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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ladyofdragons" data-source="post: 485094" data-attributes="member: 5718">as a woman, I have a few suggestions.It really doesn't matter what the size of the stone is, or even what stone it is, as long as it's to her taste.  personally, I hate thick bands and I hate yellow gold, so it was important to me to get a thin band of white gold.  If you can't get her to hint what she'd like (either to you or through a third party), then you might want to do what my father did a few years ago when he remarried.  The jewler suggested he get a 'temporary' ring, which is to say a good diamond in a cheap silver setting (or other stone, I know several women who have sapphire engagement rings with tiny diamond chips surrounding, they love their uniqueness).  Then tell her she gets to pick out the setting of her choice for the diamond.  This gives her the opportunity to decide if she wants a matched set (engagement and wedding ring fit together) or two separate unmatched pieces.I love my husband to death, the stone in my engagement ring was from his mothers engagement ring because he couldn't afford a diamond, and the setting is nice and unique and I appreciate it but if I'd chosen the band I would have picked something completely different.As for jewelers, I suggest you buy your ring at a local jeweler in your town rather than a mall jeweler.  A good one will treat you like gold, because good jewelery customers tend to come back.  They may even be prepared to cut you a good deal. Until he retired last year, our jeweler had sold jewelery to my husband's family for the past 50 years.</blockquote>

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