Had my first-ever experience looking at engagement rings!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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BF and I have been talking about getting married in the next year or so and it feels good and right to both of us, but he’s too scared to try and pick a ring on his own, so we went out for our first adventure in window shopping last weekend.

I can’t tell you how nervous I was walking into a jewelry store for the express purpose of looking at engagement rings. I almost couldn’t put the ring on my finger it felt so surreal! (I’m 42, so this is quite a first)

I’m not into the “diamond vomit” style these days (those rings that don’t have a square mm without some kind of diamond stuck in it). I picked out a beautiful 1ct solitaire on a 2mm white gold band, and would probably put a 2mm wedding band next to it. Not even one of those bands that extends up to flank each side of the stone, but just a traditional, old-school, classic solitaire on a plain band. It’s exactly what I want and It. Looked. Stunning!

I had a weird ghost-ring feeling for almost a day afterward.

I can’t squee enough over this experience, mostly because I’ve been waiting my whole life for this man. So yeah, I’m on cloud 9!

This is one of those Leo rings. Kay Jewelers. I’m not a huge fan of the jingle or the awful occasion jewelry they advertise on TV, but it was the first store we encountered, so we walked in. Didn’t get pressured, actually talked to a really neat, no-stress lady who I felt totally comfortable with. BF is the one who chose the Leo “brand”- the lady didn’t suggest anything, she let us do the picking. I kind of don’t even want to go anywhere else. It felt pretty right. I’m typically the kind of person who will research something within an inch of its life to find the best possible item, but for some reason I don’t want to do that with this- it’s kinda not really about the ring, you know? I feel like I found what I want and am perfectly, happily satisfied with what I found. (now if anybody thinks these Leo rings are a gigantic rip-off or anything, I might reconsider this settled feeling I have, but otherwise, I feel pretty awesome about it!)

Squeeeeeeeeeeeee! :smiley:

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This is a sweet story and I wish you both happiness. :slight_smile:

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I had no idea what ring to get my soon-to-be fiance (and she wisely decided that my taste sucked), so we went ring shopping.

Went to the jewelry store, she had the clerk pull out I think 5 rings to look at, and asked my opinion. I looked them over, and said I liked all of them except one.

As you can all guess, that was actually the one she wanted (she’d pre-shopped, which I probably should have guessed, since the salesman seemed to know her). I pointed out that I wasn’t actually going to be wearing it, and she of course got what she wanted. 27 years later, she’s still wearing it.

She also learned to not give me choices if there was some item she really wanted.