It all stems from jealousy. I was in a similar situation & felt weird for wearing it for a few weeks. 2 of DH's good friends are female & are both married. Once we got engaged apparantly one of them started asking my DH flat out how much he paid, how he went about picking it out, why he let me pick it out, did I decide on the ct weight etc etc etc. She has a beautiful ring but I guess she feels like ...... her exact words were "I can't compete". The other one had the largest looking ring until DH got me mine (her's in larger in ct but for some reason mine looks larger). Well at a recent get together, she asked if she could see the ring so I showed her my hand. She she slipped the ring off my hand then placed it right next to hers. I was a little stunned that she did this & then she went on to compare the sz, color, and to see if she could see any flaws. It was just really tacky & I felt sorry for her. I told DH about how uncomfortable it made me feel. He was a little pissed because he felt that she tactfully did it when he was not around. (he would have told her WTF!) I wear mine all the time now because as he assured me who gives a care what anyone says!