Some people dream of their weddings or dresses. Like most PSers, I dreamed of my ring since I was a kid. I always wanted a 1 carat marquise.
But when I got engaged in early 1984, DH and I were only 20. DH''s father helped him pick out the stone and INSISTED that "engagement rings are round" and (because he didn''t know DH and I had talked about my love of marquise), FIL INSISTED that a fancy shape is for a RHR ("dinner ring" in FIL''s parlance back then) at some later date. Frankly, DH and I were still students and his dad paid for my .81 round stone, H/VVS1 -- lovely cut. I still own it, wear it often, and LOVE it.
Fast forward to the ten year wedding anniversary in 12/96. I still want the marquise. DH and I picked out and purchased my DREAM RING. 2.02 carats, marquise, D/VS2. Again, lovely cut. I wear it as my engagement ring. (I have to admit I have changed the setting from yellow to white gold and from "modern" to "vintage" since 1996.) To this day, this particular marquise is still "the ring" of my dreams.
Fast forward again. Now it''s 12/06 -- the 20th anniversary. DH cringes but asks if it''s "upgrade" time again. Nooooo! It''s not! I DO want a ring to celebrate the big 2-0 and we custom made a blue, blue, blue emerald-cut aquamarine in a halo. It''s lovely. (I''ve been looking at it on the sly.)
But I swear that the 10th anniversary marquise (2x bigger than I wanted in 1986) is EXACTLY my dream ring -- and what I want to this day. I''m done. I''m happy. I live in NYC and DON''T have diamond shrinkage syndrome. Am I insane?
But when I got engaged in early 1984, DH and I were only 20. DH''s father helped him pick out the stone and INSISTED that "engagement rings are round" and (because he didn''t know DH and I had talked about my love of marquise), FIL INSISTED that a fancy shape is for a RHR ("dinner ring" in FIL''s parlance back then) at some later date. Frankly, DH and I were still students and his dad paid for my .81 round stone, H/VVS1 -- lovely cut. I still own it, wear it often, and LOVE it.
Fast forward to the ten year wedding anniversary in 12/96. I still want the marquise. DH and I picked out and purchased my DREAM RING. 2.02 carats, marquise, D/VS2. Again, lovely cut. I wear it as my engagement ring. (I have to admit I have changed the setting from yellow to white gold and from "modern" to "vintage" since 1996.) To this day, this particular marquise is still "the ring" of my dreams.
Fast forward again. Now it''s 12/06 -- the 20th anniversary. DH cringes but asks if it''s "upgrade" time again. Nooooo! It''s not! I DO want a ring to celebrate the big 2-0 and we custom made a blue, blue, blue emerald-cut aquamarine in a halo. It''s lovely. (I''ve been looking at it on the sly.)
But I swear that the 10th anniversary marquise (2x bigger than I wanted in 1986) is EXACTLY my dream ring -- and what I want to this day. I''m done. I''m happy. I live in NYC and DON''T have diamond shrinkage syndrome. Am I insane?