alliekat71
Rough_Rock
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After going with the BF to the big stores one last time before pulling the trigger on an e-ring setting, I was urged by a brilliant salesperson to try the rings on with w-bands to see how I'd like the set together (why I did not have the good sense to do this before is beyond me). Up until this point, I was sure I wanted a thin pave e-ring and thin pave (or eternity) w-band. This salesperson also urged me to try on a solitaire e-ring with a pave w-band, and now I'm very torn between the two. My biggest fear in going for the pave e-ring was that it might compete with my center stone for attention (the specs of the stone are a surprise, but I think will be approx 1.7 RB). My gut instinct when I tried the set on on was that I felt the pave e-ring on pave w-band overwhelmed or drew attention away from the center stone (to me, it seemed there is less of a visual emphasis on the center stone, as it is almost competing with two rows of pave).
When I had the solitaire on, I kept saying, "it's so pretty!" and the BF actually expressed a preference for the first time in this whole process (he does tend do like simple). However, since this is such a paradigm shift for me in terms of what I thought I wanted, I'm having trouble pulling the trigger. While alone I think I still prefer the pave e-ring more, as a set, I think there is something about the simplicity of the solitaire with diamond w-band that is so classic and beautiful and really makes the stone pop.
While it might purely boil down to personal taste, I thought I'd put it out there so the experts could chime in on the issue - I wonder if others have struggled with this same dilemma and what helped sway you one way or another. I'm attaching two hand pics that we took at the store with each of the set options on my finger. The only caveat is that the pave on pave look pictured is with a cushion instead of a RB.
Many thanks in advance for your thoughts and advice! This forum is helpful beyond words.
When I had the solitaire on, I kept saying, "it's so pretty!" and the BF actually expressed a preference for the first time in this whole process (he does tend do like simple). However, since this is such a paradigm shift for me in terms of what I thought I wanted, I'm having trouble pulling the trigger. While alone I think I still prefer the pave e-ring more, as a set, I think there is something about the simplicity of the solitaire with diamond w-band that is so classic and beautiful and really makes the stone pop.
While it might purely boil down to personal taste, I thought I'd put it out there so the experts could chime in on the issue - I wonder if others have struggled with this same dilemma and what helped sway you one way or another. I'm attaching two hand pics that we took at the store with each of the set options on my finger. The only caveat is that the pave on pave look pictured is with a cushion instead of a RB.
Many thanks in advance for your thoughts and advice! This forum is helpful beyond words.
I personally prefer the set with pave diamonds on both the w-ring and e-ring bands. I think I would also like it if both were simple as it does draw the attention to the center stone. In any case I don't think either one distracts, or takes away from the center stone as can happen with some settings.
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