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Can I have a look at your engagement rings?

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CannonballTaffyOJones · 22/02/2025 13:04

My engagement ring arrived this morning and I'm so in love with it, can I see yours?

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
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CannonballTaffyOJones · 23/02/2025 19:56

IButtleSir · 23/02/2025 18:32

@CannonballTaffyOJones, totally off-topic, but how have you managed to change your username mid-thread?

I haven't. It's just reverted back to my last previously used one for some reason. I was as surprised as anyone that it wasn't the one I started with. No idea.how it happened, it's even changed the op

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jmh740 · 23/02/2025 19:59

18 years old, I still love it but the unusual shape made it difficult to find a wedding ring that fitted with it. 2 years after we married i got the eternity ring the shape of which means the engagement ring sits much better.

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
Wonkymuvva · 23/02/2025 20:04

My engagement and wedding rings, white gold and blue topaz, I love them ♥️

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
Bashbaby · 23/02/2025 20:05

At the time couldn’t afford platinum so this is palladium. Picked the diamond from a diamond merchant and then had it set. Wedding ring also palladium but the little eternity ring is white gold and we bought it on our belated honeymoon!

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
pukekokekup · 23/02/2025 20:07

Not my engagement ring, but one of the latest anniversary rings. Its over 100 years old.

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
TheTwinklyPoster · 23/02/2025 20:08

These are mine. I've been Divorced for nearly 10 years and was married for 25, but still love the rings and have kept them for my girls. I still wear them occasionally on my other hand. My wedding band was my Nan's, so that is obviously still very special to me. It's 22 carat gold and a fully round hoop. As that is quite soft, my engagement and eternity ring are 18 caret to hold the diamonds in place securely but not be too hard rubbing against it. Funnily enough, it was the band of my engagement ring that wore thin rather than the softer ring. I had it bult back up, but the hall mark was worn away, not that that really matters unless I was selling it!

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
restingbitchface30 · 23/02/2025 20:10

I got engaged 31st May last year. Love my ring!

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
restingbitchface30 · 23/02/2025 20:10

pukekokekup · 23/02/2025 20:07

Not my engagement ring, but one of the latest anniversary rings. Its over 100 years old.

That’s so unique I love it

pukekokekup · 23/02/2025 20:14

restingbitchface30 · 23/02/2025 20:10

That’s so unique I love it

Thanks, I actually have another one like this I bought last month, but its horizontal and slightly smaller. I love both.

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
Flozle · 23/02/2025 20:15

Engagement ring belonged to my husband's grandma, wedding ring (the cluster) to my late mother. Love them both.

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
WearyAuldWumman · 23/02/2025 20:15

Bigbobalady · 23/02/2025 18:37

Congratulations and gorgeous ring OP! I love opals! Was wanting to use my late nannas Opal for my engagement ring but it’s too big to be resized to the size I need! I proposed to my partner last feb on the 29th and bought this ring myself… however I’m now regretting it as it doesn’t sit right with a wedding band! Wishing I had just chose a solitaire!

I love it.

WearyAuldWumman · 23/02/2025 20:21

ExcessiveNumberOfNinjas · 23/02/2025 19:01

So many people make that mistake. To anyone not yet engaged and reading this thread as inspiration, DO bear in mind how a wedding band will sit under the engagement ring you chose. If it's a vertically long setting then it needs to be very high set (not flat or low) so a wedding band will sit neatly under it, because it can't sit tightly up against it.

Or accept that you will need to have a custom made band with a dip or a V or a scoop to accommodate the shape of your engagement ring. If you don't like the finished look of that then go for a different engagement ring. But do think about this in advance or you'll end up never wearing the two together.

Yup.

I discovered the other day that my mum's engagement ring actually sits better with my wedding ring.

A stone fell out of my original engagement ring before I was even married. It was badly repaired by the jeweller. I didn't understand my rights and accepted a replacement (but in a different style) when I really wanted a refund so that we could elsewhere. I really didn't feel the same about my engagement ring after that. My eternity ring does sit well with the wedding ring, I feel, however.

Mum died 10 years ago. I tried on her ring because it would have been her 100th birthday. Might manage to upload a photograph later.

buellerbuellerbueller · 23/02/2025 20:29

pukekokekup · 23/02/2025 20:14

Thanks, I actually have another one like this I bought last month, but its horizontal and slightly smaller. I love both.

This is absolutely stunning @pukekokekup ! Is that one ring or a stack?

Sminty2 · 23/02/2025 20:33

Mine is nearly 40 years old now. But I still love it.

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
Treeinthesky · 23/02/2025 20:37

I wish I hadn't clicked this link. I'm so sad today break ups are so hard and everyone is so happy and in love and it just reminds me that I I'm not. I'm divorced and ended a relationship today with a narcissistic man with a hidden coke addiction til recently I really hope I find a good man in the future like everyone else seems to x

WearyAuldWumman · 23/02/2025 20:39

Treeinthesky · 23/02/2025 20:37

I wish I hadn't clicked this link. I'm so sad today break ups are so hard and everyone is so happy and in love and it just reminds me that I I'm not. I'm divorced and ended a relationship today with a narcissistic man with a hidden coke addiction til recently I really hope I find a good man in the future like everyone else seems to x

I'm sorry.

If it makes you feel better, not everyone on the thread is happy - I was widowed 4 yrs ago - but I acknowledge that I've been lucky to have had a good man.

pukekokekup · 23/02/2025 20:41

buellerbuellerbueller · 23/02/2025 20:29

This is absolutely stunning @pukekokekup ! Is that one ring or a stack?

Its one ring, from the 1910s. The other two are new rings, one is 18ct gold the other one is 925 silver. All bought separately. I have a lot of stacking rings so I can mix and match easily😊

WeMeetInFairIthilien · 23/02/2025 20:47

Engagement ring is almost 20 years old. The half eternity is pink sapphire. I have a few, different colours, as my wedding ring and engagement ring are so loose that they fall off if I shake my hand.

We were poor and young. I wanted something that I wouldn't scratch myself on. It was £150 in the sale, 18ct, princess cut diamond, and I will always treasure it

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
KimFan · 23/02/2025 20:51

ExcessiveNumberOfNinjas · 23/02/2025 19:01

So many people make that mistake. To anyone not yet engaged and reading this thread as inspiration, DO bear in mind how a wedding band will sit under the engagement ring you chose. If it's a vertically long setting then it needs to be very high set (not flat or low) so a wedding band will sit neatly under it, because it can't sit tightly up against it.

Or accept that you will need to have a custom made band with a dip or a V or a scoop to accommodate the shape of your engagement ring. If you don't like the finished look of that then go for a different engagement ring. But do think about this in advance or you'll end up never wearing the two together.

I support this statement! My initial problem was that the original wedding band I chose was so slim, it kind of merged into the band of my first engagement ring making it look like I was wearing just one ring, so last summer during our holiday for our first anniversary back to our honeymoon destination, DH completely spoiled me with my custom-made dream set. Using one of the diamonds from my original engagement ring, the melted gold from my original set and gold from my late Grandmother’s ring too (I posted my engagement ring on its own earlier in this thread) they now sit together beautifully.

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
Sminty2 · 23/02/2025 20:52

Treeinthesky · 23/02/2025 20:37

I wish I hadn't clicked this link. I'm so sad today break ups are so hard and everyone is so happy and in love and it just reminds me that I I'm not. I'm divorced and ended a relationship today with a narcissistic man with a hidden coke addiction til recently I really hope I find a good man in the future like everyone else seems to x

I’m really sorry that you’re in such pain. My husband died last year, so I know how it feels to be alone. I’m lucky to have the good memories though. You will too one day x

Lemon1111 · 23/02/2025 20:57

itsjustthewayitwas · 23/02/2025 19:50

I love it! Could you share the name of the seller?

https://philiplloydjewellers.co.uk/search?q=Ruby nearly identical ring for sale on here, also some other amazing rings.. ♥️

SpiritOfEcstasy · 23/02/2025 21:03

onetwothreefourfive11 · 22/02/2025 16:34

4.5 month engaged

That’s a whopper 😆💍❤️

itsjustthewayitwas · 23/02/2025 21:14

Lemon1111 · 23/02/2025 20:57

https://philiplloydjewellers.co.uk/search?q=Ruby nearly identical ring for sale on here, also some other amazing rings.. ♥️

Thanks! What gorgeous rings!

EveryOtherNameTaken · 23/02/2025 21:16

Currently looking for a wedding ring which I will wear on my left hand and move engagement ring to my right hand.

Can I have a look at your engagement rings?
MummyMansfield · 23/02/2025 21:21

Still love mine after 15 years...

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