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Engagement Ring Spinoff

JessicaViolet88 View Member Profile	16/11/2012, 05:48 PM Post #1
Posts: 54 Joined: 12-June 12 From: Wollongong, NSW
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Looking through the responses on the other topic about engagement rings, I was just wondering, how many of you have coloured stones? I have a pink sapphire surrounded by white diamonds, I love it, but I'm sometimes asked if it's real, or if I feel like I missed out on a "proper" engagement ring. They act like since it's not all diamond, it doesn't count. Did anyone else get this?

duck-o-lah View Member Profile	16/11/2012, 05:54 PM Post #2
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Sounds pretty. I have diamonds, I'm boring. My mother has a beautiful aquamarine engagemet ring and I love it. I think some of her friends thought it a peculiar choice given she got to choose it herself, but it's what she wanted

boatiebabe View Member Profile	16/11/2012, 05:55 PM Post #3
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I purposely did not want a diamond. I have a lovely large yellow citrine engagement ring - suits my skin colour. I get lots of compliments but there were a couple of 'friends' I could tell thought their rings were superior because they were diamonds. I love coloured gemstones.

Angelina Balleri... Angelina Ballerina View Member Profile	16/11/2012, 05:55 PM Post #4
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I have a pink sapphire too and love it. I was never interested in having a big diamond and would have been peeved if DH ignored my preferences and got one. People have only ever been complimentary about my ring.

boatiebabe View Member Profile	16/11/2012, 05:56 PM Post #5
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Forgot to mention...I also have my mother's engagement ring which is a stunning oval black onyx surrounded in gold. Really stunning!

Ianthe View Member Profile	16/11/2012, 06:00 PM Post #6
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Mine is a champagne diamond so I got exactly what I wanted-colour but still a diamond.

happening View Member Profile	16/11/2012, 06:05 PM Post #7
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Mine is an emerald - my all time favourite stone. The only issue I had was the politics of mined gems, particularly emeralds and diamonds, so we chose old, old stones which I had re-set.

sa5ha View Member Profile	16/11/2012, 06:09 PM Post #8
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Mine is only diamonds. But my mums is rubies and diamonds and my best friend's is sapphire main stone with smaller sapphires and diamonds. They're both beautiful rings.

WhatWouldBuffyDo View Member Profile	16/11/2012, 06:13 PM Post #9
Posts: 2,696 Joined: 25-September 07 From: Northern Territory
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Mine too is a (real) pink sapphire surrounded by diamonds too. I love it. Looks like this, not exact, but close enough lol. http://images.search.conduit.com/ImagePrev...art=0&pos=9 ETA: Yeah i get people feeling "sorry" for me because 'they got a diamond' but i don't give a crap. My ring is gorgeous, it's me all over and i adore it. This post has been edited by WhatWouldBuffyDo: 16/11/2012, 06:15 PM

Jenflea View Member Profile	16/11/2012, 06:16 PM Post #10
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I have a ruby (oval) with a smaller diamond on each side. I love it. We both prefer coloured stones. I do however have a diamond eternity ring on the other hand I got for my 10th wedding anniversary.

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