AustenNut
Brilliant_Rock
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I have done my research and shown my bf stones that I liked. I found a few whose color I liked but that just didn''t excite me. They were a bit too small, or I wasn''t as fond of the shape, or... But I wan''t looking for my e-ring stone, just wanted to give my boy the general idea of what I was looking for so that he could find it. (Though admittedly I looked through hundreds (thousands?) and didn''t find one I was confident would be THE ONE.)
Well, since joining PS I''ve become rather gem obsessed and I happened to do a search on ebay that had NOTHING to do with a light blue sapphire. But all of a sudden I saw it. I loved the color. I loved the cut. Even the size was great. I couldn''t sleep I was so excited about it. The extra pictures they sent me only made me more excited, and I found out that a well-respected PSer used them as well and was even friends with the vendor.
So why didn''t I tell my bf about it? Because I discovered the stone 24 hours before the end of the auction, and got the picts and PS confirmation about 12 hours beforehand. And I know he''s not planning to get the ring until February/March so I didn''t want to say, "I found the most fabulous stone but the auction ends tonight!" So I bought the stone. At what seems to be a VERY good price.
Obviously, I''m a little bit ahead of myself as the stone hasn''t arrived yet. It may not be everything that I''m hoping it will be. But, if it is everything I think it''s going to be, what do I do? Though we haven''t discussed it I''m 99.9% sure that my boyfriend wants to pay for the entirety of the ring. And I''d prefer that he pay for all of it as well.
So do I just show him the stone and say if you want this to be for the e-ring just make a check out to me, though it''s rather unromantic? Or do I just provide the stone and get over the whole who pays for what thing? Just as a bit of background my bf had originally intended to propose without a ring and then have me pick one out before we had our joint ring discussions.
I will also let him know that if he doesn''t want to use the stone that I''ll use it myself (probably turn it into a pendant, or maybe do a RHR).
Well, since joining PS I''ve become rather gem obsessed and I happened to do a search on ebay that had NOTHING to do with a light blue sapphire. But all of a sudden I saw it. I loved the color. I loved the cut. Even the size was great. I couldn''t sleep I was so excited about it. The extra pictures they sent me only made me more excited, and I found out that a well-respected PSer used them as well and was even friends with the vendor.
So why didn''t I tell my bf about it? Because I discovered the stone 24 hours before the end of the auction, and got the picts and PS confirmation about 12 hours beforehand. And I know he''s not planning to get the ring until February/March so I didn''t want to say, "I found the most fabulous stone but the auction ends tonight!" So I bought the stone. At what seems to be a VERY good price.
Obviously, I''m a little bit ahead of myself as the stone hasn''t arrived yet. It may not be everything that I''m hoping it will be. But, if it is everything I think it''s going to be, what do I do? Though we haven''t discussed it I''m 99.9% sure that my boyfriend wants to pay for the entirety of the ring. And I''d prefer that he pay for all of it as well.
So do I just show him the stone and say if you want this to be for the e-ring just make a check out to me, though it''s rather unromantic? Or do I just provide the stone and get over the whole who pays for what thing? Just as a bit of background my bf had originally intended to propose without a ring and then have me pick one out before we had our joint ring discussions.
I will also let him know that if he doesn''t want to use the stone that I''ll use it myself (probably turn it into a pendant, or maybe do a RHR).