All -
I am in need of some serious help.
As some of you might know my engagement ring has gone through quite a metamorphesis these past 2 years. I went from a 2 carat solitaire to a 3 carat solitaire. Last summer I decided to pull the plug and make a 3 stone ring, so I added .55 to each side. I was happy until this past spring when I changed the sides to .75 each.
Well, this afternoon I was looking at engagement rings with my girlfriend. Her favorite style this week is a 3 stone with emerald cuts. The jeweler brought out a ring that was drool worthy. The center was a 3.5 carat square cut emerald and the sides were 1.8 each. It was glorious to say the very least and it looked fabulous on her. The jeweler said that a true 3 stone ring has sides that are half of the size of the center. I looked down at my ring and knew that my sides were not half of my center
.
I asked my friend what she thought and she told me that my ring was fabulous and that I shouldn''t change it. We stopped by my jeweler to look at rings and talk to her about my sides. She brought out 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50 rounds for me to look at. We put them up against my ring and I thought there wasn''t enough difference between .75 and 1.00, 1.50 was too big but the 1.25 was perfect.
Do any of you think this is just crazy? Do you think I should pull the plug or just leave good enough alone. When does shrinkage stop? Will we ever be happy with what we have?
I know that there have been quite a few upgrades lately so please CHIME in and let me hear from you.
Thank you for your help,
Crazed in San Francisco
I am in need of some serious help.
As some of you might know my engagement ring has gone through quite a metamorphesis these past 2 years. I went from a 2 carat solitaire to a 3 carat solitaire. Last summer I decided to pull the plug and make a 3 stone ring, so I added .55 to each side. I was happy until this past spring when I changed the sides to .75 each.
Well, this afternoon I was looking at engagement rings with my girlfriend. Her favorite style this week is a 3 stone with emerald cuts. The jeweler brought out a ring that was drool worthy. The center was a 3.5 carat square cut emerald and the sides were 1.8 each. It was glorious to say the very least and it looked fabulous on her. The jeweler said that a true 3 stone ring has sides that are half of the size of the center. I looked down at my ring and knew that my sides were not half of my center
I asked my friend what she thought and she told me that my ring was fabulous and that I shouldn''t change it. We stopped by my jeweler to look at rings and talk to her about my sides. She brought out 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50 rounds for me to look at. We put them up against my ring and I thought there wasn''t enough difference between .75 and 1.00, 1.50 was too big but the 1.25 was perfect.
Do any of you think this is just crazy? Do you think I should pull the plug or just leave good enough alone. When does shrinkage stop? Will we ever be happy with what we have?
I know that there have been quite a few upgrades lately so please CHIME in and let me hear from you.
Thank you for your help,
Crazed in San Francisco