Engagement ring advice

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It totally depends on the girl your marrying. How important it is to her. You might get lucky, she might no care if you get the ring from a gum ball machine.

5k is a lot of money to spend here bro, so if you can get a good deal that would be a BIG ring. Personally I think 1 carat is a good place to start, 1.5 carats is a great size and anything over that starts to get obnoxious in my opinion, especially if you're girl is petite. I know a guy who got his girl a 2 carat rock and she was a small girl and looked like she was walking around with an asteriod on her hand. Definitely make sure you look at the stone through a loop and look for cracks and inclusions in the stone itself... don't buy a ring that's already set into a setting. Pick your stone first and then pick your setting and stay with them and watch them set the stone you picked so you don't get scammed.

mikeswift is right, 1 - 1.5 is huge on tiny girls like my wife is tiny and hers looks pretty damn big and its just over a ct, and i spent just over 5k and if i could do it over i would never have picked white gold ring, its nice and all at first but even if you have to get it diped a couple times in a lifetime its scary caues leaving your wring with the jewelr is scary shit, for all u know u could have ur stone switched, it happens all the time, ourt jewelr was a freind thankfully and no worrys there

but buy platinum bro no white gold biggest mistake i made, and check the clarity urself, u will be abkle to tell after looking at a few wrings the huge difference in clarity and the inclusions and such, i was a pro by the time we finaly picked out my wifes,lol, yes she went with me, made sure she got what she wanted,lol, its a great diamond and a nice looking band but never never never buy white gold like we did!

www.bluenile.com

This site helped me a lot bro...it explains the color, cut, clarity, etc...good luck!

CZ bro (cubic zarconium) she will never know the difference - my wife never noticed.
Seriously - do as much shoping and research as you can - dont rush!!!

If its much cheaper there than I would spend like 2 or 3K there. I'll ask my girl about diamond quality and get back to you though.

All good advice...go to the site PJT put on here and look at a few pics. Then get a loop to look at the stone with, when I bought mine I had some guy try to sell me a stone with huge black spots in it while he told me it was perfectly clear...even when I showed him the spots. You can't ever tell who you're going to get, so put it on yourself. Also, the 1-1.5 carats is a good size.

I have a buddy that went crazy a couple of months ago. Knew his girl for 4 weeks and went out and bought her a $10,000 ring! They were engaged within a few weeks (which is an entirely different post) and he was broke. He had a little money from a workers comp injury settlement, but that was gone. And what he's done is set her up in a lifestyle that he is unable to maintain. Things R going south on that front pretty quickly now and I don't know if he's got the balls to get the ring back. On top of that there is a no return policy for customized rings. Take home point here...you don't need a huge, fancy ring to let someone know that you love them. Get what you can afford, maybe strap yourself a little if you want to, but don't go overboard. And stick with the 1-1.5 carat rule mentioned above. I'm sure things will work out good for you guys and congrats on making this decision. Hope everything works out for you bud.

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for all u know u could have ur stone switched, it happens all the time, ourt jewelr was a freind thankfully and no worrys there

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i think i would seriously consider killing someone for doing that.

dreww said:

i think i would seriously consider killing someone for doing that.

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hell yeah bro! me to especialy if i couldnt afford another ring of equal value i would go ape shit

heres a few sites that may be of help:

http://www.diamondhelpers.com/ask/0040-scams.shtml
http://www.diamondring.com/forums/diamondtutorial.php?learn=17
http://www.jewelrymall.com/diamond-guide.html

yeah do your research, by the time my little brother got his wife her ring...he's a fucking expert on it now and it saved him a good chunk of cash