I want an eternity ring.

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DP is going away for trip of a lifetime..hmmm..with his brother. 2 weeks in south africa over new year to watch cricket. Obviously a hard bargain was struck - I get a diamond eternity ring
like this
anyone used any online sites for this kind of thing? any recommendations?

Snigger at CD

It looks a bit like mine, except mine has alternate diamonds and rubies and is platinum.

The stones have stayed OK but I don't wear it everyday.

What about going to a good shop and getting one made for you. You could choose the design and the diamonds.

so what is difference between white gold and platinum? (apart from it being a different metal of course)

puff - I kind of want DP to get it IFYKWIM

Platinum is a bit pricier - its more hard wearing than white gold and heavier.

it looks lovely although i would not personally get one with stones all the way round...

I got my eternity ring for my birthday this year - one child here, no2 due any day....

Mine is exactly that style but with the diamonds around the front and plain band at the back... Suitable for me as I am wearing it everyday - fits better than my wedding and engagement ring at the moment.

Bought ours at a jewellers - got a 25 yr guarantee with it too..... they check it every year - replace any stones that are lost etc.

mine is white gold... what they do to keep it looking pristine is get it rhodium (?) plated every few years... had my engagement and wedding ring done when we bought eternity ring - very cheap - $25 ( aus dollars) per ring.

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cd I havent got swhite gold - the jeweller told me that any white gold will lose its whiteness

this is all about it

mine is platinum

I bought DH an eternity ring for our anniversary....this one

DH has bought me two eternity rings. The first one is gold with sapphires and diamonds alternating half way around. He said it was a temporary one til he could afford something better.

The second one he bought me for our wedding anniversary this year is 18ct white gold. this one

I wear them both.

I loved the idea of an enternity ring - waited patiently after DD1 - nothing. Don?t like to ask as it ruins the sentiment for me - then DD2 and nothing. This year on weddnign anniversairy he asked me what I wanted and so I told him I wanted an eternity ring. Went shopping for one all excited (don?t wear any jewellry other than engagement ring, wedding band and watch) but when I tried them on they all looked really weird - three all on one small finger. We tried loads of styles and even the sales assistant admitted that none of them looked right. So DH bought me a rather expensive watch and matching bracelet instead.
Worth trying on a few in a shop with your other rings to check that what looks good in a catalogue really looks good in context with your finger and hand size and your other rings.

Titania - what beautiful rings

Diamonds are something quite close to my heart. I hope no-one minds me posting this here. Please try to get a clean one

www.phrusa.org/campaigns/sierra_leone/conflict_diamonds.html
web.amnesty.org/pages/ec-index-eng
www.kimberleyprocess.com
www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15645.shtml

Ohhh, you lucky, lucky girl! Have been dropping BIG hints to DH for ages. Have even tried calling it a 'maternity' ring for extra impact (my friend's DH bought her one after her DD was born) We had our DDs at the same time and I'm still waiting for mine!!! He obviously doesn't love me for ever! - how shallow am I?

God, do I have to wait that long! Trying for No2, so if do manage to get preg. maybe will insist then! doesn't have to be too pricey and don't really even mind if there are no diamonds! It's the principle of the thing! Men are just sooooo stooopid sometimes!

hatter - thanks for that.

jura - worth waiting for

stripymouse - I know, I'd rather not have to ask either but if I don't then I'll be waiting forever

DP's best friend has just had is first baby. When his wife was about 39 weeks she was feeling a bit fed up - you know like we all do, bloated, tired etc so he went out (unpromted I add) and bought her diamond stud earings and a matching pendant. And she hadn't even had the baby yet

I have so say that getting this extra wedding ring after you have been married for a while and maybe had a child is a new idea to me. Is it common in the UK?

well apparently my DP wasn't aware of it Kate!! No, I think so, not really sure, think that it's an old tradition to get diamonds on the birth of your first child.

I've got one in white gold (has stayed white gold so v happy there) and with stones all the way round (love that as it means you have diamonds when you have your palm upwards). The think you need to decide is whether you want the diamonds set down between two bands(see Tiffany website) (I have this and love it as it also allowed me to put a pavage on one edge (even more diamonds!) but you need to clean it alot as the dirt gets stuck between the diamonds OR you can have the diamonds set up on prongs (see Cartier website)which sparkles loads more than the diamonds set down between bands BUT I think you are more likely to loose the diamonds (depends if you're going to get it insured for loss of stones or if you can take the hit (but not enormous as the diamonds are not huge) each time you lose one. Oooooh I love thinking about jewellery.
Sorry just my views, doesn't help much re online sites to buy.

Every year, we still get the posh catalogue from the company where dh bought my wedding and engagement ring. It always comes with a bookmark, which you write on and are then supposed to leave lying around as a subtle hint. Would like a diamond pendant or bracelet, but haven't cracked it yet . Maybe 10th wedding anniverary (got 5 years to go!).

My DH is normally not very romantic but I was blown away after the birth of our ds when he took me to a jewellers to buy christening gift for nephew. Whilst there he persuaded (I know I must be mad)me to try some eternity rings on. After trying a couple of little ones (I'm not really into showy things)he steered me towards some much more "sparkly" ones, which I described as beautiful but a bit too bling for my normal simple taste. One inparticular was devine but I knew it wouldn't be cheap. However, after some persuassion from dh and jeweller I agreed that it was gorgeuos and would love to have it as long as i didn't know the price. When we got outside the shop he told me that he was really pleased that I'd agreed to the ring as he'd been meeting with the jeweller over the previous mnths designing the ring and choosing the 5 individual diamonds himself. I now have a beautiful handmade eternity ring with a gold band and the diamonds separated by platinum. I wear it everyday even for gardening but really it's the thought that went into it that makes it so special. I have had to banish my single solitaire antique engagement ring to my right hand as it looked a bit feeble alongside!

that is sooo lovely - how thoughtful.