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See, I'm terribly reluctant to use my grandmother's engagement ring for mine. I want to keep it as a family piece, but set the diamond in a necklace to pass on to my daughter for her wedding day, whenever I get that far in life. But because we generally pass things along to daughters, it's hard to use as an engagement ring, unless the boy comes asking for permission and we say, "oh, here's the ring." The setting is rather unattractive on the piece, but the diamond is nice, so we're going to get it worked on now. My uncle offered to pay for it after her funeral so I would have a piece by which to remember my grandmother, as she gave the ring to my mother to pass on to her daughter when she married my father. It's old, from Portugal, and I'm really excited to have it out of all my cousins. (We're talking a huge Portugese family, so yeah, I do feel very special.)
All that being said, I'm 5'2 with a ring size of 5. Anything over .75 carats looks ridiculous on me, so my young man is quite relieved. I'm really only hoping for .4 or .5 carats at most. I love working with animals, especially horses, so huge, delicate rings are out of the question. Could you picture a barn goddess with a 3 carat rock on her hand? I can't! I'd rather have the money for the house, not spent on a rock and a wedding!
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