surprise proposal walking to brunch with friends!

we designed the ring together but I never saw it complete. it’s so nice to finally have my ring!

I started dating my now fiance three years ago, and by the third date knew she was the one I wanted to be with. My advice to any guys who read through here to find out what type of rings your possible future wife would want, proceed with caution. I noticed a lot of women post about how they love their ring, but a lot that post how they don't love it.

When I was dating her in college for our first year I made it a point to look at the jewelry she had in her box, not in a creepy way but more like a research way. I noticed patterns like she doesn't have a lot of heart shaped jewelry, and the few she had, I never saw her wear. Same with Flower shaped jewelry. She also didn't have a lot of diamonds/stone settings. A few pearls that she wore to fancy occasions but a lot of hand crafted stuff.

I bought her some hand crafted Tiger head earrings from Mimosa, because it was local to Baton Rouge and we went to LSU. Geaux Tigers. She loved them. But that was the first piece of jewelry I got her and she only really wears them to LSU events. But it was enough to dip my toes in to start asking her questions, which I kept in the notes section on her contact, next to her favorite flowers and other miscellaneous things.

I found out she doesn't really like diamonds, except for a few cuts, Round and emerald for rings. Round and Marquise for earrings. She also doesn't like Natural diamonds but prefers lab-grown. This is a preference thing but for her ethically she wanted humanely sourced diamonds and likes the idea of lab growing them, again, a preference. If you are buying jewelry, especially an engagement ring, for her to wear for life the little details make a big difference.

She is artsy and likes unique jewelry so when I was shopping I found a beautiful Asscher cut diamond set with two smaller emeralds on the side and almost bought it. I also borrowed a ring she wore on her ring finger to the jeweler to get it sized, I also got it cleaned cause I felt guilty for digging in her jewelry while she was out of town. We went to a christmas party where my cousin had recently got engaged and bought his fiance an emerald cut on a gold band, and she oogled it for hours and talked about how beautiful it was for literal days. She said other than the gold band the stone was what she always wanted.

Realizing that I messed up, and was buying a diamond I thought would look cool and different, I realized that she was going to wear this on her finger for hopefully the rest of her life, I had the ring fitted with an emerald lab grown instead of the Asscher. I proposed and she did nothing but talk about how beautiful it was for 3 months and every now and again when we are outside on a sunny day, talks about how beautiful it is. I bought a platinum band as it is a stronger metal and I wanted it to last forever, and she doesn't particularly like gold jewelry.

Rings mean a lot to a girl, so do the research, pay attention to what she wears and what she talks about, and don't let another person, to include yourself sway your decision. I still think about it to this day how I almost bought her the wrong stone, and that she would have most certainly said yes, and tell me she loves it. I am glad I got it right the first time and it is a big decision. I am not saying to dig through your girl's jewelry box, but take note of stuff she wears regularly throughout the week, and ask her subtle questions.

Some tips/great life advice is when she is on insta and sees another girl get engaged, ask how "What do you think about that ring?" She will be honest about it and you can eliminate different cuts. Write this info down in her contact card, as woman never check there. Another easy way to determine what metals she likes is to ask to look at some photos from Christmas parties, family functions, places where she dresses up, and see what metals are the earrings and necklaces made of.

I feel like this thread has some guys reading it for advice and I hope this overly long post helps them out.

I've been lurking this subreddit through multiple relationships and have finally found my person...and dream ring! This is the Marlow set from June Rings. My fiancé proposed last week but I'm already dying to wear the wedding band and complete the look!! Diamond is 1.3ct and ring size is 6.5. Additional specs in final photo.

Long time lurker, but first-time fiancé! My partner and I had been discussing marriage and engagement rings forever (were high school sweethearts and have been dating for 8 years), but it still didn’t take away from the shock of the moment when he finally proposed with my dream engagement ring— a butter yellow pair diamond set in 18K gold with some hidden micro diamonds across the band. Although I picked out the diamond, my fiancée and my dear friend, who’s a jewelry designer, worked together to custom build this setting. I’m over the moon!!!

Hi, I'm buying an engagement ring and have no idea what my gf likes in an engagement ring - I want this to be a total surprise so don't want to ask her about rings (although we have discussed marriage and I know she wants to get married to me).

I've been looking at this ring from https://www.flawlessfinejewelry.com/ because I think it looks nice and it's a bit different to the oval solitaire rings that seem to be most popular (I'm choosing between this one and playing it safe with an oval or circle solitaire, or maybe with a hidden halo).

This would be yellow gold or white gold with 1.5ct lab diamond and she has quite small hands. Also they have offered to give me a 10% discount after I asked.

Guess I'm just posting here as I don't know many girls to consult and hear their thoughts on this ring / why I haven't seen similar on here / if it's too elaborate and if you foresee any problems with it! Thank you

Go engaged yesterday (April 5) to my bf for 8 years! The jeweler named my ring “Isla” (island in English). It’s a teal sapphire ring, really happy ‘coz teal is my fave color. The jeweler also took and sent pictures of my ring to my fiancé so we can post it. The details on the band includes my initials once we get married and my birthstone 🩵

It is a 1 carat (7x5) pink sapphire radiant cut centre stone!! Handmade and 14k gold

Teal Parti Sapphire He said, “You’re going to wear it forever, we should design it together.” It’s very me, I love it and it's exactly what I wanted

He also wanted one too, so we went and got custom rings made the day he proposed 🙊

Picking out ovals is so stressful, I was worried this oval would have a bad bow tie or that the center stone would be too large for my fingers… But overall I couldn’t be happier! 6.32 carat 5.5 ring size

I owe so much credit to this sub for showing me how much I love a good cigar band!

My amazing fiancé (I’m still so excited to say that!) proposed to me last weekend after 6.5 years together, with his Grammy’s engagement ring. He is her only grandson, and she willed it to him when she passed. He doesn’t really know the specs on it, but we do know it’s probably from the 50s-60s! Unfortunately, I discovered pretty quickly that the setting was badly cracked, and now it’s with the jeweler for repair😭 At first, I thought about putting the stones into a different setting, but now I’m leaning towards having the jeweler make a mold of the whole ring and re-cast a brand new, identical setting! There’s something about it I just love so much. I’m thinking of going for white-gold for the setting, any suggestions? Also, do the prongs look too big? Should I keep the square look or change the prongs to show off that it’s actually a round cut stone?

P.S. - Please be kind, I have a horrible lifelong picking habit and it’s been so anxiety-inducing for me to post ring pics😅

We're not even engaged yet! ☺️ My partner still wants to propose, but we both agreed I should choose, so after a year of our jeweler searching I found my dream ring. 5 ct emerald cut aquamarine, 0.42 ct round cut diamonds set in platinum, circa mid 1990s. Aqua is my birthstone, and Greece is my happy place (and also where the wedding will be) and it just looks like the Agean so it just feels absolutely perfect for me and I really love her.

I love him so much 🥹

cannot stop staring at my elongated cushion😩😩

Hi everyone! So this is my dream ring, but the only thing bothering me are the prongs on the six accent stones. I thought they'd look better with a bezel setting, and the main oval can be pronged. Would it look weird? Does anyone have mixed setting rings (prongs/bezel) I can take a peek at?

This ring was truly a labor of love. After 2 design iterations we finally got the final product. I love my wedding band pairing with it as well!

Lab diamond 1.84 CT 1.41 ratio

Can’t decide which wedding band looks the best with my ring!! I think I like the pear one stacked the best, but I like the oval band on its on the best.

Excuse my crusty cuticles 😅😅

The ring is from the Disney collection at Zales. It’s rose gold which I told him years ago I liked it and I had a promise ring that color but I grew out of loving that style. The ring is in the shape of a rose which I’m not really a flower gal and the ones I see online I feel like are prettier and less expensive. I just need some affirmation that this ring is beautiful because a few people have told me it looks like a promise ring instead of an engagement ring. What do y’all think?

The wedding band really makes the whole set, so I just have this one for now! So excited! Champagne diamonds, btw!

Which ring do you like better and why? One is a emerald 2.25 tw with a 2 carat center stone. The second is a cushion cut from double halo with a 1.27 center stone and 1.48 total carats

I posted this yesterday and I appreciated all responses. I tried to add additional photos in different lighting for reference but it wouldnt let me so i wanted to make one more post before deciding. Everyones comments were so helpful in noticing things i hadnt about each ring so thank you and please continue to be honest.

One of the rings is lab grown and the other is natural diamond. Can you tell the difference?

Does it matter to you personally? For me I'm unsure how i feel about a lab grown diamond.

Middle stone for a ring and matching earrings? The jewerler described the middle stone as hot pink but it looks medium pink. I am thinking this stone in the center of a white gold trilogy ring with matching plain stud earrings. Do you think this would be a good color?

I know it’s a little big on the finger but it fits my knuckle perfect. I went a little big because my hands swell. It’s so pretty, I’m so happy!!! I originally was going to go with Sapphire but after seeing blue topaz in person I wanted it so bad, despite my fiancées complaints that it wouldn’t look as fancy 🤣. The band is 10k white gold, I went with white gold to match what my late nana had on her ring ☺️💗

I finally got my nails done to show off my ring! I am so in love with both the ER and wedding band. On its own the engagement ring was a bit loose but when I wear it with the wedding band, it fits so much better. I never want to take it off lol

Before this ring I had never seen a princess cut set up this way. I fell in love with it instantly! The bands are made out of silver and the gems are moissanite in G-H color.