Thanks for your responses - do you think the pinks are "PINK" enough?? They ae quite a light pink but depending on the light you can''t really tell at all - accept that they don''t look white. I am wondering how much trouble it would be to ask the jeweller to change them for slightly pinker diamonds. I didn''t personally select the stones ... now I''m wishing I did, although I am still very happy overall. I did originally prefer not to have the side bars as well. they are contoured nicely, but my preference would still be to go without. Can anyone comment one whether I could easily get rid of them? i do not have a large stone and am unsure whether it is the size or the shape of the diamond that makes it harder to have no side supports.