Question about your shopping habits

[stci]

Hello all!

I am curious to know why you buy a jewel over another.

 

[Circe]

I haven't voted, because there isn't an "All of the Above" option ... but I'm the product of my surroundings, so I'd say all of the choices factor in somehow.

I wouldn't veer away from a piece if my parents loathed it (hey, never stopped me from dying my hair funny colors in high school!), but they raised me, and to some extent, their tastes shaped me.

I wouldn't veer away from a piece if my husband despised it (I have plenty of clothing he's not a fan of - man's a minimalist whereas I'm a maximalist), but, hey, he doesn't love yellow diamonds and my yen for them is mild, so I'm happy to occupy myself with other options.

Etc., etc. So, since the negatives don't work ... why do I buy jewelry? For the positives. When I think something - a specific piece, a general look - is ravishingly beautiful, I crave it: when I can't get it off my mind, because of the quality of the stones, or the ingenuity of the design, it becomes a goal. Why do you ask?

 

[that_someone_special]

mostly for DH and I... mostly me though.. prob 80% me and 20% him...

 

[marymm]

I voted "my taste only" - but technically I only consider my own taste when I am buying a gem for myself; when I buy something for DH I think of what he prefers, and when I buy jewelry for family/friends, I buy what I think will suit them AND that they'll wear.

And I guess in the interests of full disclosure, while DH and I have separate "hobby" budgets, these budgets are (mostly) transparent to the both of us - so I have been reined in by the thought I'd have to tell DH the price and thus NOT purchased something that if it were only me I might have gone ahead and bought (budgets are just guidelines, right?!).

 

[Laughinggravy0]

I voted for both our tastes. I was going to select only my taste, but if the purchase is over, say, $150 and if he really didn't like it at all, I would think twice.
And although we don't as yet share a bank account so it is my own money, as the cost mounts the more it feels like the choice needs to be ours. Fortunately we are pretty much on the same wavelength.
But don't get me on the subject of hair

 

[elrohwen]

I buy for my own tastes alone. DH really couldn't care less about jewelry as long as I'm happy with it. Maybe if it was something he really hated he would say something about it and I would think twice.

 

[soocool]

For my taste only. I am the one wearing it so I have to like it.

 

[Autumnovember]

If I REAAAAALLLLY like something, no ones opinion will be able to stop me from getting it. For the most part, I usually always ask SO for his opinion because I really like his taste in jewelry.

 

[manderz]

If buying for myself, then I take my taste into consideration only. If I'm buying something as a gift for someone else, then I take only their taste into consideration. I have bought some ugly (IMO) jewelry for other people, just because I knew it was something that they would like.

 

[zoebartlett]

My husband doesn't really care about jewelry much but he and I chose the setting for my engagement ring together. If I had chosen something he absolutely didn't like, it might have swayed me a bit, but I'm not sure. I would want him to like it because of the symbolism and all that. For most (less expensive) jewelry though, I buy it just based on what I like.

 

[marcy]

I voted for me and DH's taste. For general RHR or earrings my opinion counts more but something expensive or my wedding rings we have to both like it.

 

[Gypsy]

My taste primarily. But I don't buy pieces my husband hates. He has a unique way of seeing things and I never know what he's going to have an opinion on. But he generally has tastes very much in line with mine (though mine are broader) so it's not an issue.

I get opinions from fellow PSers, cause I trust your tastes and because I do custom pieces so often it helps to have other eyes on a piece. But beyond that I don't give a fig what anyone thinks. If I like it and my husband doesn't hate it, and PSers can't find technical or structural problems or improvements-- all that matters if whether or not I love it. I'm wearing it.

 

[Cehrabehra]

mostly for DH and I... mostly me though.. prob 80% me and 20% him...

ditto - my husband doesn't actually care at all unless he finds it *ugly*. And even then, it would sway me but only because I want him to not think it's ugly not because he has any *actual* power over my decision lol He did request pretty strongly that I set my stone n/s and not e/w. He thinks e/w stones look nice but for some reason he just really didn't want me to set my stone that way.