritated that I''m wearing something that is not conducive to cleaning and find something else to wipe it on. I''m not a fan of restaurant napkins, so I stopped using those. I have these great soft cotton t-shirts and when I wear them, I''m always wiping, wiping, wiping....

 

[bookworm21]

When your ring is in to the jewelers because there is something that needs to be fixed, and three days later, you''re having nightmares that the jeweler:

1: Replaced your diamonds with UGLY sapphires.
2. Completely messed up the shank and head of the ring.
3. Switched out your stone and replaced it with a white sapphire.
4. When looking at your stone under a loupe, it just looks like a big, white blob.
5. When looking at your stone under spot lighting, it doesn''t sparkle and looks like a big, white blob and others in your dream notice it and comment about how your ring just doesn''t look sparkly anymore and ask what''s wrong with it.

Yes, everyone. This was the nightmare I had last night. My ring is at the jewelers because the baguette side stones were driving me nuts. And three days later, I''m having dreams about everything that can possibly go wrong. If that''s not weird obsessive-anal-borderline psycho, then I don''t know what is.

 

[Mara]

LOL how about when it was coming time for my trip to WF this year to do the upgrade....I was having nightmares the week before that the diamond would be hideous and ugly and I hated it but I didn''t know how to tell them that I didn''t like it....and THEN the week after I got back with my lovely diamond all set and pretty, I had a nightmare that I basically broke it right after I got it and that insurance wouldn''t really take care of it and it was broken in almost half etc.

Neurotic? WHY YES!

 

[sanfranciscoellen]

OK...true confessions?

When instead of shouting, "Oh, baby!" you are thinking, "mmm...double claw prongs...."

 

[Rod]

Date: 7/31/2006 1:42:15 PM
Author: wallermama
What about when you drive three hours with your baby to see your childhood best friend who just moved to your state, and you want sooo much to bring your US, not for you but for her, because she has a 1.1ct D IF, and you KNOW she doesn''t clean it, and you can''t stand the fact that they BOUGHT a D IF, much less that they have the gall to not clean it.... But you decide that since she knows nothing of your diamond obsession that might be over the top, but you do bring an extra jar of cleaning solution, and you manage to quell your desire to clean her ring ALL OF THE WAY until the 12 hour mark of the visit, when you shriek and grab her rings and soak and scrub frantically, and then you ''accidently'' leave your cleaning solution by her sink when you leave......after having sent her a link to the refurbished SI US on ebay....

PS I do think I converted her to clean rings, especially when I brought out the emotional sucker punch of, ''But if he spent so much money on a perfect diamond to represent your perfect love, shouldn''t you show him you appreciate it by keeping it clean and at its best?''

Too funny!!!! Truth be told, in our last neighborhood, we had a progressive dinner party (they''re fun) and I wound up grabbing a few hands and taking them upstairs and using my JewelJet steamer on their rings. The problem is that after that, some kept coming over on Friday evenings because I made the mistake of commenting that I cleaned my ring with the JewelJet every Friday night. Amazing what excuses some of my neighbors could find to ring the doorbell on a Friday night!!

 

[Rod]

Date: 7/31/2006 1:50:28 PM
Author: Julian
I clean everyone''s jewelry!

My mom came to visit recently and she said, ''It feels weird without that EEE! EEE! EEE! sound at night.''
I had no idea what she was talking about until I realized she was talking about the US cleaner!!!! LOL.

This is the strange part, though. I stopped cleaning my diamond for a week (the horror!) and it still looked as sparkly as ever. It really made me wonder if I needed to clean it every single day... Hmmm...

Of course you do.........Don''t be silly

I wonder if over time we get more lax about these things. I don''t even check anymore when I bang my ring on things! Yikes!


Blasphemy.............As a charter member of the Anal Diamond Owner''s Club of America, I will never succumb to such nonesense!!!!

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 7/31/2006 2:05:04 PM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 7/28/2006 6:03:24 PM
Author: Mara
...you are constantly wiping your stone''s table down on whatever you are wearing to get off grease prints

I''m not as anal as some of you, but I have gotten into a HORRIBLE habit of wiping my stone on my shirt! I find myself doing it without even realizing. It''s like a some kind of twitch of something. Help!

I was at a store recently where the salesperson kept doing that to the rings before handing them to me and *every* time I looked through the loupe there were tiny red threads all stuck in it LOL

 

[jcrow]

Date: 7/29/2006 11:45:35 PM
Author: butterfly 17
Actually, these fit better with - You know you are a diamond addict-

When you buy a new digital camera, not because the old one stopped working, but because you wanted to post better macro pictures on Pricescope.....


When you can''t wait the full time for your new camera battery to charge because you want to take pictures of your ring right away....

When the first thing you take a picture of with your new camera is your diamond.......

When you go outside to take pictures of your diamond so you can post them on PS because you can see the arrows so clearly in the sunlight, who cares what the neighbors think or if anyone is watching....

When the neighbors happen to see you taking pictures of your ring outside and you make believe you are taking pictures of your house, steps, flowers, shoes.....

*hangs head in shame* this is SO me! you know that''s the only reason i''m getting a new camera. it''s for those pesky macro shots. i want them crisp dang-it!

 

[Daniela]

You actually say "no" when a friend or family member asks you to try it on.

I so can''t imagine saying that to anyone!

 

[roppongi]

1. You get to work and you immediately take your rings off and soak them in jewelry cleaner.
2. Before you leave on a trip you go to three different drug stores looking for the Red Tube travel size jewelry cleaner by Connoiseurs (you know the one that I''m talking about).
3. You get to your destination and offer to clean your friend''s rings that haven''t been cleaned in over ten years. Yes, I was disgusted and so were they. They couldn''t believe how anal I was to pack cleaning solution.
4. When your husband is driving you pull down the lighted mirror in the visor and check out how sparkly your diamonds are. Especially at dusk when the sun hits your diamonds just so.
5. You don''t mind long stop lights - especially on sunny days when the reflection of your ring is bouncing off the inside of your car.
6. Taking your rings, earrings, and necklaces off the minute you get home - and soaking them in jewerly cleaner before you use the ultrasound.
7. You look at your sparklies just before you go to bed and think of the pieces you will put on in the morning.
8. You get on the train in the morning and you sit on the sunny side so that you can stare at your diamonds in the window reflecting back at you.
9. You use your son''s undershirt to clean the table of your ring just as he is getting out of the car to play baseball, soccer, fence etc (Mom!!! What are you doing???)
10. After lunch you bring two brushes to the bathroom. One to brush your teeth with and the little one from the jewelry cleaner to brush you rings.

Must I go on?

 

[Rod]

Date: 8/1/2006 12:57:16 AM
Author: roppongi

1. You get to work and you immediately take your rings off and soak them in jewelry cleaner.
2. Before you leave on a trip you go to three different drug stores looking for the Red Tube travel size jewelry cleaner by Connoiseurs (you know the one that I''m talking about).
3. You get to your destination and offer to clean your friend''s rings that haven''t been cleaned in over ten years. Yes, I was disgusted and so were they. They couldn''t believe how anal I was to pack cleaning solution.
4. When your husband is driving you pull down the lighted mirror in the visor and check out how sparkly your diamonds are. Especially at dusk when the sun hits your diamonds just so.
5. You don''t mind long stop lights - especially on sunny days when the reflection of your ring is bouncing off the inside of your car.
6. Taking your rings, earrings, and necklaces off the minute you get home - and soaking them in jewerly cleaner before you use the ultrasound.
7. You look at your sparklies just before you go to bed and think of the pieces you will put on in the morning.
8. You get on the train in the morning and you sit on the sunny side so that you can stare at your diamonds in the window reflecting back at you.
9. You use your son''s undershirt to clean the table of your ring just as he is getting out of the car to play baseball, soccer, fence etc (Mom!!! What are you doing???)
10. After lunch you bring two brushes to the bathroom. One to brush your teeth with and the little one from the jewelry cleaner to brush you rings.

Must I go on?

I wish you would.......These are priceless...........

 

[ephemery1]

Date: 8/1/2006 12:57:16 AM
Author: roppongi

9. You use your son''s undershirt to clean the table of your ring just as he is getting out of the car to play baseball, soccer, fence etc (Mom!!! What are you doing???)

Hahaha.... I love that one!!!

 

[Lorelei]

''After lunch you bring two brushes to the bathroom. One to brush your teeth with and the little one from the jewelry cleaner to brush you rings.''

My ring has one little brush in the kitchen AND one in the bathroom

 

[***SplitShanksRock***]

I have a good one:

I go into the Swarovski store at the mall and pretend to look at stuff but I''m really looking at how sparkley my ring is in that extreme halogen lighting and how much sparkly a real diamond is.........

 

[***SplitShanksRock***]

Date: 8/1/2006 10:31:30 AM
Author: ***SplitShanksRock***
I have a good one:

I go into the Swarovski store at the mall and pretend to look at stuff but I''m really looking at how sparkley my ring is in that extreme halogen lighting and how much sparkly a real diamond is.........

I mean more sparkley.....much more....hahahaha yes for sparkles

 

[Rod]

Date: 8/1/2006 10:33:29 AM
Author: ***SplitShanksRock***

Date: 8/1/2006 10:31:30 AM
Author: ***SplitShanksRock***
I have a good one:

I go into the Swarovski store at the mall and pretend to look at stuff but I''m really looking at how sparkley my ring is in that extreme halogen lighting and how much sparkly a real diamond is.........

I mean more sparkley.....much more....hahahaha yes for sparkles

That''s OK, we understood.

We''ve all done the same thing for sure. We''ll go into any store with intense halogen lighting and put our hands on the counters hoping someone will notice our treasure............LOL

We just moved into a new highrise condo tower. The elevators have extraordinary lighting. I''ve decided to just live in the elevator and ride up and down all day admiring my ring...........LOL

 

[divergrrl]

Date: 7/31/2006 2:05:04 PM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 7/28/2006 6:03:24 PM
Author: Mara
...you are constantly wiping your stone''s table down on whatever you are wearing to get off grease prints

I''m not as anal as some of you, but I have gotten into a HORRIBLE habit of wiping my stone on my shirt! I find myself doing it without even realizing. It''s like a some kind of twitch of something. Help!

I do it too! My shirt, my jeans...ugh..I thought I needed a 12 step program for US users.

Ok..here''s a doozy...

you know you are a diamond addict when you run your diamonds through the US a minimum of 3 times and the only time your cappucino maker sees any action is when you get the steamer going...TO CLEAN YOUR DIAMOND! LOL!

jeannine

 

[divergrrl]

Oh, and I clean all my friends & families jewelry. My girlfriend from college has a 2+ carat marquise that is honking huge and it looks like a muck rock because she only cleans it when I rip it off her offending hand! The gall.

You also know you are an addict when your jewelry addicted stone buying Geologist of an aunt calls to say she''ll be in town & is your machine ready & do you have any ammonia!! (and then you buy her an ultrasonic cleaner from sharper image''s ebay store as an xmas gift so she won''t be stuck out in the boonies with dirty gems).


Jeannine

 

[Julian]

...when your guy tells his friends you WORE OUT his Sonicare (ultrasonic toothbrush) by using it to clean your diamonds!!!!

(BTW, it REALLY REALLY WORKS!!!)

 

[bookworm21]

Julian, Sonicare toothbrush with just water works? If that''s true YIPPEE!!! My problems with traveling with a not so clean diamond are over! I''ll just bring the traveling jewelry cleaner, scrub it up, rinse it off, then use my Sonicare toothbrush!

 

[ephemery1]

When the woman in the bridal shop comments 3 or 4 times that "It's so sparkly! I can't believe how sparkly it is!" and mentions that you must have had it cleaned recently, and you're forced to admit you actually cleaned it twice that morning alone in your personal ultrasonic machine.

(Has anyone noticed that, oddly, the vast majority of people don't seem to own their own ultrasonics? Imagine that...

)

And you know you're OBSESSED with your diamond when:

...you notice that you've taken to handing over credit cards, reaching for things, and brushing your hair back with your left hand only.

...you trip on your way through the park because you're looking at your ring in the sunlight... laugh at yourself, keep looking at the ring... and trip AGAIN.

...when out to dinner at a nice restaurant meeting some of your fiance's relatives, you can't concentrate on the conversation because the lighting is SO GOOD in there... until FI catches you gazing distractedly at your ring under the table and forces you to pay attention.

 

[isaku5]

Date: 8/2/2006 2:37:17 PM
Author: Cinderella
Julian, Sonicare toothbrush with just water works? If that''s true YIPPEE!!! My problems with traveling with a not so clean diamond are over! I''ll just bring the traveling jewelry cleaner, scrub it up, rinse it off, then use my Sonicare toothbrush!

As one who admits to being completely anal about my diamonds ( so bad that I hand over any info with my right hand as I have experienced "fast grabbers" of my left before I can snatch it back) I''m wondering what a " a travelling jewelry cleaner" is as I always take my SI US much to DH''s disgust.