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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
Okay, I am starting to realize that I am the most naive 36 year old that has ever resided on the planet Earth.
It never occured to me until I read some of your replies to this thread that people borrow money to buy engagement rings. I always thought that the ring is a symbol of where you are right now in your life and how you want to take your fiancee on the journey with you and all that Hallmark Cards stuff! No wonder people are getting such nice rings (not counting the poor quality or fake ones, but those people have much larger problems than debt!!!).
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Killarney, I have to agree with you!! My fiance worked his ass off to save money to buy my ring-and that means more to me, than had he simply gone to his dad and asked for a loan...it may be cheesy, but to me it seems like he actually put some effort into my ring!!
I also have to agree with all of you who said that, while the diamond may be big, it may be of crappy quality.
My center stone is a carat, and the 2 side sones are probably about 1/2 carat each(not diamonds though, the side stones are yellow sapphires)-and anything bigger would just be tacky!! I have small hands and thin fingers, so a rock on my hand would just look wrong...and like my dad said, you don't need to wear the ranch on your hand!!