greenpang
Rough_Rock
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- Feb 11, 2013
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BOTH my and my fiance-to-be's engagement rings were finally completed and mailed today! They will arrive at our house tomorrow (7/27) by 3pm...
This is a planned, mutual engagement, we're both getting rings, and we were both involved in the selection and design, etc. We're leaving for our engagement trip on the morning of 7/31, so the rings will be in our possession before we can each officially "have" them... and I don't know what we should do with them!
Even if we could stand the anticipation, I'm not sure it is the best idea for us to not let each other see our own until our official engagement because I may want to make a small modification to mine.
Since it's much easier to "subtract" platinum than it is to add it, there might be a little more metal on mine than I'd like, but I'm pretty sure I can take it to a local goldsmith to get that fixed up quickly. I'd really like it to be the final finished product before our trip because I'm sure I'll want to stare at it and take hundreds of pics while we're there.
So should we let each other see the rings?! If so, do we then hide them again until engagement?
For a sneak peak, here is a pic the jeweler sent me of my ring right before she shipped it today! (It may or may not be the final product... I might want the edges of the prongs rounded more and/or the tops of the prongs made smaller.)
This is a custom-designed platinum ring, NESW 4-prong "twist" solitaire, size 3.5. Stone is a 1.52 F VS2 H&A round diamond.

This is a planned, mutual engagement, we're both getting rings, and we were both involved in the selection and design, etc. We're leaving for our engagement trip on the morning of 7/31, so the rings will be in our possession before we can each officially "have" them... and I don't know what we should do with them!
Even if we could stand the anticipation, I'm not sure it is the best idea for us to not let each other see our own until our official engagement because I may want to make a small modification to mine.
Since it's much easier to "subtract" platinum than it is to add it, there might be a little more metal on mine than I'd like, but I'm pretty sure I can take it to a local goldsmith to get that fixed up quickly. I'd really like it to be the final finished product before our trip because I'm sure I'll want to stare at it and take hundreds of pics while we're there.
So should we let each other see the rings?! If so, do we then hide them again until engagement?
For a sneak peak, here is a pic the jeweler sent me of my ring right before she shipped it today! (It may or may not be the final product... I might want the edges of the prongs rounded more and/or the tops of the prongs made smaller.)
This is a custom-designed platinum ring, NESW 4-prong "twist" solitaire, size 3.5. Stone is a 1.52 F VS2 H&A round diamond.
