Hello forum. I last posted to this site in August with questions regarding engagement ring. I did get engaged on August 12 to the most wonderful man and we have since planned our May wedding in Playa del Carmen, Mexico! So what is wrong with this picture? The ring. Unfortunately, I am the kind of person who makes a decision after much contemplation, yet then questions the decision
(which drives my fiancee crazy). It was very difficult for me to decide on a ring. For the sake of background info let''s just say that my "dream ring" has always been an emerald cut diamond in a platinum setting with a baguette on each side. My fiancee doesn''t like the emerald cut because of the lack of faceting so that was out.I, too, wanted a ring with a lot more "fire", but couldn''t make a decision to save my life. Then, he found the Tiffany Lucida bezel set ring on line and we went to see it in person. The ring was absolutely stunning and so very unique (I am not traditional) and the one ring that I did really like. Tiffany''s 1.13 carat was priced somewhere around $16,000.We knew that we wanted a diamond bigger than that, but Tiffany''s price tag for that would have been on the you-could-buy-a-house-with-this-money side. Since I happen to have a relationship with a jeweler we sought their help and they found us the most beautiful Cut-Cornered Rectangular Modified Brilliant diamond. Then they had their ring maker create the wax mold which was CLOSE to the Tiffany ring and the next thing you know my fiancee had the finished product and proposed!The surprise and elation of getting engaged was the focus for sure. Then,after the exitement died down my fiancee and I realized we were not happy with the custom setting. I am apologizing in advance for my crude analogy of this scenario, but this is how I try to explain it.Picture the craftsman carving a ring out of play-doh freehad versus using a cookie cutter.The cookie cut version is what I was expecting.We got the freehand version. We told our jewelers of our feelings and the ring went back to the "guy" for some fine tuning. It came back so-so. Our jewelers said "wear it a while and see if you can live with it". Well, I tried that and I made myself and my fiancee CRAZY. He spent way too much dinero on this ring to be unsatisfied. Tiffany''s does not sell their settings. We know the actual ring "craftsman" thinks the ring is PERFECT, but our jewelers want us to be happy and are willing to do so. Along this storyline is a connection to an individual who does jewelry repairs for Tiffany & Co. and he might have the skinny on how to come up with a better setting. Now that I have put ya''ll to sleep with this story, does anyone have any suggestions? Help. Please.
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