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blissfulbride

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It looks really blurry because I took it with my phone. I went from a 1.55 E vs2 to a 2.09 E sI1 !

The great thing is that I was was able to go bigger with the same color, but just not the same clarity. I was told that clarity is way more important in a asscher because you can see everything on the steps, and it doesn''t have that much sparkle. The minute my asscher would get anything on it. It would look like a pebble and I had to always keep on top of it. Now that the radiant has so many facets, and sparkle I dont notice the imperfections unless I have my eye is glued to it. Plus I haven''t had to clean it yet. I never thought I would go for a radiant but they were able to set it left to right instead of it looking rectangular. Now it just looks square with rounded point just like the asscher did. I love it so much, and can''t stop looking at it. I was trying to hide it at work but now i just dont care and im glad no one has said anything to me because I haven''t meantioned anything. I''m just going about everything the same. I just dont know what my FIs family is going to say when they see it on new years. I was thinking of saying well I did loss 30 pounds my ring is going to look bigger lol they haven''t seen me in a while.

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Yay, gorgeous! I know that you are going to be thrilled with your new stone. I love step-cuts the best in theory, but I never loved the way that my old asscher solitaire looked smudgy and stopped looking sparkly only 1 day after cleaning. I LOVE square radiant cuts - when I got my RB, I almost got one of those instead - it was a toss-up. I would still love to have one like yours someday - gorgeous! I also went from a VS1 step cut to a SI1 brilliant, and I can only see my white feather under a loupe, not with the naked eye - the inclusion won''t bother you.

I can tell you from someone who''s switched from a step-cut solitiare to a brilliant cut, you will be so happy and not look back.

Regarding family reaction, my mom noticed when I switched stones, and thought we were being extravagant, but we had a 100% trade-up policy, so it didn''t cost us too much. I''ll bet that my MIL noticed too (I''ve had my RB for a year now) but she never said anything - she''s not the type to point stuff out or get in our business (which is why I love my in-laws!)
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It looks great! I''d love to see more pix as well as your old ring-- do you have any pictures of it?
 
Wowee! You did a great job! I can''t wait to see more pictures of your new beauty! Don''t worry about what other people say, for the most part, only us diamond fanatics will even notice!!! Congrats!
 
Im so happy for you! how did you convince FI to upgrade you?
i love the new ring, yes please show more pics. of old ring too if you can. is it the same setting?
 
Beautiful!!!
 
Oh I can''t wait to see more pics of that Radiant!

All your complaints is why I stay away from step cuts... just too much maintenance on a daily basis to keep it even slightly happy!

Congrats on the upgrade!
 
It looks beautiful and very sparkly! We really need to see more pics.
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Gorgeous! Love to see more pics! What''s your ring size?
 
Congrats! Definitely want to see more pics!
 
I don''t have any can you believe it, I had taken a few on my cell, but I lost that one. I''m going to look around and see if i find anything. Question how in the world does anyone take great pics of there rings. I cant seem to get a good shot of it !
 
Radiant has so much sparkle. We were selling ourself short with the brillant. Its true I didnt even look back or say goodbye. I was like now this is the ring I should be wearing and it felt right. I''m so happy with it and we got a great deal. plus my fi loves it to so im glad. he was so good while we were shopping and was really looking out for me. he wanted me to be absolutely happy. Now I really am but I have to get a band.

what do you guys think i should do with it ?
 
OMG can''t wait to see more pics - it looks (and sounds!) gorgeous!!
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From what I can see it looks very sparkly! Can we get some more pics?
 
How exciting!! Glad you found something you love! Would love some more pics!
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