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Rough_Rock
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- Apr 19, 2009
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First post!
I''m wondering what everyone thoughts are on proposing without a ring. This would actually be my second marriage. For my first marriage we shopped for the ring before and she chose a diamond and setting (i kept the setting and up''d the diamond as a surprise to a 1.74 oval, VS2, F) and then I proposed a couple of months later. She ended up having an affair with my best friend so that is over (2 yrs now). I''m in love again and this girl is different. I don''t want to plan it out with her. I want it to be a huge surprise and I''d like to do it in front of her very large family. The problem is that she has this fake engagement ring she bought in college and fell in love with. She''s made it clear it''s her dream ring but this particular setting requires a huge stone (2.5+ carats) to make it look right. We even saw the same setting at Tiffanys in NYC this winter with a 1.25 carat stone and she didn''t like it as much. I really think she''d change her mind if we went shopping together with an understanding of my budget (11-13k). How could I go about a suprise proposal in front of her family without a ring? Should I borrow a ring (my mom''s or grandmothers) and use that with the explanation that this one isn''t hers...we got shopping to do? I''d really like to have a box to open in my hand and a ring to put on her finger but I want to MAKE SURE it''s the ring she wants. Any ideas?
I''m wondering what everyone thoughts are on proposing without a ring. This would actually be my second marriage. For my first marriage we shopped for the ring before and she chose a diamond and setting (i kept the setting and up''d the diamond as a surprise to a 1.74 oval, VS2, F) and then I proposed a couple of months later. She ended up having an affair with my best friend so that is over (2 yrs now). I''m in love again and this girl is different. I don''t want to plan it out with her. I want it to be a huge surprise and I''d like to do it in front of her very large family. The problem is that she has this fake engagement ring she bought in college and fell in love with. She''s made it clear it''s her dream ring but this particular setting requires a huge stone (2.5+ carats) to make it look right. We even saw the same setting at Tiffanys in NYC this winter with a 1.25 carat stone and she didn''t like it as much. I really think she''d change her mind if we went shopping together with an understanding of my budget (11-13k). How could I go about a suprise proposal in front of her family without a ring? Should I borrow a ring (my mom''s or grandmothers) and use that with the explanation that this one isn''t hers...we got shopping to do? I''d really like to have a box to open in my hand and a ring to put on her finger but I want to MAKE SURE it''s the ring she wants. Any ideas?