Comments on: The Diamond Engagement Ring

By: multi gemstone rings

multi gemstone rings — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:37:10 +0000

What fine rings. Diamond is not the only gemstone, there are other great options. Great post.

By: tsavorite

tsavorite — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:06:16 +0000

Yea, I mean not everyone can afford a diamond ring. I think we have over-rated the diamond gemstone anyway. There are a lot of great alternatives and we should make our choices base on our own convictions and not be overly influenced by culture, tradition and marketing.

By: Black Titanium Ring

Black Titanium Ring — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:40:07 +0000

Love the fact that someone is pointing out that it is okay not to have a "real" diamond and that there are other options that are just as classy.

By: Shamed

Shamed — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:25:09 +0000

I have a beautiful, expensive, glimmering engagement ring. I saw a ring like it at a jewelers, and noticed similar rings in magazines and books all the time, and would point it out to my lover. I had no idea how much it would cost. My love proposed to me with a customized ring, like the ones I had been noticing…. I absolutely loved it, and yes, it was a surprise…. I was planing on telling him that same evening that I didn't care what kind of ring we got engaged with, but I couldn't tell him that after what I was presented with. We are now married, and I can only say this here, because I can be anonymous; I am embarassed of my ring. Yes, it is beautiful, and there was special thought into the design of it, and I DID, for a time, want a diamond ring… but now I feel terrible guilt for ever having pointed those rings out. It isn't this article that made me feel this way, it is a combination of my personal growth, a realization that I don't NEED to have THINGS, and the fact that we are having financial difficlties. I could never tell him any of this… it would break his heart. So I wear it everyday, and sometimes I turn it upside-down so I won't be so easily reminded of my shame.

By: woudnevergivemtname

woudnevergivemtname — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:29:19 +0000

wow i might sound like a horrible woman, but please know that it came as a suprise to me too! i recently got engaged and i would of excepted a tin can twist off for a ring i loved him so much. but when he gave me a $200 ring, it somehow pained me! i would never complain or tell him i feel this way but deep inside i would love a bigger and more expensive ring.

By: Midsummer_Moon_22

Midsummer_Moon_22 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:13:47 +0000

That is a beautiful story, and that is exactly the way it should be. Thank You for sharing.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:09:38 +0000

Got my engagement ring … sterling silver with citrine, garnet, and smokey quartz. It's absolutely terrific and I LOVE it!!

By: Another Mom

Another Mom — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:13:03 +0000

When we were engaged, our church called it being, "Betrothed," and it was quite a serious thing. It was almost, but not quite as serious of a commitment as marriage. My husband picked out my ring, and it was much nicer than anything I would have ever picked. He sacrificed a great deal out of his food budget to buy it, while refusing to use credit, instead putting it on a sort of lay a way with the jewelers. They did not want to do it, but he convinced them it was the only way that he would buy it. All that before he even asked me to marry him; it never crossed his mind that I might have refused. The ring has been a symbol of his love and commitment to me. Yes, he is a forceful, determined, sacrificial, confident, wise, single-minded, and highly principled man who not only finds a way to do something, but also will pioneer to make a way where there was not a way. Of course, that was a long time ago. There aren't too many men like him.

By: Kayla-la

Kayla-la — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:39:49 +0000

Cheers to this post! I myself have had 3 different rings, starting with a super inexpensive (I think it actually turned my finger green) "proposal" ring, which was all the budget could support at the time. As we got closer to the wedding, I "graduated" to a simple CZ solitaire and plain gold band. Then, about 2 years after marriage, I received my current ring, a Moissanite solitare, with a matching "wrap" that places two smaller stones on each side. (As a side note, hubby has also "graduated" over time, to a band that he loves as well) I have adored ALL of my rings, and when I look back at them and try them on (especially that first one!), it reminds me of where we started and how far we have come. The best part is that the cost of ALL of our rings combined doesn't even cap $500.00. Not bad for 6 years of relationship. I told my sweetie from the beginning that it was important to me to have something that looked "right" on my finger, but I cared not where it came from, or the price tag that was attached. Plus, every new ring represented a new chapter in our lives.

By: Quinn

Quinn — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:05:37 +0000

I love my Ruby. It is beautifully set in white gold with Celtic type knots from the side view. To me a diamond would mean less. He picked something unique that suited me perfectly. So much more thought then when you just want what everyone else has.
A friend of mine once said that she wanted a climbing harness for her engagement. She said that it was much more useful then a ring could ever be!

And Heidi thank you for saying it. It is the man you marry, and you can't judge how much he loves you by the size(or color. Who thought of that?) of the rock on you left hand. I would gladly go without any kind of a ring, so long as I still had him.