tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946196607756640445.post4325838346329728576..comments2023-04-24T07:42:03.323-07:00Comments on Follow the Wife: Let's Talk About DiamondsElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17997219751005811401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946196607756640445.post-17473361939318676642011-09-20T09:14:02.705-07:002011-09-20T09:14:02.705-07:00I was in your boat for a good while - until one fa...I was in your boat for a good while - until one fateful day when I realized (current) fiance had absolutely no idea how to proceed on the mentioned topic, NOR did he have any clue what current styles were even like. We did some shopping together and were fortunate enough that the wife of one of his co-workers works at a jewelry store so she was so wonderful and helped him immensely. He did pick the diamond (which is better than anything I could have dreamed up) and I am SOOO HAPPY with the ring! We've been engaged for almost a year now and I still get goosebumps every time I look at it! While it would have been maybe a little more exciting to not know what was going on, we will have this ring for the rest of our lives. He still surprised my socks off with the proposal and the beauty of the ring made it so perfect!Ilananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946196607756640445.post-91653375579053375692011-09-18T03:21:18.396-07:002011-09-18T03:21:18.396-07:00I'm too much of a control freak to not pick ou...I'm too much of a control freak to not pick out (or at least help choose) my setting. I think the center diamond should be left up to the guy, but had I not picked out the setting I might have gotten something that I didn't like at all and would want to change.Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152221071690246103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946196607756640445.post-66581508098630561612011-09-14T08:35:44.327-07:002011-09-14T08:35:44.327-07:00Thanks, Will! You are right, hints are helpful whe...Thanks, Will! You are right, hints are helpful when making such a large purchase.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997219751005811401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946196607756640445.post-51949516630518709742011-09-14T08:10:59.397-07:002011-09-14T08:10:59.397-07:00Let me weight in from a guy's perceptive. But...Let me weight in from a guy's perceptive. But first, I must clarify one thing. Engagement ring is NOT an investment, period, end of story. I have yet to meet or heard of a woman who sold her engagement ring because the prices of diamond and precious metal have increased. Since there is no momentary return on the ring men purchase, the investment talk jewelry industry preach is a scam. Men purchase diamond engagement rings for two reasons: First, tradition dictates that engagement requires a ring, and in order to get the woman he loves to say yes, to the jewelry stores he goes. Second, we all know women like to compare size, so us poor, and soon to be poorer, men go out and purchase the biggest and brightest diamond we can afford so our future wife to show off her rock to the rest the of the world. <br />Ok, I digressed. To answer the question asked; we men prefer hints, preferable, having her best friends provide recon information on her criteria for the ring. Diamond ring, after all, is a large investment… I meant, expenditure, most men aren’t comfortable buying something equal to the price of a kitchen renovation on something that she might or might not like.Will T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09912394689402321167noreply@blogger.com