Sabine
Ideal_Rock
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- Aug 16, 2007
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I''ve posted about my search for a wedding ring in rocky talky before, but it''s my first time here. I''m now 2 months out from my wedding, and still have no ring. I really don''t know what to do.
Here''s the problem. FI knew I wanted a ring with diamonds on the side. I assumed they would be channel set, but on my ering, they are actually something called "bead set," which looks like channel set, but actually have little tiny prongs in between the diamonds. There was a matching band with my ering, but it had a curve, and FI knew I didn''t want a curved band, so he had the head raised so that I wouldn''t need one. But now I absolutely can''t find a band that even comes close to matching.
I''ve found 2 other rings in yellow gold that have bead set diamonds. One is full eternity, one is half eternity, and both are MUCH thinner than my ering, so the diamonds are smaller. They don''t match with my ering, and look off with the band and ering. I had purchased both rings and returned them. But these are both still options because I have in my head that if I pair one of these thin yellow gold rings with a matching thin white gold ring and my ering, it will look good. I could get the 2 rings (yellow and white gold) for about $660. My original budget for a ring was $500.
I just recently started pricing a custom made job to perfectly match my ering. The lowest quote I''ve gotten so far is about $800, so way past my original budget. And the problem with this is that now that I''ve been thinking about stacking a white gold ring in there, I think that somewhere down the line I might still want a white gold band.
I really don''t want to scrimp on my ring, but at the same time I''m having a really hard time justifying spending so much on the custom ring when I still think I would want another band down the line. I really don''t know what to do. I know this is a personal choice, so if you don''t have any advice that''s okay, thanks for letting me share my inability to decision make!
Here''s the problem. FI knew I wanted a ring with diamonds on the side. I assumed they would be channel set, but on my ering, they are actually something called "bead set," which looks like channel set, but actually have little tiny prongs in between the diamonds. There was a matching band with my ering, but it had a curve, and FI knew I didn''t want a curved band, so he had the head raised so that I wouldn''t need one. But now I absolutely can''t find a band that even comes close to matching.
I''ve found 2 other rings in yellow gold that have bead set diamonds. One is full eternity, one is half eternity, and both are MUCH thinner than my ering, so the diamonds are smaller. They don''t match with my ering, and look off with the band and ering. I had purchased both rings and returned them. But these are both still options because I have in my head that if I pair one of these thin yellow gold rings with a matching thin white gold ring and my ering, it will look good. I could get the 2 rings (yellow and white gold) for about $660. My original budget for a ring was $500.
I just recently started pricing a custom made job to perfectly match my ering. The lowest quote I''ve gotten so far is about $800, so way past my original budget. And the problem with this is that now that I''ve been thinking about stacking a white gold ring in there, I think that somewhere down the line I might still want a white gold band.
I really don''t want to scrimp on my ring, but at the same time I''m having a really hard time justifying spending so much on the custom ring when I still think I would want another band down the line. I really don''t know what to do. I know this is a personal choice, so if you don''t have any advice that''s okay, thanks for letting me share my inability to decision make!
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