When I get engaged, I would hope that the man would know that I prefer white metals to yellow metals (at least for rings) and how to pick a diamond or other stone of good quality, no matter the size. Also, I would hope that he would know that I would prefer something timeless like a round as opposed to something more trendy for which you can clearly tell 10 years later the decade in which you were married. Remember all those people with the marquis cut rings from the late 80s early 90s?
At any rate, it's HIS choice since it is his gift to me ... I just hope that he exercises some taste that would be aligned with my own. LOL. Besides, I guess that I'd be thinking more about what it all means - the marriage for the rest of my life as the engagement is such a short period (hopefully) compared to the rest of my life with someone.
ETA: "When I get engaged *again*" since I just remembered that I was engaged about 12 or so years ago when I was 19. It was love for sure b/c that ring was a sure enough mess. lol...yellow gold, cloudy. When he handed it to me, I knew that it was a CZ...talk about being a diva early in life, lol. I could eyeball a diamond vs. a CZ even at 19. But it was all good. I wore it with pride...cloudy, yellow gold CZ ring and all. And that's real.
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