New ring is here, but it's just not love

[pearaffair]

Personally, I think it's gorgeous but imo diamonds do tend to be way too small! I mean, I would not be interested in anything much under 5 carats in any other stone because I just feel like it doesn't look like much on my finger. And even five carats would need a halo around it for me.

But a five plus carat diamond is out of my comfort zone, financially and otherwise. As has been mentioned, another option is a setting with additional diamonds or a surround/guard. Good luck with it!

I like this go big or go home attitude! Makes me curious about what you usually wear? Can you direct me to any threads?

 

[Friendly]

I have been sucked in by your story - I am truly curious where this goes. Following with keen interest

 

[Friendly]

Thanks all! I shipped her back tonight. I also had a conversation with my husband about it. About five years ago I lost my original engagement ring down inside center console of my old car. It wasn't able to be retrieved. I've tried a few times to replace this ring but none of them have felt right. My husband to this day is a bit salty about it because he paid what was a lot of money at that time for him during a point in his life where he didn't have much. He picked it out himself. I want him to be part of the replacement process, so I have set some goals for myself and when the time is right I will have him choose from a couple of stones. I think this will help me feel whole about wearing a different ring.

I think I might have torn that car apart looking for it. Did you consider borrowing the jaws of life from the nearest fire station?

 

[Niel]

I understand you’ve already returned this ring and if you bought it all together that’s the route you should have taken anyways but I wanted to chime in and give you a personal experience you might relate to- and my findings were counterintuitive
I wear a 7.25 ring and a few years back I bought myself an antique diamond that faces up about a 1.5 ct (she’s a little bigger though my girl is thicc)
Anyways I set it in a temporary setting that had a thin band delicate prongs everything I thought would make the ring shine. Oh man did it look tiny!
in a community where 1ct is large- I felt like my “sausage fingers” made the thing look awful and I was upset. “What do I have to do to look nice get 3 cts!!” I’d complain.
I loves the diamond though and I had a very specific style I was looking for in a setting - plus it was all my money - so I did not size up any bigger.
I managed to find the setting I wanted - somewhat serendipitously- and the two were completely different. It had a very thick band and say very low to my finger. Despite being so think the setting actually complimented my diamond and finger so much better.
I think skinny bands have their place- but I also think people fear a thick band will make a diamond look smaller. What we think about perspective *should* mean a skinny shank makes a diamond pop- but I think there’s other factors that play a role

Makeover! 1.59 transition in vintage yg solitaire

As you all may remember I got a beautiful diamond and as I could not decide on a setting, I had Caysie set the diamond in temporary , and beautiful, solitaire until I could find something that really spoke to me. Lucky for me that didn't take too long. I found an unremarkable amethyst ring on...

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[Runningmama]

I think I might have torn that car apart looking for it. Did you consider borrowing the jaws of life from the nearest fire station?

LOL, unfortunately it would have cost more than the ring was worth to take the console apart and put it back together.