Diamond Size

[SouthPaW1227]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: SouthPaW1227
Platinum 3-prong setting
3 stone ring
Center Diamond: .54 Ideal Cut, Color, and Symmetry (perfect diamond, esentially)
2 side stones: .3 each - Very Good Cut, Color, and Symmetry (next to perfect diamonds)

So 1.14 total weight, but next to flawless quality. I'm giving it to her this month

Hope you are getting ALOT in return

That's just the diamond I'm giving her some other stuff as well...I couldn't ask for more in return. We've been together nearly 4 years and she's been the lady of my dreams every day, and things just get better. I haven't met many ladies I could bear for a day, but this one's just perfect

 

[HokieESM]

I bought my wife a diamond (0.85ct radiant cut, E VS1) roughly a year ago when i proposed. But I bought it because I had the money--and I spent what I thought was reasonable. I encourage ANYONE to do the same. Going broke to buy an expensive diamond is ridiculous--they say half of all fights between newly married couples are about money (and having the money for that ring could come in real handy when moving into your first house--which she will want to redecorate--or making your first bills).

One interesting idea (that a friend of mine actually DID): if your fiancee is really "into" diamonds, but you don't have the cash--buy a nice ring with a cubic zirconia the style that she likes, and then promise her to put a diamond in its place when you two are financially on your feet.

Just my 2cents.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Argo
Trust me, if you guys really love the girl you would want her to have the biggest diamond you can afford.

I'd rather not have a woman so shallow she'd prefer a diamond over a car or an entire living room set

Why is a woman shallow for wanting to follow tradition? Her mother and the women before her got some type of engagement gift that was appropriate at the time. Diamonds are what we give and you should be happy to follow that tradition, then go and get the house and a car and a living room set.

If your girl doesn't want to follow the tradition then good for you, but don't take something away from her that she might be really looking forward to because you are anti-tradition or just cheap. You don't have to spend thousands. Women want the ring because of what it signifies. Any ring you give her will be very special to her. The only reason she would get upset would be if she knew you were quite well off financially and you were exceedingly cheap.

Segregation was tradition in the South about 50 years ago, doesn't mean that it still needs to be done....

When you buy a diamond, you basically fund DeBeers, which is exploiting Africans and pouring money into buying weapons for genocidal civil wars....

Congratulations, you fvcked over the black man again to follow tradition...

Well, people have (or are continuing to) move(d) away from segregation because society doesn't accept it. Engagement gifts are still acceptable, just as they always have been. The only thing they hurt is your wallet

I don't support DeBeers. I'm buying a Canadian diamond

 

[NuroMancer]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Argo
Trust me, if you guys really love the girl you would want her to have the biggest diamond you can afford.

I'd rather not have a woman so shallow she'd prefer a diamond over a car or an entire living room set

Why is a woman shallow for wanting to follow tradition? Her mother and the women before her got some type of engagement gift that was appropriate at the time. Diamonds are what we give and you should be happy to follow that tradition, then go and get the house and a car and a living room set.

If your girl doesn't want to follow the tradition then good for you, but don't take something away from her that she might be really looking forward to because you are anti-tradition or just cheap. You don't have to spend thousands. Women want the ring because of what it signifies. Any ring you give her will be very special to her. The only reason she would get upset would be if she knew you were quite well off financially and you were exceedingly cheap.

Segregation was tradition in the South about 50 years ago, doesn't mean that it still needs to be done....

When you buy a diamond, you basically fund DeBeers, which is exploiting Africans and pouring money into buying weapons for genocidal civil wars....

Congratulations, you fvcked over the black man again to follow tradition...

Dude, dont rag, he's just following his tradition. Fvcking over the black man.
j/k

 

[FoBoT]

small/cheap
if you "buy" a woman with an expensive diamond, you will be drained by her throughout your marriage (and during the divorce she'll want more than half)

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Argo
Trust me, if you guys really love the girl you would want her to have the biggest diamond you can afford.

I'd rather not have a woman so shallow she'd prefer a diamond over a car or an entire living room set

Why is a woman shallow for wanting to follow tradition? Her mother and the women before her got some type of engagement gift that was appropriate at the time. Diamonds are what we give and you should be happy to follow that tradition, then go and get the house and a car and a living room set.

If your girl doesn't want to follow the tradition then good for you, but don't take something away from her that she might be really looking forward to because you are anti-tradition or just cheap. You don't have to spend thousands. Women want the ring because of what it signifies. Any ring you give her will be very special to her. The only reason she would get upset would be if she knew you were quite well off financially and you were exceedingly cheap.

Segregation was tradition in the South about 50 years ago, doesn't mean that it still needs to be done....

When you buy a diamond, you basically fund DeBeers, which is exploiting Africans and pouring money into buying weapons for genocidal civil wars....

Congratulations, you fvcked over the black man again to follow tradition...

Well, people have (or are continuing to) move(d) away from segregation because society doesn't accept it. Engagement gifts are still acceptable, just as they always have been. The only thing they hurt is your wallet

I don't support DeBeers. I'm buying a Canadian diamond

OMGWTFESKIMOEXPLOITATION!!!!

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Argo
Trust me, if you guys really love the girl you would want her to have the biggest diamond you can afford.

I'd rather not have a woman so shallow she'd prefer a diamond over a car or an entire living room set

Why is a woman shallow for wanting to follow tradition? Her mother and the women before her got some type of engagement gift that was appropriate at the time. Diamonds are what we give and you should be happy to follow that tradition, then go and get the house and a car and a living room set.

If your girl doesn't want to follow the tradition then good for you, but don't take something away from her that she might be really looking forward to because you are anti-tradition or just cheap. You don't have to spend thousands. Women want the ring because of what it signifies. Any ring you give her will be very special to her. The only reason she would get upset would be if she knew you were quite well off financially and you were exceedingly cheap.

Segregation was tradition in the South about 50 years ago, doesn't mean that it still needs to be done....

When you buy a diamond, you basically fund DeBeers, which is exploiting Africans and pouring money into buying weapons for genocidal civil wars....

Congratulations, you fvcked over the black man again to follow tradition...

Well, people have (or are continuing to) move(d) away from segregation because society doesn't accept it. Engagement gifts are still acceptable, just as they always have been. The only thing they hurt is your wallet

I don't support DeBeers. I'm buying a Canadian diamond

OMGWTFESKIMOEXPLOITATION!!!!

Maybe I'll just go mine it myself...

 

[AntiEverything]

Originally posted by: Argo
Trust me, if you guys really love the girl you would want her to have the biggest diamond you can afford.

You do realize that 50% of marriages end in divorce right? What was that you were saying about love again?

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: AntiEverything

Originally posted by: Argo
Trust me, if you guys really love the girl you would want her to have the biggest diamond you can afford.

You do realize that 50% of marriages end in divorce right? What was that you were saying about love again?

Getting married is a leap of faith. If you get divorced you're gonna have much bigger problems that a diamond. For starters, she'll get half of your belongings and most likely your kids. Again, to each his own I guess.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Argo
Trust me, if you guys really love the girl you would want her to have the biggest diamond you can afford.

If you said the most beautiful diamond you can afford, I might come close to agreeing with you. But I'm not a rapper, so I realize that bigger is not necessarily better. A diamond that is too big just looks tacky. I've walked through jewelers row in Philadelphia, and most of the stuff they have in the windows just looks ugly. Not classy at all.

Now, I don't really know what you mean by the biggest diamond you can afford. I could afford my car, and could easily afford another one of equal cost with a loan, but it would be idiotic for me to spend that kind of money on a diamond at this point in my life. Likewise, I have enough money saved for a downpayment on a decent house, and could afford to spend my life savings on a ring, but that would also be idiotic.

In the end it had nothing to do with what I could afford (I spent 3 weeks salary), but what looked best on her finger.

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: EmperorIQ

Originally posted by: cjgallen

Originally posted by: EmperorIQ
[I have a friend w/ a gf. His gf nags at him when he buys things that she believes is a waste of money, like spending money on his car. she tells him he waste money. He finally got a car he can be proud of but never put mods on it because of her. She also doesn't let him eat out whenever he wants, only at approved times =\. Well, I asked her how much she wants an engagement ring and she said around 10k. I asked how much for a wedding, she said around 30k. Also, she makes my friend buy only designer name clothes, jeans that cost 90 bucks! But then again, those ball park amounts she gave me is just ideal for her. I think she'd be happy to just marry the guy, I hope.]

LOL, sounds like a keeper!!!

they're not even 22 yet.

How the hell is buying a "car he can be proud of" at less than 22... he should be driving a beater, and be putting money away... sounds like they are meant for each other, they're both stupid.

-Max

well, my friends and I all never grew up rich, and a car we can be proud of would be a late 90s civic, seriously. so to us, being able to save up 5k and buy a car is great, considering we used to drive '87 beaters that looks like it'll fall apart in the freeway.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: EmperorIQ

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: EmperorIQ

Originally posted by: cjgallen

Originally posted by: EmperorIQ
[I have a friend w/ a gf. His gf nags at him when he buys things that she believes is a waste of money, like spending money on his car. she tells him he waste money. He finally got a car he can be proud of but never put mods on it because of her. She also doesn't let him eat out whenever he wants, only at approved times =\. Well, I asked her how much she wants an engagement ring and she said around 10k. I asked how much for a wedding, she said around 30k. Also, she makes my friend buy only designer name clothes, jeans that cost 90 bucks! But then again, those ball park amounts she gave me is just ideal for her. I think she'd be happy to just marry the guy, I hope.]

LOL, sounds like a keeper!!!

they're not even 22 yet.

How the hell is buying a "car he can be proud of" at less than 22... he should be driving a beater, and be putting money away... sounds like they are meant for each other, they're both stupid.

-Max

well, my friends and I all never grew up rich, and a car we can be proud of would be a late 90s civic, seriously. so to us, being able to save up 5k and buy a car is great, considering we used to drive '87 beaters that looks like it'll fall apart in the freeway.

Well you're supposed to drive beaters until you get a bit older and have a real job, and can actually afford a car. Best car I drove up until 2003 when I was 25 and got a real job paying 70K a year was a Dodge Spirit 1992....

You guys have warped priorities.

-Max

 

[kranky]

The whole concept of "a car you can be proud of" completely escapes me. People screw up their finances because they want to impress someone with a car, or a diamond?

I remember a guy we hired right out of school. He immediately bought a brand-new giant pickup truck loaded to the max. Six months later his gf dumps him and moves out, and he can't afford the truck payments plus the entire rent which they had been splitting.

He thought he could go back to the dealer and trade it towards a cheaper vehicle like it's no big deal. Dealer says he owes $4K more than it's worth on a trade in because he had no down payment and financed for 72 months (!). Ended up having it repo'd and completely screwed his credit.

 

[Futher]

I bought a broken down 1961 Cadillac hearse for 3k and invested almost 10 grand in it already and it's nowhere near done. Turning it into the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters. I think that's pretty unnecessary =)