trailblazer7232
Rough_Rock
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- Nov 4, 2013
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Wanna put the question out there - when you're choosing an engagement diamond, how have you known it was "the one"? Did you pick by parameters/grades? Or did it have a certain charm? Strictly light performance?
Background (which you can rightfully skip): My partner wants me to pick anything I want, and we've gone ring shopping probably 10 times. I've tried on all sorts of styles and shapes. I like the idea of an oval or an old cut, but we've been searching since July with the top vendors - JA, GOG, Brian Gavin, Jewels by Grace, etc - and I haven't found a diamond that I particularly like, with $$$ out the door in shipping costs.
I feel awful that my partner has to push back his potential holiday proposal plans because I can't find "the one". We saw an average cut K colored oval (looks white 90 percent of the time, but it's color in direct sunlight is...very yellow) set with two square sapphires that I'm thinking about telling my partner to buy just because...I'm tired of looking and it's absolutely not fun anymore. And for whatever reason, I don't seem to like any of the ideal cut stones, just the mediocre ones.
So: how did you pick your engagement diamond? Was it love at first sight (with the diamond)? Did you just pick one and learn to love it?
Background (which you can rightfully skip): My partner wants me to pick anything I want, and we've gone ring shopping probably 10 times. I've tried on all sorts of styles and shapes. I like the idea of an oval or an old cut, but we've been searching since July with the top vendors - JA, GOG, Brian Gavin, Jewels by Grace, etc - and I haven't found a diamond that I particularly like, with $$$ out the door in shipping costs.
I feel awful that my partner has to push back his potential holiday proposal plans because I can't find "the one". We saw an average cut K colored oval (looks white 90 percent of the time, but it's color in direct sunlight is...very yellow) set with two square sapphires that I'm thinking about telling my partner to buy just because...I'm tired of looking and it's absolutely not fun anymore. And for whatever reason, I don't seem to like any of the ideal cut stones, just the mediocre ones.
So: how did you pick your engagement diamond? Was it love at first sight (with the diamond)? Did you just pick one and learn to love it?