Pretty generic thread name in a forum like this I know!
Here''s my situation... my girlfriend of 5 years has never been one of small jewelry. With grandparents from the Middle East, she has been blessed with numerous exquisite rings and other pieces brought over from those areas. Currently she wears a 3.5ct peridot ring on one hand and a 2ct amythest on the other. I wouldn''t say either were necessarily her choice, but she loves them to death as gifts and needless to say they''ve inflated her expectations of jewel sizes. They also tend to look great on her hand as she has larger fingers, just over size 7.
Now that we''re beginning our wedding plans and I''m shopping for diamonds, this puts me in a bind. I know that she would love nothing more than a larger (in the context of 25 year olds!) stone to complement her other jewelry, and she''s hinted around at the 1.25 ct range. However, SHE knows that as a graduate student, my budget just isn''t that big, and she''s right! Her recent solution to this has been asking for a synthetic in that range (or bigger
with a later upgrade, but I really don''t want to settle for that because it''s clear how much she would love a real stone now.
After a lot of research in this forum and around the internet, I know I can afford just under a carat worth of BEAUTIFUL diamond with my $4000 stone budget. I know it could still be a wonderful e-ring that could even be upgraded very soon (if that whole job search thing goes well!!), but I really don''t want the e-ring to look small on her. She definitely is not superficial about the sizes in any way, but I think it''s only natural with her previous jewelry to really hope for something large among her friends.
Perhaps I''m specifically targeting women in this forum who may be able to shed their opinion. Does it sound like the best choice to still get the biggest/best I can afford now in a real diamond? Will a super-ideal cut diamond speak for itself even at 0.9ct, like I hope it will?
Thanks!!!
Here''s my situation... my girlfriend of 5 years has never been one of small jewelry. With grandparents from the Middle East, she has been blessed with numerous exquisite rings and other pieces brought over from those areas. Currently she wears a 3.5ct peridot ring on one hand and a 2ct amythest on the other. I wouldn''t say either were necessarily her choice, but she loves them to death as gifts and needless to say they''ve inflated her expectations of jewel sizes. They also tend to look great on her hand as she has larger fingers, just over size 7.
Now that we''re beginning our wedding plans and I''m shopping for diamonds, this puts me in a bind. I know that she would love nothing more than a larger (in the context of 25 year olds!) stone to complement her other jewelry, and she''s hinted around at the 1.25 ct range. However, SHE knows that as a graduate student, my budget just isn''t that big, and she''s right! Her recent solution to this has been asking for a synthetic in that range (or bigger
After a lot of research in this forum and around the internet, I know I can afford just under a carat worth of BEAUTIFUL diamond with my $4000 stone budget. I know it could still be a wonderful e-ring that could even be upgraded very soon (if that whole job search thing goes well!!), but I really don''t want the e-ring to look small on her. She definitely is not superficial about the sizes in any way, but I think it''s only natural with her previous jewelry to really hope for something large among her friends.
Perhaps I''m specifically targeting women in this forum who may be able to shed their opinion. Does it sound like the best choice to still get the biggest/best I can afford now in a real diamond? Will a super-ideal cut diamond speak for itself even at 0.9ct, like I hope it will?
Thanks!!!