So you''re earrings are real?!?!

[Todd Gray]

LMAO

Let me start by saying that Valerie does not think this is near as amusing as I do...

Today in the middle of chemistry class, she was having a discussion with a newly engaged girl about the importance of getting her ring insured - which started when Valerie showed the young lady how to correctly put on latex gloves over her ring and how to remove the gloves without either tearing the gloves or ripping the prongs off the setting... Note to all glove wearers, this is important: lift the gloves up over the ring while putting on and taking off gloves!

In the midst of the conversation, another person in the class entered the conversation by asking Valerie "so how do you know so much about jewelry?" and Valerie said "because my fiance is a diamond dealer" to which the response from the girl was "Oh, so your earrings are real" and then an exploratory conversation about the earrings...

Enter Valerie back from class:
"Do MY earrings look FAKE?!?!"

And apparently responding by laughing hysterically was inappropriate. I blame an overdose of cold medicine... this would also explain my inability to stop laughing when she said "No, seriously."

Needless to say, her earrings are real and they don''t look fake, but hey, she had to ask... perhaps this is a side effect of taking a college chemistry class with a bunch of young people who are fresh out of high school and who think that 25 is over the hill

 

[Dreamer_D]

hahaha!

Ouch.

 

[missydebby]

Totally funny. But that's something.

It's a little like boobs
Sometimes too big and perfect = fake

Just sayin...

 

[denverappraiser]

My wife just graduated from the undergraduate economics program at CU Denver (class of 2008 - Go Buffs). She was, um, how to say this nicely, older than the average student and even the average teacher. It was sort of amazing to see how different life experiences can lead to different thought processes and different assumptions. She would routinely wear earrings that WERE fake but as far as I know, no one ever asked, they just assumed that they must be real because we used to own some jewelry stores and she was from a very different generation.

Neil Beaty
GG(GIA) ICGA(AGS) NAJA
Professional Appraisals in Denver

 

[missy]

Ummm, am I the only person here who wants to see Valerie''s lovely earrings?

 

[pixley]

Date: 4/6/2010 6:14:23 PM
Author: missy
Ummm, am I the only person here who wants to see Valerie''s lovely earrings?

I wanna see! Those must be some studs. If she''s really uncomfortable now, she can always send them to me.

But I''d say, just enjoy those beauties!

 

[Lew Lew]

Date: 4/6/2010 6:14:23 PM
Author: missy
Ummm, am I the only person here who wants to see Valerie''s lovely earrings?

I''d like to see them!

Todd: maybe her student is a lurker on PS and saw the post you made in this thread about how Valerie has some fun pieces which are fake?

 

[PumpkinPie]

I want to see them too

 

[Gailey]

Sigh, oh to be engaged to a diamond dealer. My idea of heaven. Lucky Valerie!!

 

[Todd Gray]

Date: 4/6/2010 6:14:23 PM
Author: missy
Ummm, am I the only person here who wants to see Valerie''s lovely earrings?

I''ll have to pry her earrings away from her tomorrow to take a photograph, I didn''t go into work today because I''m fighting a stupid cold

in hopes that if I took the day off, that I might get over it faster since this weekend is the Top Secret annual Infinity Diamond Symposium, in, uh, oh that''s right, I''m not supposed to say.

What I found particularly funny is that the project in Chem Lab today was on making plastic

Another question Valerie got was "well then, where is your engagement ring?" because she takes it off for Chem class - that concept was not greeted enthusiastically, let me tell you!

 

[Gayletmom]

Todd, please tell her that, for some of us, having a stone (or two) that is so large that someone asks if it is real is the ultimate compliment!

 

[Todd Gray]

Date: 4/6/2010 9:26:43 PM
Author: Gayletmom
Todd, please tell her that, for some of us, having a stone (or two) that is so large that someone asks if it is real is the ultimate compliment!

Actually I think that they are the perfect size for her ears, they are three quarter carats each... Not too big, not too small, just right. She loves them even though it took two months of negotiation just to get her to wear them! When we met she was wearing these silver hoops that drove me cRaZy

 

[Todd Gray]

Okay, I''m not as good at photographing jewelry as I should be, but here''s a shot of Valerie''s earrings with a little light off to the side provided by a halogen desk lamp.

 

[Venice]

They are so lovely! I love the profile! Mine are set in a regular basket setting, but I would love to have them set in that setting!

I loved the story - thanks for sharing it with us.

Valerie, you go girl! I admire people who go back to school with the young ''uns. My best to you.

 

[Hest88]

Oh, those are pretty! And that sounds like a really nice size too---small enough for everyday wear, but large enough to be blingy.

 

[Black Jade]

Those are gorgeous. I love that detail on the setting.

The girl asked if they are real because of the size. Having real diamond studs that are larger is like being a natural platinum blonde. I had a friend in college who was one (natural platinum). People always assumed she dyed her hair because most people who have this color are bleached. They never really looked at her, just assumed.

Vast majority of people who are wearing studs (especially large ones) are wearing CZs, so same thing, people don''t even look, they just assume.

My studs are 1 .81 and I get that assumption all the time. My mom just got a pair which are .65''s each and GORGEOUS (though not as gorgeous as mine, which are ACAs). It is happening to her. A child (children always tell the truth) said straight out to her, "Mrs. X., your new earrings are fake aren''t they? Because if they were real they would be VERY expensive."

Children will jsut voice what other people think. That is how people think (outside of P''scope). Valerie shouldn''t let it bother her. She just enjoy her beautiful studs--she knows they are real and they are a gift from YOU after all.

 

[marcy]

Gorgeous earrings.

 

[missy]

They are stunning Todd.

Thanks so much for posting them!!
Now, is it too much to ask for ear shots?