What is your engagement ring like?

[Mermaid02]

I got engaged about a month ago and when I went looking at rings I found myself looking at gemstones instead of diamonds. I ended up choosing an emerald cut Tanzanite center stone with diamonds around it and down the band. I wanted something different... it's my 2nd marriage and I already did the diamond solitaire. They did tell me that more and more people are going for colored stones. I was wondering what some of you folks have.

 

[HarperLeigh]

I got engaged about a month ago and when I went looking at rings I found myself looking at gemstones instead of diamonds. I ended up choosing an emerald cut Tanzanite center stone with diamonds around it and down the band. I wanted something different... it's my 2nd marriage and I already did the diamond solitaire. They did tell me that more and more people are going for colored stones. I was wondering what some of you folks have.

Mine is a princess cut diamond in a band with channel set princess and round cut diamonds.

 

[MrsDuck]

I have a round 1 ct solitaire. Just wanted something simple and classic!

 

[Mermaid02]

I have a round 1 ct solitaire. Just wanted something simple and classic!

That was my first ring- in yellow gold. It was a beautiful ring!

 

[MrsDuck]

That was my first ring- in yellow gold. It was a beautiful ring!

I'd love to see your new one! Good friends of ours just got engaged - she chose a beautiful diamond and sapphire mix. I think the gemstones are just gorgeous!

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

I wanted color for my engagement ring....Diamonds are pretty but diamond only rings are boring IMO. My then fiancé (now husband) picked out an amethyst ring surrounded by small diamonds in a flower shape and diamonds running part way down the white gold band. It is perfect for me.

Of course I like color in general. I refused to wear a white wedding gown and picked out a dress the same color as my ring. Both the ring and the dress drove some of the more traditionally minded people in my family crazy.

 

[wenrob]

1/3 ct diamond marquee with small channel set diamonds on either side. Always wish I'd gone for something a little more classic and simple since it looks horribly out of date now. Today's rings seem so much more timeless.

My DH's cousin used her birthstone (sapphire) in her ring. I always thought it was gorgeous. Gemstones do seem to be gaining popularity as engagement/wedding rings. I'd also love to see a pic of your ring, it sounds beautiful.

 

[kimblebee]

I have a solid tungsten band that is navy blue. My wedding ring is a sapphire with white sapphires on the sides.

I've never been a diamond girl.

 

[wenrob]

I wanted color for my engagement ring....Diamonds are pretty but diamond only rings are boring IMO. My then fiancé (now husband) picked out an amethyst ring surrounded by small diamonds in a flower shape and diamonds running part way down the white gold band. It is perfect for me.

Of course I like color in general. I refused to wear a white wedding gown and picked out a dress the same color as my ring. Both the ring and the dress drove some of the more traditionally minded people in my family crazy.

Now I want to see yours too! Amethyst is my birthstone. Years ago before we were married my DH had an amethyst ring with a tiny diamond custom made for me and then a few years later "stole" it (seriously, I freaked when I couldn't find it) and put another amethyst and diamond in it.

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

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Now I want to see yours too! Amethyst is my birthstone. Years ago before we were married my DH had an amethyst ring with a tiny diamond custom made for me and then a few years later "stole" it (seriously, I freaked when I couldn't find it) and put another amethyst and diamond in it.

 

[wenrob]

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Very pretty!

 

[Dancind]

I had my diamond reset some time ago, into a platinum 1920s crown shaped setting I found. It has tiny leafs around it with tiny diamonds set in them. I absolutely love it, and it's really, really out of date!

 

[wenrob]

I had my diamond reset some time ago, into a platinum 1920s crown shaped setting I found. It has tiny leafs around it with tiny diamonds set in them. I absolutely love it, and it's really, really out of date!

I think rings from the 20s-40s, even 50s are relatively classic. Some of the styles from the 70s-90s really stick out as being from that era. My ring screams late 80s, early 90s. Not really anything wrong with that just a hindsight type of thing.

 

[gillep]

I designed my own engagement ring, and picked out the center diamond. It is a princess cut center stone, with round cut diamonds making up the band (all prong set not channel set), my wedding band is a matching full diamond (prong set) band as is my anniversary band. I still wear all 3 every day.

 

[bdcp]

I'm on my third ring in 36 years of marriage. All round diamond solitaires, just larger one each time lol. My DIL has an aquamarine center stone with sapphire side stones. My DS designed it himself, including the cad that he gave the jeweler to make the ring.

One of my sisters used an emerald because it's her birthstone. She only kept it for a couple of years. Emeralds, even lab created ones are soft and break very easily and she got tired of replacing stones so she ended up with a diamond ring. There's a reason diamonds are used in engagement rings. It's because of their durability.

 

[Parker Clan]

I have the Marquise or as my husband calls it the football diamond

 

[georgina]

I got married 30 years ago and picked out my own ring - it's an emerald, my birthstone. I have never liked diamonds. I don't wear it all the time and have never had to replace the stone (it is fairly small I guess, 2/3 of a carat). For everyday I don't wear either of my original wedding rings, I have a Claddagh ring I wear.

 

[Marchand63]

My first was the traditional single diamond with the wedding band with small stones on each side.

2nd time around it is a single ring. Irish Claddagh with a diamond in the heart & small stones surrounding it, in silver.

 

[dotfurio]

I have a solitaire marquise cut diamond. If I got to choose a new one, I'd probably still get a diamond but in a different cut.

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

I'm on my third ring in 36 years of marriage. All round diamond solitaires, just larger one each time lol. My DIL has an aquamarine center stone with sapphire side stones. My DS designed it himself, including the cad that he gave the jeweler to make the ring.

One of my sisters used an emerald because it's her birthstone. She only kept it for a couple of years. Emeralds, even lab created ones are soft and break very easily and she got tired of replacing stones so she ended up with a diamond ring. There's a reason diamonds are used in engagement rings. It's because of their durability.

The jeweler tried to push a diamond on my husband for this reason but he knew I would have hated it, more durable or not. Besides considering the price difference between a diamond and an amethyst, I could break 20 stones and it still not cost as much as a diamond would have.