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Back in college, I had a serious boyfriend. We always talked about when we would get married - in the far future though, since my parents wanted me to graduate from college before getting married. On our one year anniversary, he gave me a promise ring.
The ring was actually one that I picked out, because I absolutely fell in love with it. He had a totally different ring in mind, but I found this one myself and showed it to him, explaining how much I liked it. It was simple - a princess cut solitaire (.10 carat) on a thin white gold band. I just loved princess cuts from the moment that I saw them, and I also really liked the thin band. I actually really think that he didn't want to get it, but he knew how much I loved it, so he agreed.
Even back then, I thought that when I did get engaged, I would want a three-stone princess cut engagement ring (just from seeing pictures online). The relationship with that boyfriend fell apart, and it was very messy, because it wasn't a clean break, and we tried to stay friends for a long time. I voluntarily gave the promise ring back to him because I didn't want it anymore - at the time, it just hurt too much to look at it.
Flash forward to when I met my FF (a few years after the breakup with my ex, a year since we had cut off all contact, and a few not-so-serious boyfriends later). When we started talking about getting engaged, I still thought that I wanted a three-stone princess cut ring. I looked around a lot, and I finally showed him a Tacori three-stone princess cut with diamonds around the band, since it was the most beautiful ring that I had ever seen (or so I thought, at least from the pictures of it online). We actually went to look at in person though, and I tried it on - and discovered that I didn't like it as much as I thought I did. I didn't even care for the other three-stone options that I tried on. Instead, I really loved the princess cut solitaires on the thin bands.
My FF and I finally chose our perfect ring: a beautiful 1.53 carat princess cut diamond on a thin platinum band. I love it so much and I think that it is classic and beautiful - but today I was thinking, will people think that it's weird that it might seem like it is just a much bigger and better version of the promise ring that my ex gave me? It really is the style that I find to be the most beautiful, and I can't picture having any other setting. I even tried solitaires with different types of small diamonds around the band, but I really like the plain platinum band, because I think it really makes the diamond stand out the most. Also, it makes sense to me that since I picked the same type of ring out years ago, I would still gravitate towards the same basic setting years later.
Do you think it's weird?
The ring was actually one that I picked out, because I absolutely fell in love with it. He had a totally different ring in mind, but I found this one myself and showed it to him, explaining how much I liked it. It was simple - a princess cut solitaire (.10 carat) on a thin white gold band. I just loved princess cuts from the moment that I saw them, and I also really liked the thin band. I actually really think that he didn't want to get it, but he knew how much I loved it, so he agreed.
Even back then, I thought that when I did get engaged, I would want a three-stone princess cut engagement ring (just from seeing pictures online). The relationship with that boyfriend fell apart, and it was very messy, because it wasn't a clean break, and we tried to stay friends for a long time. I voluntarily gave the promise ring back to him because I didn't want it anymore - at the time, it just hurt too much to look at it.
Flash forward to when I met my FF (a few years after the breakup with my ex, a year since we had cut off all contact, and a few not-so-serious boyfriends later). When we started talking about getting engaged, I still thought that I wanted a three-stone princess cut ring. I looked around a lot, and I finally showed him a Tacori three-stone princess cut with diamonds around the band, since it was the most beautiful ring that I had ever seen (or so I thought, at least from the pictures of it online). We actually went to look at in person though, and I tried it on - and discovered that I didn't like it as much as I thought I did. I didn't even care for the other three-stone options that I tried on. Instead, I really loved the princess cut solitaires on the thin bands.
My FF and I finally chose our perfect ring: a beautiful 1.53 carat princess cut diamond on a thin platinum band. I love it so much and I think that it is classic and beautiful - but today I was thinking, will people think that it's weird that it might seem like it is just a much bigger and better version of the promise ring that my ex gave me? It really is the style that I find to be the most beautiful, and I can't picture having any other setting. I even tried solitaires with different types of small diamonds around the band, but I really like the plain platinum band, because I think it really makes the diamond stand out the most. Also, it makes sense to me that since I picked the same type of ring out years ago, I would still gravitate towards the same basic setting years later.
Do you think it's weird?
And congrats!
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