I need ideas for a new diamond ring setting. (broke up and now i need to change it)
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I'm sorry, but what is the big deal if it looks like an e-ring? If that's the style SHE likes, that's HER choice. Quit harping at her. If SHE wants a ring that looks like an ering then that's what she should have. I have tons of rings in my collection that have that style, and have had them long before I ever became engaged. Why? Because that's the style I like(d).
I'm sorry that things didn't work out between you and your SO. Please get what YOU want and not what others think you should get. The options you have posted are beautiful. I'm sure any one of them would look fantastic with your diamond.
Good luck!
I'm sorry that things didn't work out between you and your SO. Please get what YOU want and not what others think you should get. The options you have posted are beautiful. I'm sure any one of them would look fantastic with your diamond.
Good luck!
ITA - what does "looks like an engagement ring" mean anyway? An engagement ring is a ring you're given when you get engaged. I know what everyone MEANS but it comes dangerously close to sounding like "well, I don't want someone who ISN'T ENGAGED having something like I HAVE".
I personally like the colored stone halos, they are stunning.
Hi, everyone. Thanks for all the kind words. I am doing decently, not a bottom low but moving along slowly. It was a 5yr relationship and all my gifts etc were put into this ring as upgrades over the years. I guess it was also a promise ring as well. so it had a dual purpose.
I really did not understand the whole "engagement ring category" I just know when i look for halo settings they normally fall under it. I guess it means one big main stone and smaller diamonds around it.
I've opened my window to other options. I came across this 3 stone setting which i can just take the prong head off my setting and replace it on the new one.
A color stone halo is very pretty, but also a bit hard to find. I do not need designer or anything like that.
I've upload a perspective 3 stone setting and what the ring actual looks like on me. Also i am very proud of my nails! i grew them all by myself hehe
I really did not understand the whole "engagement ring category" I just know when i look for halo settings they normally fall under it. I guess it means one big main stone and smaller diamonds around it.
I've opened my window to other options. I came across this 3 stone setting which i can just take the prong head off my setting and replace it on the new one.
A color stone halo is very pretty, but also a bit hard to find. I do not need designer or anything like that.
I've upload a perspective 3 stone setting and what the ring actual looks like on me. Also i am very proud of my nails! i grew them all by myself hehe
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I viewed it more as perhaps wanting to avoid an engagement-style ring so as to avoid questions that might be paiful due to the relationship not working out. Many Europeans wear engagement/wedding rings on the right hand, so it could easily be mistaken for one and invite questions that the OP might not welcome.
However, I very much agree that the OP should get what she really likes, regardless of what anyone else thinks. Colored halos or diamond halos are both gorgeous options, and I love the options you have posted (especially the sapphire halo).
i was engaged before i met my dh and purchased a halo RHR with the money my x put down at the jewelers for our wedding bands. it's a beautiful dainty piece and i'm glad i purchased it. GL with whatever you decide.
I agree. Plus, the whole halo setting is not even a traditional e-ring setting. Halos are no super popular and people proclaim it to be an engagement style now- when it is not just that and is not a super traditional style for the most part. It bugs me that anything with a diamond center stone is considered to be too much like an e-ring and I'm sorry, but that is nonsense. If you have a diamond, want a diamond, etc. and want it in a ring, go for it. Many of the deco settings can be BOTH just a normal ring and an e-ring.
I'm sorry things didn't work out as well.
Hello everyone! thanks again for the comments.
I think in my area an engagement ring is worn on the left hand and if people really wanted to know they would just ask. No harm or rudeness in asking. I agree with elizat that most would think anything with a larger diamond center is an ering. But lately i've been seeing large color stones as erings and they are just lovely.
Also in regards to trading in, i rather keep the diamond because i really love it. I may even send it in for new paperwork from GIA.
I have no new updates on things i am looking at. I guess i will go with what speaks to me and if their are diamonds they need to match in my personal eyes.
If anyone has come across any settings they like or think i may like please feel free to link away!
I think in my area an engagement ring is worn on the left hand and if people really wanted to know they would just ask. No harm or rudeness in asking. I agree with elizat that most would think anything with a larger diamond center is an ering. But lately i've been seeing large color stones as erings and they are just lovely.
Also in regards to trading in, i rather keep the diamond because i really love it. I may even send it in for new paperwork from GIA.
I have no new updates on things i am looking at. I guess i will go with what speaks to me and if their are diamonds they need to match in my personal eyes.
If anyone has come across any settings they like or think i may like please feel free to link away!
I asked if she wanted I to look like an engagement ring because I have a GF who recently got a RHR and was really paranoid with making sure it didn't look like an engagement ring. She doesn't ever want to get married (even though she's been with her BF for 8 years and has a 16 month old daughter with him) didn't want any questions I'd it was her engagement ring. Some people really don't like it when people ask them if they're engaged yet when they aren't. They say it feels like some people are just pressuring them on the topic.
Also, I know sometimes guys are freaked when they see girls wearing big honkers when they are looking to persue a relationship in the beginning. I remember my old boss, he'd see a pretty lady and if she had a ring that looked like an engagement/wedding ring then he just wouldn't even approach her. He thinks even if it's on her ring hand, someone special must have given it to her and didn't want to "waste his time". And it sounds funny by some guys don't even know the difference between which hand the wedding/engagement ring goes on. DF didn't know until we got married. He almost put my engagement ring on my right hand!!
In the end, I stick with what I said. Get whatever you like because you are the wearer. And that last ring the one with the two side stones, it looks like my ring!! Hehee!!
Also, I know sometimes guys are freaked when they see girls wearing big honkers when they are looking to persue a relationship in the beginning. I remember my old boss, he'd see a pretty lady and if she had a ring that looked like an engagement/wedding ring then he just wouldn't even approach her. He thinks even if it's on her ring hand, someone special must have given it to her and didn't want to "waste his time". And it sounds funny by some guys don't even know the difference between which hand the wedding/engagement ring goes on. DF didn't know until we got married. He almost put my engagement ring on my right hand!!
In the end, I stick with what I said. Get whatever you like because you are the wearer. And that last ring the one with the two side stones, it looks like my ring!! Hehee!!
Why don't you just wait and save up for the ring you love. I mean if you put away $100.00 a month it will add up. I personally would save for a ring that I truly will love and cherish then settle for something because I can get it now. Just my thought.
Sorry about your breakup...but I'm glad you get to keep the diamond! I think a halo would be lovely but in this case--and with this diamond--I think I would consider a three stone ring. I think sapphire side stones would make a really fabulous ring that you could wear on either hand.
Hi everyone! i am currently stalking the 3 stone semi mount with the emerald sides. I am worried that it may dwarf the main stone. The 2 emeralds are about .35ea and the center is .78. Well hopefully it goes within my budget and if it doesnt work for for me. I can use it for my mom. she has a nice 1ct emerald in yellow gold with some bad side stones. this new mounting would make her setting look great!
My ring looks similar to that emerald that you are eying. And yes it does make my center stone (which is a 1.23) look a wee bit smaller but there isn't that much of a difference. I like it a lot because with the side stones it looks a bit flashier IMHO. Stands out more from far away. I prefer it over the solitaire I used to have. Good luck choosing!!