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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 483472" data-attributes="member: 143">I add my vote to those that say that your future wife should be involved in the decision process.  Heaven forbid you get something she hates, but feels she has to fake liking for your sake.  The surprise can be where and when you ask her.I also recommend staying out of the mall jewelry stores; you'll pay more.  We went to several small private jewelers and saw prices that were 20-40% less for stones of comparable cut, weight, purity, and color.  If you don't mind wearing something once worn by a now-dead person, you can also find good deals with jewelers (reputable, don't go to a pawn shop!) that carry estate pieces.  We didn't go this way, but I had a little more money to spend by the time we finally got engaged.  Get everything about the stone in writing before you fork over the cash.If, like me, you didn't know anything about jewelry and/or gems (other than the treasure tables in the DMG <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    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ), there are a number of websites where you can find good background info.  Try a google search; that's where I started.</blockquote>