I feel like almost all of my friends picked theirs out and then waited for the proposal. Is this the modern way? I got engaged back in 2004 and did not know anything ahead of time. I loved the total surprise of it. What did you and your SO do?
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my engagement was a total surprise like yours. We had not discussed rings and I had never looked up rings online, so I didn't have any say in the ring. But, I did really want a rose gold ring, so we had the diamond reset into a new, rose gold halo a few months later.
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We went and tried on a few rings. I told him what I liked, what I loathed. He made the choice so it was a suprise.
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I wish it had been a surprise, but we had been dating for 4 years and he really wanted my input. Also, I have my great-grandmother's diamond wedding band and I had told him that I wanted to use that for mine and that the ring needed to go with it.
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I picked it out, but I had no idea when he bought it. He tricked me and made me think it wouldn't be until I graduated college in June. He proposed the December before I graduated. It was a nice surprise.
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I was totally surprised. I had no idea he was planning on proposing. So I didn't have anything to do with picking out my ring.
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I picked a handful of settings at the store DH wanted to buy from about 6 months prior to proposal. He went back and picked out and had 1 of the 6 set.
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He knew the basics of what I liked and ended up surprising me with something better than what I had imagined. Apparently, he had gone to the place a handful of times, taking pictures and bringing some friends along! I also asked him to spend less than a certain amount.
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Mine was a complete surprise...and I LOVE my ring. The funny thing is is that after hubs had picked out and purchased the ring, we were just hanging out one day and the topic of the "type of ring" I like came up in our conversation. We went online and we actually looked at different styles and I showed him what I liked. He pointed to ones that looked at the ring he had already purchased and I remember telling him bluntly..."no, i don't like that". After he proposed, I can't deny that I absolutely love my ring... I guess the images on the computer screen just don't compare..
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I helped. We went and window shopped twice, I think, and he figured out which one I *loved* pretty easily. We had been together for a few years at that point, so it only felt natural. He waited SIX MONTHS to propose though and I didn't know he'd actually gotten it, so it was still a surprise.
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The proposal was a surprise, but I helped pick out my final ring. DH chose the diamond and had it set in a temporary setting. After he proposed, we went back and picked out the final setting together.
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We looked around one day and he saw different things I liked, but there wasn't any trying anything on. Then, without my knowledge, he went shopping one day and picked what he thought I would love and surprised me with it quite a while later.
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I helped quite a bit. We looked online together then i went to a few stores with a girlfriend to find out my ring size and try things on, which changed my opinions. Then DH proposed without a ring the night before our anniversary trip to SF. On the trip we went to a fair trade jewelry store and picked out the ring together. I didnt actually get it for a couple weeks after but i love it!
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Yup. I went home for Christmas, my Dad gave me my Grandmother's rings and I went home and handed them to dh.
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DH proposed with one of his moms rings and then about a month later, I picked out which a ring I wanted. He wanted the proposal to be a surprise, so that's why I didn't have my ring until after we got engaged.
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We got married BEFORE I got an engagement ring. So when DH bought me one, I picked it out.
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I picked it out beforehand, but the proposal was a surprise.
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We picked it out together as I do not enjoy surprises!
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Our year anniversary was in a month so I was waiting for that to start "waiting." But hubby surprised me by proposing on the anniversary of when we met, not started dating. He gave me a family diamond, his great grandma's. He said I could reset it, but it's so pretty and special I wouldn't ever change it.
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Wow, so many of you have family jewels. That is so sweet. I feel like I would want to start that tradition in my family!
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My proposal was a complete surprise (we'd only known each other for 5 months!), but my husband didn't have a ring when he asked. He said it didn't even occur to him to have one (duh!). We went together and picked it out together a few days later.
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Nope... he knew I liked solitaires vs three stone... but I didn't really know enough about rings to say anything else...
he did it all my himself... the ring shopping, the proposal in our final walk through of our home... SURPRISEDDDDDDDDDDDD :):) he did gooood.
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we looked at rings - i didn't pick the actual stone. but i was happy with a simple, thin-banded round. in hindsight, if i had to do it again, i'd probably get one that looks more "antique"....
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DH is a tricksy hobbit and actually tricked me several times into picking my ring but it was a total surprise still. He was looking at buying guitars and would send me emails with pictures and to bust his chops I would send him pictures of rings I liked. Well, he kept picking guitars so I'd keep showing him rings!
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I picked out the exact ring (and wedding band - they were a set) after lots of shopping together.
The actual where,when, and how of the proposal was a surprise. I didn't know when he actually bought the ring or when he'd pop the question.
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My engagement was also a total surprise! I had never communicated my ring design preference to him so he chose something on his own, which is so unlike him!
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My ring and proposal were a total surprise! He had my good friend look at rings with him on several occasions while I was at class. She knows my style really well and they picked out a beautiful ring that I just love. Then he proposed while we were away for the weekend! It was perfect!
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My proposal was a surprise but the ring was a custom design I've wanted since I was about 16 - I didn't want a diamond center stone (I wanted my birthstone, amethyst).
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absolutely. i have the type of personality that does a ton of research before making any big purchases (especially for something i'm gonna wear forever)...so i asked my husband what his budget was in advance, and then i did hours and hours of research to make sure i got exactly what i wanted at the best value possible. i probably knew as much about diamonds as a certified gemologist by the time we got engaged.
after several months of online sleuthing, i picked out the exact diamond, got its GIA report, the HCA score, and an idealscope image of it. my husband ordered it and had our jeweler make a 4-prong setting for me. i have to say that it was still a huge/magical surprise to see the ring in person when he proposed. -
DH was kinda nervous about picking out something by himself, so we would go window shopping for months just to give him an idea. He ended up taking all those ideas and had a ring designed. I was still surprised because I figured he'd be too nervous and excited to keep a secret, but he was cool as a cucumber.
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We went and looked a handful of times because my husband was really concerned with buying something I didn't like. I showed him a couple but he ended up picking out my engagement ring and wedding bands all on his own and did a FANTASTIC job. I get compliments all the time and love being able to give him the credit and say he did it all on his own. It makes him so proud too.
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He asked for examples of what I wanted (basic three stones with emeralds OR celtic knotwork with emeralds, with a strong preference for white gold. Simple and short so it doesn't get caught on stuff, and relatively cheap so I'm not nervous about wearing it were my stated preferences) He got me a squarish halo that sticks out almost half an inch and cost twice as much as the most expensive ring I referenced (and that was after INCREASING my price range, because he didn't approve of my preferred price range) - at least it was white gold? I don't like it, but eh, it's mine.
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I pretty much picked mine out, but gave him the final decision (It was my first choice). I had no idea when he was going to buy it or propose though.
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Umm... we got married before he proposed, and then someone made a comment about my ring (plain white gold band), so he told me to look at diamond rings. I said I like rubies, and said he wanted something that everyone would see as an engagement ring.
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We went pretend shopping where I give him some hints. Like how I like yellow gold over white gold. I gave him some stone shapes that I liked.
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I was, yes. I told him I wanted an antique ring with filigree. We went to estate shops and such, and I picked out three I loved.
He ended up buying the one I liked the best out of the three, even though I didn't tell him which one. I love it!
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@MH.Abroad: Awesome! I love filigree too!
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We went ring shopping together....but then DH got something completely different! We looked at solitaire diamonds set in white gold/platinum, but then he ended up getting me a fancy yellow diamond set in an artist's setting that is a combo of platinum and yellow gold. Risky move, but I LOVE my engagement ring - it's one of a kind.
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We went and looked at rings together so he had an idea, he had me pick out a few of my favorite so he had an idea of what I liked and he picked from there. He picked my favorite, he knew what I wanted!
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We had been looking and I showed him the type I wanted. He ended up getting me the one I showed him which I didnt know. He said he had looked and looked and didnt find anything like it so he got that one. Which I was totally OK with because I LOVED the one I showed him. haha!
he did it all my himself... the ring shopping, the proposal in our final walk through of our home... SURPRISEDDDDDDDDDDDD :):) he did gooood.
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