platinum or 18k white gold?

3/12/2012 1:11:02 AM

whatever you can afford, brah.

3/12/2012 3:53:45 AM

^Pretty much. I did white gold because platinum was a bit too rich for my blood, plus Dawn's ring doesn't have a lot of visible metal as the pave diamonds go about 2/3 of the way around the band. But if you can afford it platinum is a nice touch.

I'm sure some discerning folks can tell the difference at a glance. I'm not one of them--platinum and white gold look pretty much the same to me. Though with platinum you're getting the actual color of the metal, whereas with white gold the rhodium plating may need to be renewed after some years to keep it from developing a yellow tint as it wears.

Beautiful ring, btw. Almost looks to me like a modern interpretation of an art deco style.

3/12/2012 9:47:16 AM

I, too, love that ring!

3/12/2012 9:56:58 AM

Thanks guys! Going to probably put a down payment on it when tax returns get back. Wait till warmer weather to propose!

[Edited on March 12, 2012 at 1:10 PM. Reason : that or have it come across the jumbo screen at SafeCo Field.]

3/12/2012 1:09:44 PM

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"that or have it come across the jumbo screen at SafeCo Field."

get that out of your head.

3/12/2012 1:12:28 PM

really? why not? She likes surprises?

[Edited on March 13, 2012 at 6:53 PM. Reason : and she doesnt care about being put on the spot]

3/13/2012 6:53:01 PM

well if her favorite team is playing, and she thinks jumbocam proposals are "aawwww" then you will be golden. But in general women now kind of snub that notion as not being intimate.

try thinking of all the great places you two have been, maybe take her on a walk there or bring a picnic, that way, years from now you guys have a nice place to return to remember your proposal and other good memories and you can visit for years to come and you will also have points for remembering "that one time ..."

3/13/2012 7:19:21 PM

yea, my 1st choice of course was somewhere intimate...Hawaii on the beach at dusk is the best one.

3/13/2012 7:23:34 PM

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" But if you can afford it platinum is a nice touch."

Unless platinum is cheaper than gold by spot. Doesn't mean you'll see that in the store but the difference should be minimal.

3/13/2012 8:40:52 PM

for the ring at the top of the page, its a difference of 600 bucks.

3/13/2012 10:35:20 PM

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"get that out of your head."

I will second this. There's a difference between liking surprises/being OK with being on the spot and liking that sort of thing. One of my friends fairly recently got engaged in the middle of a restaurant after a fancy dinner, followed by the whole restaurant clapping sort of shebang. When I told my bf how thoughtless that proposal seemed to me, he was kind of taken aback. He thought "what all girls wanted was to have everyone see their proposal," but that really isn't the case. It's one thing to share your moment with some people you care about, or even a fairly big crowd, and another thing entirely to just be the recipient of a completely cliche and thoughtless proposal. Jumbotron/restaurant proposals are the latter.

3/13/2012 10:56:54 PM

okay okay okay! will not do that!

3/13/2012 11:27:31 PM

This thread is soooooo long!!!

Have multi-stoned rings been discussed?

I'm seriously considering incorporating sapphire into my "hopefully" future fiancé's ring...

What is the overall opinion? It's her and her mother's birthstone...I really think it will hit home with her but I'm kind of a traditionalist.

I think she would love it because they're both so close, but i would hate to be gaudy.

3/13/2012 11:52:23 PM

It's actually more traditional for a ruby (red sapphire) to be a engagement ring. The whole ONLY DIAMONDS thing is a modren trend, not a historic one.

3/14/2012 10:53:04 AM

a diamond surrounded by sapphires can be a classy looking ring



[Edited on March 14, 2012 at 10:55 AM. Reason : ring]

3/14/2012 10:54:11 AM

Sapphire is the way to go, just clear it with her first.

Once I graduate I might get myself a palladium and sapphire ring.

3/14/2012 11:25:52 AM

^ sounds yummy

3/14/2012 11:54:21 PM

I would love a jumbo tron/big screen sporting event proposal

but I opened this thread to post some advice: ladies, if you're going to post close-up pics of your hand with your new engagement ring, for the love of god make sure the hair on your fingers is under control (if this is an issue)

3/16/2012 10:15:36 PM

hairy fingers? wtf!

Also, I always felt kind of bad for women when their boyfriends proposed at The Cheesecake Factory.

Sporting event proposals might be appropriate if you just won the $10,000 Bailey's diamond ring at an NCSU game.

3/16/2012 10:27:27 PM

3/16/2012 10:44:10 PM

HAHAHA

3/16/2012 10:52:19 PM

Lauren was so excited when I got her her engagement ring. I must have done right because she showed it to all her friends. Her only disappointment (as it sounded to me) was that we couldn't be engaged longer.

It's a solitaire from Zales set on white gold. It was beautiful.

As time goes on, she occasionally looks at upgrades and wants to remove the diamond and set it on sometime else to kind of upgrade. It sounds like a good idea to me... the idea of upgrading as the bond of relationship strengthens over time.

Anyway, if you can't afford anything extravagant now, you could always bumped it up as time goes by. I wouldn't get anything less than a carat for a diamond though. I've seen some girls shy away when attention is drawn to their engagement ring.

3/17/2012 2:10:23 PM

I'll never understand a womans obsession with engagement rings and weddings

3/17/2012 2:35:33 PM

My girl wants a 1.5 carat halo cut ring. About how much does that run?

I may head to diamonds direct.

4/6/2012 10:11:47 AM

what's the specs and price of the ring at the top of the page?

4/6/2012 10:18:10 AM

does she want the center stone to be 1.5 carats? or the whole thing (because halos have the diamonds that go around the main stone) be 1.5 carats.

what's going to be expensive is the quality of the main diamond. you obviously want something of value but it also might mean that you have to go down in size. my fiance said that he was originally looking at 1.5 carat diamonds for my center stone (i have a MaeVona Eorsa) but the quality of the stones he saw weren't exactly perfect. so they ended up getting a much higher quality stone that was 1.1 carats. size to me wasn't important - i told him it was completely up to him and he knew that i would be happier with a quality diamond than a big stone that had flaws.



[Edited on April 6, 2012 at 10:23 AM. Reason : this is my ring]

4/6/2012 10:18:59 AM

good question. I think all together it can be 1.5carats. Really my budget is 3k. 3.5k max.

4/6/2012 10:20:50 AM

is her heart set on the halo? i only ask because you'll end up spending a good chunk of your budget on all those little diamonds that go around the main stone. this is just a personal opinion, but i rather put a good chunk of the money toward the big stone. but you know - to each is own

4/6/2012 10:23:55 AM

i may take her to the store this weekend and walk around. I want her to understand the pricing of this halo with the stones around.

4/6/2012 10:29:11 AM

and she also might find something else she likes better. i thought my heart was set on a solitaire setting but then i found my ring and my opinion changed.

4/6/2012 10:32:28 AM

or if she's a doctor who fan

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"Doctor Who: The TARDIS Wedding Ring – Woah! This is possibly the coolest wedding ring I’ve ever seen. Perfect for geeks getting married. From the creator: I was bored and made this. Its a TARDIS based ring with a tension set 1CT Princess Cut center stone. The three round stones is the Police Box sign, the two sets of four baguettes symbolize the windows, and a small princess cut below that to symbolize the instructions found on the front of the Police Box. http://www.anglotopia.net/doctor-who/doctor-who-the-tardis-wedding-ring-woah/"

4/6/2012 10:44:23 AM

she likes the Neil Lane line at Kay.

I don't think she wants to the diamonds around on the band. Just a big one in the middle, with the little ones around.

4/6/2012 10:48:07 AM

Demanding a certain # of carats seems like a really bitchy thing to do.

4/6/2012 10:55:27 AM

if they ask for a ring, i already know they are not marriage material
humble ones win this game.

[Edited on April 6, 2012 at 11:22 AM. Reason : f]

4/6/2012 11:22:11 AM

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"Also, I always felt kind of bad for women when their boyfriends proposed at The Cheesecake Factory."

lol klassy.

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"Demanding a certain # of carats seems like a really bitchy thing to do."

That's because it is. And I would have a serious think if I were the guy on whether I wanted to go ahead with the proposal or not.

4/6/2012 11:46:30 AM

we've been dating for like 5 years. we live together. we don't have issues, we get along. She even prefaced by saying i don't care about the wedding but i want this type of ring and this type of carats.

Is she fixed on the 1.5 carats? probably not, she probably threw that out so i would go to the gum ball machine.

4/6/2012 11:52:18 AM

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"we've been dating for like 5 years. we live together. we don't have issues, we get along."

i kept reading all of that hoping to find an "I love her".... "I love her so much that I want to spend my life with her".... etc

4/6/2012 12:46:41 PM

i've "loved and never wanting to be without" with so many past girls, you have to look past that and get the big picture.

4/6/2012 1:11:16 PM

So one of the other students in my lab is looking for a ring that won't get in the way or stick out too much. Plus she has super tiny hands. Any suggestions? She was looking at the Boone tension set ones, but I have since forgotten sites to look at for that sort of thing.

4/6/2012 1:27:05 PM

omg tardis ring


i want one, how long til a cheap knockoff comes out

4/6/2012 1:58:51 PM

you should check out http://www.hamiltonhilljewelry.com/ in durham. they have a great selection of less traditional rings and had some really nice halo rings if i remember correctly

4/6/2012 3:03:31 PM

here is a really fun and unique store

http://www.fireandice.com/

4/6/2012 3:07:28 PM

My wife wants to resize her ring and also to change the setting to white gold from gold. Can any jewelry store do this?

4/8/2012 12:13:16 PM

yes, that is not hard to do^. Any Jeweler in crabtree mall should be able to do that, you can call and check

[Edited on April 8, 2012 at 12:23 PM. Reason : /]

4/8/2012 12:16:57 PM

[Edited on April 8, 2012 at 6:40 PM. Reason : (backs out slowly)]

4/8/2012 6:34:42 PM

Gettin hitched to frybaby

[Edited on April 8, 2012 at 7:26 PM. Reason : ]

4/8/2012 7:26:21 PM

Nice ring!!

4/8/2012 7:36:33 PM

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"She even prefaced by saying i don't care about the wedding but i want this type of ring and this type of carats."

Everyone's saying she's horrible for asking for that specific ring (a little true, sure), but she's saving you so much more money by having a small wedding

4/9/2012 8:08:50 AM

I rarely come into The Lounge but I saw this and had to add my two cents

don't plan on ever getting married but this would probably convince me:

Tiffany Legacy with graduated side stones. ooooohhhhhh

http://www.tiffany.com/Engagement/item.aspx?GroupSku=GRP10014&selectedSku=18895471#f+5/0/0/0/0/0

btw, i really like Fry's ring ^^^ beautiful

4/9/2012 9:18:04 AM