Girls: If you could have any Engagement Ring you wanted..

[NoraBrimstone]

None for me, thanks. I can afford my own jewellery.

Anyone can buy me jewelry anytime.

That's awesome. It must be nice to be able to accept gifts like that. I have some kind of complex, I think. I seldom even let someone else pay for my dinner unless I've previously paid for theirs a few times. :P

[Mystical]

Raeven, do they cut the edges of the diamond flat? I'm having truble with this I know
why would someone willfully choose the most epically difficult setting eVer? !

[Kayenneh]

I thought wedding rings are supposed to be just a band without a stone?

Might be, but that also differs from culture to culture. Here in Finland is quite common to have a plain band as an engagement ring and a more intricate one as a wedding ring.

[ElleBelle]

I'm all for both of them being beautiful and sparkly.

[pineapplebunnybounce]

I thought wedding rings are supposed to be just a band without a stone?

Might be, but that also differs from culture to culture. Here in Finland is quite common to have a plain band as an engagement ring and a more intricate one as a wedding ring.

Oh I see. I would prefer a plain band, I think if it has a stone I'd always worry about it. I'm horrible with jewelry, they don't last long with me. Either I lose them or I damage them.

[Raeven]

Raeven, do they cut the edges of the diamond flat? I'm having truble with this I know
why would someone willfully choose the most epically difficult setting eVer? !

No, they don't cut the edges of the diamond flat. It's a classic Solitaire cut set with only tension in a setting with no slots, no grooves. It is exactly as it looks in the picture... a round brilliant diamond held in place by a reverse spring. That's why I love it -- it's so different!

I should add that I'm hard on diamonds, I've knocked that thing a hundred times... nothing happens. It's fine, looks like new. The alloyed metal is VERY strong -- and heavy.

I LOVE having no prongs -- my ring never catches on anything!!!

[Tartarus Sauce]

My future fiancee better not ask for a diamond ring. Diamonds are the biggest fucking con on the market. If it weren't for the bloody De Beers cartel, all those diamonds would be next to worthless. Easily the most overrated of all the gemstones; they don't even have a natural color for fuck's sake! Rubies, sapphires, and emeralds will kick a diamond's ass any day of the week.

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

I really don't give a damn. Just don't go crazy and get like a chocolate diamond or the biggest fucking diamond you can get or something. Something subtle and traditional is what I would want.

Just like if someone proposes to me, it better be in private, and they better get down on one knee and say something romantic which ends with the words, "I love you, will you marry me?"

[Raeven]

My future fiancee better not ask for a diamond ring. Diamonds are the biggest fucking con on the market. If it weren't for the bloody De Beers cartel, all those diamonds would be next to worthless. Easily the most overrated of all the gemstones; they don't even have a natural color for fuck's sake! Rubies, sapphires, and emeralds will kick a diamond's ass any day of the week.

I agree with you re the De Beers cartel and that the market is heavily controlled to make them "valuable." But you are wrong that diamonds don't have a natural color. The most valuable ones are blue and pink, and they also occur naturally in every other color of the rainbow. Least valuable are yellow. I've seen a green one that was breathtaking.

[Tartarus Sauce]

My future fiancee better not ask for a diamond ring. Diamonds are the biggest fucking con on the market. If it weren't for the bloody De Beers cartel, all those diamonds would be next to worthless. Easily the most overrated of all the gemstones; they don't even have a natural color for fuck's sake! Rubies, sapphires, and emeralds will kick a diamond's ass any day of the week.

I agree with you re the De Beers cartel and that the market is heavily controlled to make them "valuable." But you are wrong that diamonds don't have a natural color. The most valuable ones are blue and pink, and they also occur naturally in every other color of the rainbow. Least valuable are yellow. I've seen a green one that was breathtaking.

Well then I take it back, but they aren't marketed that way. The stereotypically perpetuated and fetishized image is that of a perfectly reflective, transparent, bland diamond. If there was more of a push on marketing their colored variants, I could get more on board with it.

Just saying, I don't remember the last time I saw a colored diamond in an advertisement.