Yellow diamonds are not the norm...and I think most of us are used to getting plenty of comments.

I just received my new 2.73 Y-Z Yellow Pear and it is NOT a subtle ring by any means...I would say that most everyone has noticed it!   Most people have gone crazy over it, however some people have been shockingly negative about it.  It is a beautiful ring, so that can mean only one thing...SOUR GRAPES!  That is what my mom calls it when people make negative comments to ruin your excitement out of jealousy...Here are some of the things I have heard over the past couple of days:

"I would not want a ring that big because people would not think it was real."
"I would not want a yellow diamond because people would not know what it was."
"I could have had a ring like that but my husband bought me a car instead."
...AND MY FAVORITE:
"Mine is smaller, but it is a NICE WHITE DIAMOND."   

You know, there is always someone just ready with a snippy comment to try and take all your joy away.  You won't find any of them here - they go straight in the pit of vipers.  WM is merciless like that.   

Just laugh these comments off - truly they are pathetic.  Each to their own and your friends should have enough grace to allow you your happiness rather than attempting to crush it in envy or a simple difference of opinion.  I, for one, do not understand why people buy luxury cars.  Would I tell a friend who has just indulged in one that I would rather have a new diamond?  Or that I think mine is better?  No!  That's low rent for sure.

Hold your head up high, GIAGirl.......no wait!  Hold your hand up high!     Um.......I did not say hold that finger up girlfriend......class, grace and composure!   

DH do you spell colored or coloured 

Hey I`ve just realised I`m now a Hero member. Geez just to think you guys have had to read over 500 of my crap posts. I`ll be issuing the medals later.

1. I love cars but the more pleasure you get from them the less they are worth.
2. I really love the photo, if you get a more face on shot, I bet WM will use it
FWIW, mom really hates my browns and my yellows, every time she sees them she literally rants and raves that I should throw 'such garbage' 'out the window right now'! Its like the rant of an asylum resident. This, from a woman whose e-ring stone was around .20 (?) and whose largest diamond is a .25 maul stone.

DJ, as long as you don't use 'youse' or 'yinz' you will be allright

I had someone ask if mine was a PERIDOT!  I laughed and explained.....her eyes got real big!  Her Mom turned out to be a big diamond addict and we are great friends now!

My horrid redneck co-worker's husband chews snuff.....and the yellow diamond band gets the sapphire treatment all the time. I love how she lights up when the light hits her though.
LOL on Canadian diamond too, its not a better quality of diamond, but the fact that people watched Blood Diamond is what makes them so pricey...
Sam, wear it. I only hope I get to gawk at it in real life....Lucky and Loved YOU!!! I also hear you on family, the brown diamond cracks, among other things, are why I rarely buy mom jewelry anymore!

Well that lady is just another sales person who doesn't know what she's talking about.  Anyone who knows their diamonds knows that no colored gemstone truly looks like one - especially yellow sapphires which have a tendancy to look 'flat'.  Honestly, BR, I'm feeling like breaking out the  in your defense.

Lesson learned though - don't pay attention to a word she says when it comes to jewelry.  She doth not know her arseth from her elboweth!   

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Or should that be ROFLMCO!!!!!!!

She is a saleslady at a jeweler and she can't tell the difference?!? What a PITCH
Pain In The Coccyx Harpie

You know, no one has asked me this... so far.  Odd.

I guess it's that my close friends KNOW it is, my students would have to be pretty gutsy to ask their prof such a question, and probably no one else cares :-).

Oh, speaking of students... I have long suspected that my students don't notice much about my appearance.  I mean, I've had some substantial transformations, such as last fall, when I had a foot of hair cut off.  Most of my students didn't appear to see a difference.  I sometimes think that to them, I'm just this fuzzy shape up at the front of the room, prattling on.  (You know, like the teacher in _Peanuts_?  "Wa wah wa wah wa WAH!")

But on Friday, one of my students came up to me and handed me a card.  It was an invitation to an event at the jeweler's she works for <LOL>.  Apparently she noticed ;-).

I don't let it get to me...I usually just consider the source...yes, most people will think the middle stone is a sappire or citrine. 

One sour grapes comment was with my old ring.  I went to a store that carried larger yellows...she looked at my ring and said..."What a sweet little ring."  She said that when I upgraded I would have to come to them.  Our meeting is where that jewelry store is and I may have to go by with the upgrade and remind her of what she said.  OOOR That might be stooping to her level!!! 

I love it thoug when someone truly falls in love with yellow diamonds from seeing your ring...The girls at Subway sandwich shop went CRAZY over my ring.  They stopped the whole lunch line to come over and look at it.  It was sweet and I told them all about yellow diamonds. 

Clearly, there are people who have rings that they buy only to mirrror what others like and to make a statement about their social position. Kind of sad.

The second one slays me. I don't think yellow diamonds are for that type of person quite frankly. They really appeal to the sort of person who doesn't want a "standard issue" diamond ring or one like the rest of the planet.