ENGAGEMENT DIAMOND RING - what size?

[the rocketeer]

Originally Posted by ringsrus

for engagement rings, i would pick the center diamond at least with G/H in color, VS2/SI1 in clarity, and Very Good as the Cut, and i think that's usually the min standard for most shoppers when they pick the center diamond. then buy as big diamond as possible according to your budget.

Agreed, but I'd be much happier with a smaller diamond as I don't like it catching on anything.

[KSUViolet06]

Shallow alert:

In my younger days, I thought it was so important to have this HUGE ring, because I equated the size of the diamond with how much a guy loved his fiancee.

I know now that that's not true. I know plenty of unhappy girls with 2 ct + rocks with elaborate settings (I have a friend whose ring is almost 5 ct total). There are also lots of guys who have gone broke to provide girls with these huge rocks, then the couple can't afford important things like a home, savings, etc.

I'm a small person (5 feet tall with really skinny fingers), so I couldn't pull off a massive ring anyway. A simple princess cut solitaire of good quality set in platinum or white gold (in a setting that's not tall enough to catch on things) would suffice just fine.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Shallow alert:

In my younger days, I thought it was so important to have this HUGE ring, because I equated the size of the diamond with how much a guy loved his fiancee.

I know now that that's not true. I know plenty of unhappy girls with 2 ct + rocks with elaborate settings (I have a friend whose ring is almost 5 ct total). There are also lots of guys who have gone broke to provide girls with these huge rocks, then the couple can't afford important things like a home, savings, etc.

I agree! I have a friend that would not accept a ring that was less than 1.5 carats. He ring is gorgeous, but it didn't make her marriage work out! Another friend wanted at least 2 carats, and while she is happily still married, I don't think her marriage is any better than mine because she has a big rock on her hand.

Then again, I'm not really much of a jewelry person. The few pieces of nice jewlery that I have I love because of who they came from, not because of how big they are, or how much they are worth. I no longer equate love with expensive jewelry!

[Silmanarmo]

I'm more of a white gold girl then yellow gold.

[BuckeyeTriDelta]

I have a 1/2 carat center stone and 7 stones on each side that total up to .25 for a total of .75 of a carat on the engagement ring. My wedding band matches the band on the engtagement ring for a total of 1 carat over all. Plus I agree with KSUViolet, I'm 5'2" and a huge ring would look strange on my small fingers.