Can I have a look at your engagement rings?

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

Oh this is beautiful, the rings AND the sentiment ❤️

The traditional Mumsnet MIL From Hell has entered the chat

I love your rings @Stumpie111!

Not my engagement ring, but I have an Edwardian opal ring which I don't wear very often. Question for those that have opals they wear all the time - how do you clean them?

Please excuse the awful hands - I'd just come in from running in the cold pissing down rain.

That’s utterly gorgeous @namechange222222222.

I put the tiniest dab of baby shampoo into a bowl of warm water, mix it and then clean the ring with a very soft toothbrush and the opal with a microfibre cloth. I make sure I only touch the opal very lightly. And then I dry it immediately. I have to say I take it off a lot more than I did my sapphire, so I’ll remove it for anything that involves water and I don’t sleep in it. But it’s a bit too loose anyway so that’s probably a good thing! It is more of a pain but for me it’s worth it because I love opals.

Thank you @peachgreen. I'll give that a try - I don't wear it much, in part because I'm nervous about it

Platinum bands with diamonds. I designed the engagement ring and we had it made bespoke. I have no idea of spec of diamond as I left the room while my husband chose the stone. It is a round diamond but the setting makes it look square. I do know the engagement ring cost significantly more than my wedding band. I sometimes wish I had gone for a chunkier wedding band but love it anyway. The three diaminds represent past, present and future.

This wins the thread 🥰

Gorgeous! 😍

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This has made my day!

Here's mine. (Old pic). I sadly had to have my engagement ring cut off due to swelling after an injury. It's never been the same as it's a tile setting so the pressure which holds the diamonds together has been compromised so even if it's repaired, the diamonds fall out. Got a new one from insurance which is lovely but not the same.

Here's mine.

That's a stunner.

Love your nails more than your ring they are fabulous.

@Stumpie111 beautiful rings and such a lovely story.

Absolutely beautiful!

I’ve had two husbands, the first abusive, the second well high on the narcissist spectrum. Made my life a misery and trying to escape was like trying to get out of quicksand . I’m happy now but only because I’m on my own. I’m sorry you are sad but at least you are out of an unhappy relationship and there could be a better one waiting for you…just remember to watch for red flags because we do tend to fall for the same type again…Onwards and upwards

I'd love to see the ring where the PP says it reminds her of being 17. Such a lovely sentiment!
Does anyone know which page it might be on approximately?

My Tiffany Etoile, eternity band and Old European cut solitaire. I have a few rings I have bought/been bought over the years.

@gatheryerosebuds it was at 19.48 by @Stumpie111 on page 22
and I agree, a lovely sentiment, beautiful rings too.

Having this one made

The photo that was missing from earlier post.

Mine is the yellow gold one with my mum's awesome white gold and diamond next to it. She hasn't worn it for decades - I assume because its not very practical (it catches on everything) but I've never seen another like it. She chose it herself in 1970. When my DH first saw it he asked if my Dad had been worried about my mum's safety as it looked like he'd given her a weapon the way it sticks out he said you could take someone's eye out with that lol.

Wow! All of them are stunning but yes that tall
ring does look a bit dangerous!

Ohh is this an Alex Monroe one ❤️