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re: Engagement ring buyers guide?
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:09 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:09 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Buy a decent, practical ring and save the money. Revisit the idea of an expensive ring 10-15 years down the road if she turns out to be an actual keeper.
Do this. I proposed to my wife right out of grad school. I don’t remember exactly, but I think my wife’s engagement ring was about 7k-ish and another 1.5k or so for the wedding band. Go to a reputable jeweler and look around. If you know what she likes, you won’t have trouble picking out something that she will like.
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Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:10 pm to Ssubba
Synthetic diamond.
Superior to natural.
1/2 or less price.
Superior to natural.
1/2 or less price.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:14 pm to Peter Venkman
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Stick with a lab grown diamond. It’s half the price and she won’t be able to tell the difference.
A diamond jew wont be able to tell the difference
Lab grown is a real diamond, chemically identical
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:20 pm to tigergirl10
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As a woman
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Walt
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:20 pm to Cosmo
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lab grown identical
Yep.
Carbon arranged in a diamond cubic structure.
Natural, or man made.
Makes zero difference.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:23 pm to Cosmo
quote:I'm fairly sure they can.
A diamond jew wont be able to tell the difference
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:24 pm to Jake88
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I'm fairly sure they can.
Nope.
I think with electron microscopy or something they can
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:25 pm to Ssubba
If Diamond, James Allen. Free floating stone. Much cheaper.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:25 pm to Splackavellie
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3 months salary.
Is the stupidest fricking “tradition” I’ve ever heard. If the op is dumb enough to spend $30k on a ring, Jesus.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:26 pm to Ssubba
Spend some time Googling diamonds, and you'll learn all you need to know fairly quickly. There's really not that much to learn.
I second the poster who mentioned a wholesaler. My husband found mine though a distributor and had it very simply set. He knew I wanted something with diamonds around it, so we went to a local jewelry store together to pick out the setting and our wedding rings.
I realize the ring seems sort of superficial, but some of y'all need to understand that to most women, this is the ultimate gesture of love from a man. It's just part of our culture, for better or worse.
Plus, she will have to wear this thing every single day and have every person on earth ask to see it. It's like a brand men put on women, so yeah, they kind of want it to be pretty and go with their general style.
I second the poster who mentioned a wholesaler. My husband found mine though a distributor and had it very simply set. He knew I wanted something with diamonds around it, so we went to a local jewelry store together to pick out the setting and our wedding rings.
I realize the ring seems sort of superficial, but some of y'all need to understand that to most women, this is the ultimate gesture of love from a man. It's just part of our culture, for better or worse.
Plus, she will have to wear this thing every single day and have every person on earth ask to see it. It's like a brand men put on women, so yeah, they kind of want it to be pretty and go with their general style.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:26 pm to Jake88
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I'm fairly sure they can.
I think they mark the diamonds with a serial number. That’s it. No actual mineral difference.
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Diamond is a Diamond. Anything else is a jeweler trying to squeeze you
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:27 pm to Ssubba
Jewish mafia. Ring appraised and is ensured for twice what I paid for it.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:29 pm to Cosmo
Someone get me started on buying synthetic diamonds. How do I get the diamond to stick to the ring?
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:31 pm to Ssubba
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Engagement ring buyers guide?
Don't!
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:32 pm to boosiebadazz
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Blue Nile. She won’t know the difference between a $30k ring and a $15k ring. If she does, you have bigger problems on your hands.
Wait. Bitches expect $15k rings? frick all that.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:33 pm to Ssubba
I had a buddy living in New York who had a jeweler. My wife sketched up a ring with sapphires and a diamond. He made the ring and shipped it to me. Got a nice quality classic round diamond of 0.98 Ct - who needs bigger - with 3 baguette cut sapphires on each side. It looks great. She gets lots of compliments on the ring and it only cost less than one months salary. Still looks great after 34 years. Relative bargain. Would be the equivalent of about $6500 in today’s dollars.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:39 pm to Cosmo
If it is too perfect they will know it is synthetic.
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Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:39 pm to Ssubba
I read some articles. Then asked for a recommendation. Apparently I had a friend in the industry. I found the perfect Diamond, then designed a ring around it. Roughly $15k all said and done. Insured for close to $30k
Wife loves it and she makes way more than me so it was a good investment. She just cleared a $50k bonus last week. I’m coming out ahead.
Wife loves it and she makes way more than me so it was a good investment. She just cleared a $50k bonus last week. I’m coming out ahead.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:41 pm to Ssubba
Surprised there's no 1st page response of three fiddy!
Posted on 2/15/22 at 7:41 pm to fr33manator
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I think they mark the diamonds with a serial number. That’s it. No actual mineral difference.
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Diamond is a Diamond. Anything else is a jeweler trying to squeeze you
The crystalline lattice is different and while you can't tell the difference by the naked eye nor even a diamond grader with a loupe you can with stereoscopic instruments.
Actually, very few diamonds have any identification etched onto the girdle.
I spent what tOT would consider an obscene amount of money on my wife's engagement ring but I had the money and she wanted it. We picked out the stone together and she designed the ring with the jeweler. To this day it is really the only physical possession she really cares about. It makes her happy and that is the only thing I care about. She also spent a similar amount of money on a watch for me as a wedding gift. Different strokes for different folks.
We didn't have the option for a lab-created diamond and I have no idea how she would have felt about it. I can see the appeal of something that took millions of years for the earth to make, but she is at heart a pragmatist.
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