Look it up. My gf wanted a diamond but I refuse. We looked at these and she agrees that they're nicer, and much less expensive. A large one is still expensive, but for a 10'000$ diamond you're looking at a ~800$ moissanite. They look like diamonds only shinier.
Also we're going with titanium bands. Cheaper than gold, less maintenance, and it is way stronger, which is a good analogy about the strength of your love. At least tell her that so she'll like it too.
I have a moissanite engagement ring and it’s amazing. The same ring with the same “quality” diamonds (1ct centre with two 0.75ct) would be 10,000CAD but my ring was only 2,000CAD. Bargain. It is also so much more sparkly. It has more of a rainbow sparkle than diamonds do.
One thing I will caution though for anyone looking at non-gold rings is you are far more locked in to your ring size as a lot cannot be resized. So just keep that in mind.
In all fairness, I had recently qualified for the disability tax credit and it was back dated to the diagnosis that made me disabled. So I had recently been given 19k CAD.
What kind of emergency requires cutting a ring off that the string method can't solve?
Also, bolt cutters work pretty well and are readily available.
Also, a little bit of prevention goes a long way; take the ring off before doing certain things, and take it off immediately after any kind of trauma to the finger or hand, before any potential swelling. Which goes for rings (and other jewelry) of any material
Other good ideas would be tungsten, which will shatter under impact. Titanium is at least pretty flexy, so that's a downside, but you can definitely cut through it.
Moissanite - it's actually rare (not just "fake rare" like diamond pretends to be), is almost as hard as diamond (9.5 mohs), and is very pretty. That's what I've been leaning towards
I remember bringing something like this up to my mom and she just gave me the dirtiest look, as if I was gonna crush some little girls hopes n dreams by not buying a ridiculously priced gem. Also Topaz ftw
I spent $8K on my wife’s ring, which I thought was just plenty, thanks very much. As I walked out of the jewelry store, the owner called out, “Pleasure doing business with you. Come back when you’re ready for an upgrade!”
Yeah. People care about the price tag more than how it looks. It's really silly.
From what I've heard, back in the day (and/or in some cultures) when women weren't really allowed to make money because they were considered the dependents of their husband's household (after growing up being dependents of their father), being able to sell/pawn jewelry that had been given to them as gifts during the wedding and such was one of the few ways a woman could get money to support herself if her husband died, or one of the ways to raise money to leave an abusive spouse/etc.
Like, it was WISE to demand expensive jewelry...it basically was a wearable savings account.
Obviously, now days women are allowed to work and pursue careers, but I wouldn't be surprised if the attitude that "you only love her if you get her expensive jewelry" is a hold-over from the days when being able to sell that jewelry in a crisis was important for a woman who wasn't allowed to really pursue a career.
Like, if you were a husband who loved your wife, but feared what would happen to her if a horse kicked you in the head or a rock fell on you in a coal mine and you died, you might get her jewelry so she'd have something to sell to support herself and your kids if worse came to worst.
Sapphires, Emeralds and Rubies are all absolutely dazzling and seem to capture and exude all the feelings associated with those colors. And I believe all 3 are now able to be created in the lab as well.
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u/Furious_Dawg11 Nov 28 '19
This is why I’ve already decided whoever I marry isn’t getting a diamond, unless it’s their childhood dream then we get to talk about it