Can I show you my new engagement ring???

[Kitsmummy]

Because I got engaged on Monday and I absolutely adore it!

It's beautiful - congratulations!

Oh wow, that's so beautiful! Is it vintage or new? Congratulations!

That's so stunning. I wanted an Opal engagement ring but pretty much everyone put me off with the "it's a bad luck stone" bollocks.

I wish I'd ignored them all, tbh.

Wow that is beautiful! Congratulations

What sort of wedding band will you wear with it?

I knew they weren't as tough as other stones but I wasn't actually sure in which way

It's ravishing and I love opals too. That looks a gorgeous one. Congratulations on the engagement 🍾🥂
Just to add that they can be a bit delicate as I know to my sorrow. I had a beautiful opal ring (no diamonds though 🙁) and it shattered in two when I dropped it onto a tiled surface 😥. Just worth knowing it may a little more TLC than other stones.

Congratulations! What a beautiful and unique ring. Wishing you all the best.

Oh that's gorgeous!

Wow, it's beautiful. I love the shape.

That really is beautiful - congratulations!

Just another word of warning. I have a beautiful opal necklace but I messed it up when I tried to clean the silver surround with one of those little jewellery cloths which is impregnated with a cleaning fluid and it clouded it.

That’s really lovely

It's a really pretty ring but perhaps not ideal as a ring you plan to wear every day. For the reasons you have me tuned you may want to think about wearing it for best once you have your actual wedding ring as it is unlikely to survive unscathed. Would be a shame to ruin it. People on MN seem to dislike diamonds but there is a reason diamonds are used. They are ideal for daily wear. Emeralds and rubies are close in toughness but emeralds and other stones are considered too fragile to risk.

Beautiful, my mother has an opal engagement ring and it faired very well, she never took it off.

Love it! Do you know where it's from?

It’s amazing - congratulations
I love opals too

Congratulations, it is eye catching and beautiful!

It’s absolutely stunning op and it looks amazing on your beautiful hand. Congratulations!

It’s very beautiful. Love it! Really dramatic!

I’m a silversmith and would reiterate, opal is a soft stone on the MOHs scale. They tend to damage quite easily. If knocked face first or subjected to temperature extremes it could crack. I lost a corker of an opal that way. Look after it carefully!

Congratulations, it's beautiful!

Oh my God it’s beautiful. Congratulations

Lovely OP

Is it an antique one?

Thank you 😊 yes is vintage but not sure how old, originally made by a Birmingham jewellery maker. I will be v careful with it!!!

Absolutely stunning! 😍

Oh and congratulations!

Beautiful! Congratulations on the ring and the engagement.

I'm sure OP isn't stupid and is able to look after her ring!