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<blockquote data-quote="Airwolf" data-source="post: 483420" data-attributes="member: 2905">Congrats and Good Luck!!I got engaged 4 years ago, last September and married in July 99.&nbsp; So I guess I can comment. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; When I wanted to propose I made darn sure that she didn't know what was coming.&nbsp; I went shopping for rings several times.&nbsp; I took friends of mine along to see what they thought.&nbsp; I never once asked her about any preference she might have about rings.&nbsp; I recommend doing the same, the less she knows the bigger the surprise.&nbsp; She has commented on several occasions since then that she probably wouldn’t have chosen the ring that I did, but she thinks it looks better than anything she would have chosen.&nbsp; Along those lines we picked out our wedding bands several months later and she found one she liked but after a week she decided she didn’t like it and back we went to look for a ‘new’ wedding ring.&nbsp; By this time you should know her and have an idea of what would look good on her finger, use this as your guide.&nbsp; Don’t worry so much about the price or the size of the stone.&nbsp; I choose a .37K diamond surrounded by .5K of smaller stones.&nbsp; The main stone is E color and SI.&nbsp; The stone really sparkles.&nbsp; I also didn’t spend 2 months salary on the ring (I think a greedy woman came up with that rule.)&nbsp; To this day people will still comment on how beautiful her ring is.&nbsp; In summary: <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />1.&nbsp; &nbsp; Don’t involve her2.&nbsp; &nbsp; Buy quality not quantity3.&nbsp; &nbsp; Spend what you can afford</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Airwolf, post: 483420, member: 2905"] Congrats and Good Luck!! I got engaged 4 years ago, last September and married in July 99. So I guess I can comment. :) When I wanted to propose I made darn sure that she didn't know what was coming. I went shopping for rings several times. I took friends of mine along to see what they thought. I never once asked her about any preference she might have about rings. I recommend doing the same, the less she knows the bigger the surprise. She has commented on several occasions since then that she probably wouldn’t have chosen the ring that I did, but she thinks it looks better than anything she would have chosen. Along those lines we picked out our wedding bands several months later and she found one she liked but after a week she decided she didn’t like it and back we went to look for a ‘new’ wedding ring. By this time you should know her and have an idea of what would look good on her finger, use this as your guide. Don’t worry so much about the price or the size of the stone. I choose a .37K diamond surrounded by .5K of smaller stones. The main stone is E color and SI. The stone really sparkles. I also didn’t spend 2 months salary on the ring (I think a greedy woman came up with that rule.) To this day people will still comment on how beautiful her ring is. In summary: ;) 1. Don’t involve her 2. Buy quality not quantity 3. Spend what you can afford [/QUOTE]

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