You know someone isn’t a PSer when...

[baublelove]

This is such a great thread.... This weekend I had a friend visit who was admiring my ring by putting her finger right on the TABLE . Within one minute I was running to clean the diamond

This one is an arrow to heart for me. And a crime. We should be able to make citizen arrests on this.

 

[Calliecake]

Your post made me laugh @MamaBee. My MIL and SIL always had me clean their diamonds when we all got together.

 

[upgradingmama]

This one is an arrow to heart for me. And a crime. We should be able to make citizen arrests on this.

Lolol! #truth

 

[canuk-gal]

This is such a great thread.... This weekend I had a friend visit who was admiring my ring by putting her finger right on the TABLE . Within one minute I was running to clean the diamond

This is how most people put on/take off their rings!

 

[diamondyes]

This is such a great thread.... This weekend I had a friend visit who was admiring my ring by putting her finger right on the TABLE . Within one minute I was running to clean the diamond

You know you’re not a PSer when….
You read the above comment and think the friend just put her finger on the kitchen table hahaha

 

[diamondyes]

-----when they try to spruce up their wedding set by adding a hodgepodge of stacking bands or changing settings instead of going for the e-ring/centerstone upgrade.

—-when they’re aghast at the thought of an upgrade or trade in!

 

[diamondyes]

—-when they don’t own an ultrasonic, or even know what it is…

 

[diamondhoarder]

........when you are in a store trying on this ring, and the sales assistant tells you that the ring features a beautiful PRINCESS cut diamond



So you politely ask if if she may have made a mistake since this is clearly an asscher? You point out the steps, the cut corners. No, she informs you - asschers are antique diamonds and this is a modern setting so they would never have used an antique diamond in it.

 

[margauxmines]

-----when they try to spruce up their wedding set by adding a hodgepodge of stacking bands or changing settings instead of going for the e-ring/centerstone upgrade.

You can only have so many stacking bands/enhancers... eventually you need to look at the stone and say, "it's time"

—-when they don’t own an ultrasonic, or even know what it is…

Or worse... when they put pearls, emeralds, opals in one... O___O

 

[lucida818]

I have encountered people who thought there were diamonds whiter than D-color

 

[diamondyes]

I have encountered people who thought there were diamonds whiter than D-color

I’d like to sell them an A VVVSI diamond…

 

[RunningwithScissors]

I took my MIL to a few higher end jewelry stores in an attempt to get her interested in quality jewelry because she adores jewelry but blows thousands of dollars on super junky stuff that falls apart and doesn't sparkle at all. (Think sapphires that you'd mistake for onyx.) I just can't get her to understand the concept of quality over quantity.

In Mikimoto she informed the sales associate that she takes excellent care of her pearls because she "oils them" with baby oil. And while visiting VCA she asked if they sold Rolexes.

Yeah, I needed a giant glass of wine after that shopping trip!

 

[RunningwithScissors]

I have encountered people who thought there were diamonds whiter than D-color

And I'm guessing they didn't mean Type IIa's

 

[Mreader]

You know someone is not a PSer when they don’t have a travel ring that is still a genuine diamond or gemstone ring; it’s just not as nice as their “main” diamond ring.

 

[Mreader]

You know someone is not a PSer when they don’t have a travel ring that is still a genuine diamond or gemstone ring; it’s just not as nice as their “main” diamond ring.

Also is there a thread that’s “you know you are PSer when…”? If not there should be!

 

[diamondyes]

Also is there a thread that’s “you know you are PSer when…”? If not there should be!

Yessss!

 

[Starstruck8]

Also is there a thread that’s “you know you are PSer when…”? If not there should be!

Here it is:

We've had threads like this in the past and they were always fun.

I was reminded of my PSer-ness when I awoke in a cold sweat this morning. I had a terrible nightmare last night that I had a new VC halo (around a HUGE AVC, I might add) and VC made it sans donut so my wedding band could fit flush. However, the joint between the head and the band was so small that the head became loose and started bending terribly. It was horrible! I made a thread (of course) and it started a whole new how-thin-is-too-thin debate, this time regarding halos.

The funniest thing is that I'm not a halo fan anymore, and I hate it when my rings sit flush! Maybe I have a split-ring personality.

SO . . . my contribution:

You know you're a PSer when . . . you have nightmares about engagement rings you don't even own.

 

[LLJsmom]

They grab the ring with the finger on top of the diamond and the bottom of the shank.

 

[Mreader]

They grab the ring with the finger on top of the diamond and the bottom of the shank.

Oh God people do that???!!!

 

[baublelove]

Also is there a thread that’s “you know you are PSer when…”? If not there should be!

I posted under that title in Hangout just today!

 

[Mreader]

Here it is:

Geez I even commented on it last year (facepalm). Where has my memory gone?!

 

[baublelove]

They grab the ring with the finger on top of the diamond and the bottom of the shank.

My sister does this to me and other people and it kills me!

 

[LLJsmom]

Oh God people do that???!!!

Yes. It’s happened to me.

 

[missy]

They grab the ring with the finger on top of the diamond and the bottom of the shank.

Haha that is one positive aspect of the pandemic. No one has been close enough these past few years to do that.

Don't touch the ring.

 

[RosieR]

Once when I was in the mall, I popped into a jewellers to look at some gold stacking/ wedding rings. The SA helping me noticed my ID Jewellery large eternity and asked to look at it. I took it off, and handed it over. She then proceeded to pull on each stone with her sweaty little hands. Saying the stones always come out of these big rings so it’s best to check. Then handed over my molested ring with her paw prints all over it, without even offering to clean it!
There was nothing wrong with the setting, ID Jewelry, builds those things like a tank. It’s just coming up to 10 years now and I’ve never had a loose diamond.

 

[lucida818]

1) wearing her high setting solitaire to knead dough/making bread

2) wearing her real pearl earrings to hair saloon for treatments eg dye or steamed. I don’t even wear mine for barbecue or hotpot dinners.

 

[lucida818]

Saw an *opaque* solitaire of about 1.5ct on the hand of a beautiful middle age woman on board a train from oxford to London. I wasn’t surprised if the ring has not been washed before

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

They use the dishwshing liquid with the moisturiser in

At work today we ran out of our usual bulk brand and had to run to the shop and buy a bottle of Palmolive - it is lovelly and soft


I was telling my boss about cleaning diamonds ....

 

[baublelove]

…they don’t take pics of jaw dropping jewels IRL. I was sitting across from this woman at JFK‘s JetBlue restaurant concourse yesterday. Couldn’t tell if it was a round or a cushion. It had to be at least 10cts on her right hand, and a huge eternity on her left hand. This was as zoomed in as I could go. Hubby didn’t even bat an eye. He knew this had to be done. I really wanted to ask her if she was a PSer and if I could take a photo.

 

[lissyflo]

…they don’t take pics of jaw dropping jewels IRL. I was sitting across from this woman at JFK‘s JetBlue restaurant concourse yesterday. Couldn’t tell if it was a round or a cushion. It had to be at least 10cts on her right hand, and a huge eternity on her left hand. This was as zoomed in as I could go. Hubby didn’t even bat an eye. He knew this had to be done. I really wanted to ask her if she was a PSer and if I could take a photo.

I’m no PSer then. The thought of taking a photo of a stranger going about their personal business, without asking their permission, makes me deeply uncomfortable.