Engagement Ring: Diamonds, Not Always a Girl’s Best Friend
August 22nd, 2006 by Jackie
Most think a girl needs a diamond engagement ring, but there ARE other gemstones that can make a prettier engagement ring than a plain old diamond.
‘Lordy! What is this woman saying!’ you ask. But it’s very true. An engagement ring need not be diamond. You heard me. An engagement ring need not be diamond!
These days many boyfriends seek his girlfriend’s advice re: engagement ring. It’s a strange new engagement ring tradition, but there you go. So when my friend asked my (the gemstone gypsy’s) engagement ring opinion, I wasn’t surprised. Now most people in my shoes would’ve advised my friend get a giant diamond engagement ring, but I wasn’t about to go there. Diamonds are overrated, boyfriend’s a working stiff and my friend just isn’t a diamond kinda girl. I suggested a different gem for her engagement ring.
At first my friend was shocked: what’ll people think of such an engagement ring? Can you get a non-diamond engagement ring (our jewelry assumptions can be quite ridiculous)? Would her engagement ring look cheap? What’ll her boyfriend think of this lapse in engagement ring etiquette? After some convincing, I assuaged her fears and she was excited about a non-traditional engagement ring.
On the aside I’d like to mention that in many countries, diamonds aren’t the engagement ring stone. In fact, an engagement ring might flaunt any stone imaginable without breaking engagement ring tradition.
After perusing multiple gemstones, my girlfriend decided upon an aquamarine engagement ring (her boyfriend’s eyes are blue). I sent her happily off to shop with her hubby-to-be for an engagement ring.
I am delighted to say the engagement ring is beautiful! My friend and her fiancée are thrilled with her engagement ring and everyone she’s showed her engagement ring to loves it. Something different!
So there you go girls, sometimes the engagement ring tradition’s meant to be broken.
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