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inspired by the engagement ring thread...

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Semidevil

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when you bite the bullet and buy the ring to propose, did you surprise her with the ring, or did you actually let her pick one out? how did you know what style of ring she liked?
 
Never let them pick it out. it will cost you an extra arm and a leg!

Friend is going through this process to get the wedding bands. . .what a pain in the a$$ it has become. poor guy. . .
 
I was slick. Early on when we started dating, she was playing around on Blue Nile and happened to have a picture of a setting she liked. Having already had an inkling that she was "the one," I jokingly asked if I could hang on to it...just in case. Except I did hang on to it.

I kept the pic and after a discussion that we did really want to get married, I took the pic to 4 different jewelers. The first 3, when I gave them the picture, proceeded to just show me whatever they had in stock even though it wasn't really anything like the pic.

The fourth said "I don't have anything like this in stock, but if you can wait a few weeks, I will find one just like it!"
 
Well, I surprised her. My mother had passed me my grandmother's engagement ring, and although the diamond needed to be replaced (my grandfather was a poor GI returning from WWII--the diamond was .10 carat), the setting was absolutely gorgeous. It was white gold and gold, worked in a vine design and honestly was like nothing you'd find in stores today.

My fiancee had made it clear to me before that she wanted something simple, just a platinum or white gold band and a nice diamond, but I gambled. Between the sentimental value and the fact that the ring is honestly gorgeous, I figured I would do alright.

When I proposed, after the initial shock from her (I surprised her by proposing a lot earlier than she expected, so it was the last thing on her mind at the time), she looked like she was being nice when she said she liked the ring. I was scared out of my mind that she hated it, and was already plotting to tell her that we could easily put the diamond in a band more to her liking.

Thankfully, after wearing it for a few days and letting it sink in, it began to grow on her a LOT. Despite my repeated offers to take it to a store and buy her whatever band she wanted, she started to love it, and now would never trade it for another one. She just had to let it sink in a little and get over the fact that it wasn't exactly what she'd had in mind.
 
I surprised her ... she wasn't expecting it for at least another year. I got the right size and the style she liked also. Lucky was me.
 
he chose it and bought it and surprised me with his choice. i had no idea!
 
We'd discussed what she liked and although I took a bit of a gamble since she hadn't actually seen the one I gave her, I did have a good idea what she liked and she ended up loving it.
 
she preferred a princess cut center with two side stones in a plantinum setting. we went looking around to get an idea of what size center stone looked best on her finger. about two months later i bought the ring and gave it to her.
 
Whatever you do, don't take her to one of those pawn shops that is for jewelry and point to a tray of cheap, crappy rings and tell her, pick something nice out from there. If you do, she'll probably cry in the car later, even if she didn't want an expensive ring to begin with.
 
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