should yellow diamonds wear girdles?

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Re: should yellow diamonds wear girdles?

« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2008, 05:34:13 PM »

DJM, I often have similar impulses. I mean, on the one hand, I want our local businesses to flourish. OTOH, I don't want people to overpay!

When my DH and I got engaged, he was making $11 an hour. He knew that I would really appreciate a substantial ER, so he got credit from the jeweler's to pay for part of my ring. (It's the same ring I wear today-- .96 radiant with trill sides.) It's the only debt other than our mortgage that he's ever had-- that's how important it was to him to make me happy. <sigh>

I know it was a stressful purchase for him, and I think that's true of many young men. Nowadays, of course, knowledge is much more available via the internet, and perhaps that helps.

Still, I think that finding DBL and this forum would be a stress-reducer for MANY young men buying an ER, don't you?


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« Reply #26 on: September 01, 2008, 06:08:13 PM »

This is a true story from many years ago. I was very heavily pregnant with my oldest son and had arranged to meet my DH in town and outside a jewellers ( where else lol ? ) when I noticed a young man moving from window to window and back again.
I was transfixed watching him and after what seemed like an eternity he said " excuse me, I hope you don`t mind but I`m looking for an engagement ring and I haven`t a clue what to buy ! ".
Of course I asked him what kind of ring his girlfriend liked ..... he didn`t know.
Then I asked him what size of finger she had ..... he didn`t know.
Then I said well why don`t you bring her and let her choose her own ?
Oh no he said, it`s Valentine Day TOMORROW and I need a ring asap so please will you help me to choose ?
In the end I picked out a few possibilities from the window and to this day, 33 years later, I often wonder if there`s a woman out there somewhere, wearing a ring I chose and which she either loves or hates.
Lynne


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Re: should yellow diamonds wear girdles?

« Reply #27 on: September 01, 2008, 07:31:47 PM »

awestruck, that reminds me of when i worked at xyz jewelers.... sometimes young guys would come in to buy gifts for their wives or girlfriends, and wanted to buy several $99.00 items. i always tried to steer them to one say, $400.00 or more item..... a lot of the time they would buy several "crap" items anyway, figuring, no doubt, that quantity is better than quality...... i never understood that. i had to break several of my boyfriends from that bad habit. to this day i have a scrap gold bag containing many of these disposable jewelry pieces. Undecided

boy, took about getting off topic....lol Grin


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« Reply #28 on: September 01, 2008, 09:59:44 PM »

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