Ok, we have the place, time and date for getting engaged sorted (and the girlfriend of cause) but the problem is the ring.
We are both slightly old fashioned and therefore think it should be given as a surprise at the point of asking. I dont have a clue what style to get though.... my original thoughts had been a simple brilliant round cut stone in a tiffany style plain platinum ring.
After fishing a little she said that she liked emerald cut diamonds the most as they are the most "sparkly" - I am not keen on this cut as to me they look probably the least sparkly and having done some online shopping around nothing with this cut has really stood out within my price range (£2,500 tops). Then when having found another excuse to talk about rocks she said that she didnt have any particular preference for the emerald cut... back to square one.
Unfortunately her own jewellary was lost a few years ago before I knew her and all she has now are a few very simple pieces of silver with no stones at all. Her family do not speak english and aren''t in the UK so cannot really go down that route either.
I did think of going back to idea one, a high quality but small stone (she has very small hands) in a simple setting where the setting could be changed to something more to her taste at a later date without too much loss but given I dont even know what cut to get....
How do you go about dealing with these things?
We are both slightly old fashioned and therefore think it should be given as a surprise at the point of asking. I dont have a clue what style to get though.... my original thoughts had been a simple brilliant round cut stone in a tiffany style plain platinum ring.
After fishing a little she said that she liked emerald cut diamonds the most as they are the most "sparkly" - I am not keen on this cut as to me they look probably the least sparkly and having done some online shopping around nothing with this cut has really stood out within my price range (£2,500 tops). Then when having found another excuse to talk about rocks she said that she didnt have any particular preference for the emerald cut... back to square one.
Unfortunately her own jewellary was lost a few years ago before I knew her and all she has now are a few very simple pieces of silver with no stones at all. Her family do not speak english and aren''t in the UK so cannot really go down that route either.
I did think of going back to idea one, a high quality but small stone (she has very small hands) in a simple setting where the setting could be changed to something more to her taste at a later date without too much loss but given I dont even know what cut to get....
How do you go about dealing with these things?
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