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Ideal_Rock
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Hey all. My darling FI worked really hard to surprise me with my engagement ring before Christmas (original (and long!
) story here!) Anywho, it''s almost exactly what I wanted, he even got a bigger and better stone than he originally let on, but...
...there are two teeny problems with the ring, and I''m not sure how to go about fixing them. First, it''s a replica of the Tiffany solitaire with channel set rounds in the band. The problem is that the band is over 4mm thick instead of the 3mm width of the Tiffany one. There''s just too much metal there for me...so I want to get a mm or so shaven off. That should be pretty easy, right? Also, one of the north/south prongs is off centre. Is this easy to fix too?
FI is stressed with work at the moment, and he went to so much trouble to surprise me with the ring, and do all the research on the diamond, that I don''t want to make him feel like he didn''t do a good enough job. They are only little things after all, but they will bug me til I fix them
I''m thinking of just ringing the jeweler (in NY) and asking what she can do. If I have to send it back to them, I can tell FI I''m getting in resized, cos I''ve lost weight recently. Or maybe the jeweler knows someone near me here in CA, and I won''t have to send it off.
Or maybe I should just tell FI...
What would you do in this situation?

...there are two teeny problems with the ring, and I''m not sure how to go about fixing them. First, it''s a replica of the Tiffany solitaire with channel set rounds in the band. The problem is that the band is over 4mm thick instead of the 3mm width of the Tiffany one. There''s just too much metal there for me...so I want to get a mm or so shaven off. That should be pretty easy, right? Also, one of the north/south prongs is off centre. Is this easy to fix too?
FI is stressed with work at the moment, and he went to so much trouble to surprise me with the ring, and do all the research on the diamond, that I don''t want to make him feel like he didn''t do a good enough job. They are only little things after all, but they will bug me til I fix them

I''m thinking of just ringing the jeweler (in NY) and asking what she can do. If I have to send it back to them, I can tell FI I''m getting in resized, cos I''ve lost weight recently. Or maybe the jeweler knows someone near me here in CA, and I won''t have to send it off.
Or maybe I should just tell FI...
What would you do in this situation?