re: how large a diamond is on your wives ring?

Says the guy with a non GIA, k colored, SI2.

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i gotta give you props, bro

Not for scoring such a lux stone at a literally unbelievable price, but for waking up every day and facing the world with your missing chromosome. so brave. and bless that woman's heart for saying "yes".

Here's what a real 1 carat, color D, flawless diamond costs, and this is a great deal.

$23k

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Well frick, now I feel the need to defend myself.

I bought the diamond through a family friend that is a diamond broker in New York. I shouldn't have used the word flawless. My bad. I went and looked at the certification and its a VVS1 with an E color rating. 1.07ct.

2.3 for the round diamond on the engagement ring

The wedding band is 3.3 total weight

I would not worry about any diamond except the big center diamond. Having a bunch of smaller diamonds is not nearly as valuable as one big diamond. Don't fall for "total carat weight" BS the seller might tell you. Just focus on the large stone.

For clarity just stay at or above VS2 and your ok. You will not detect any flaws with the naked eye and you need a scope to detect them. Anything above this is a waste of money, in my opinion, that you could spend on size or color which is noticeable by the naked eye.


Avoid Tiffany's at all cost!!! Huge rip off. Way to expensive. That being said my wife wanted a ring from there so that is where I bought it. I'm an OT baller but I still hate it because there are better values out there.

A diamond as big as a gnat's pecker. I think we got our on sale at Woolworth's or something.

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If you have plenty money to blow go for it. If you don't just spend in you're ideal price range. If you're ideal price range is less than $1000 then you're not financially ready to get married.

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I'd listen to this guy, he can't suck at giving advice AND grammar.

Should have bought a Tiffani's setting and blue Nile diamond

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but what can you really expect from someone with a ring tattoo right?

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I got it tattooed because 1. I like tattoos, and 2. because 80% of the time I can't wear a ring because im working.

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Should have bought a Tiffani's setting and blue Nile diamond

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You can not do this at Tiffanys. I asked. The only way to cheat is to buy a used tiffanys ring or a ring from another place and put it in a tiffanys box. But, every Tiffanys ring has an id number in it's band and is registered in their data base. Tiffanys cleans jewlery for free so she should would have known it was a fake the first time she brought it in for a cleaning.