My Diamond Is Bigger Than Yours
What you say when someone admires your new diamond engagement ring: Thanks! It happened yesterday! (With a becoming blush)
What you would have liked to have said: Take a good look people. My diamond’s bigger ’n yours!
We’re all human – oh so human. Even if we are consumed with guilt after feeling that way, we just cannot resist a little bit of gloating if the engagement ring we get is better and has a bigger diamond than everyone else we know. Call it crass, call it mean, call it anything – every woman goes through the same motions in her mind. What would perhaps make the difference between behaviour that is acceptable and not acceptable would be whether you voiced your feelings or not. In the mind, it’s all the same. When your diamond is bigger, there’s a mental high that just kind of comes on, uninvited.
What’s so special about an engagement ring anyway? And what makes a diamond engagement ring that dazzles the world so much more special? If one were to be very objective, an engagement ring is really just a symbol of pledging your troth. Ah, but that’s it – the bigger the diamond engagement ring, somehow it just seems to be a reflection of how much your partner thinks of you. For most women, when it comes to engagement rings, bigger is definitely better.
The great thing about a wonderfully big diamond today is the fact that there are so many settings that you can choose from to show it off to its best advantage. You have the options of diamond engagement rings in gold, white gold or platinum. When you choose your diamond engagement ring, the first thing that you need to pay great attention to is the diamond. (You need it shining brighter than everyone else’s, remember?) This is, after all, the pièce de résistance in the ring. Make sure that it is certified and passes all the parameters of the four Cs with flying colours. Remember that this is a lifetime investment. Then choose the metal you want to set it in. You need to make this decision on two counts – what would suit your lifestyle and what would suit your hand. The first would entail listing out what you do – do you work with your hands a lot? Do you swim a lot? Would you be doing a lot of housework? In the middle of euphoria, you need to be practical as well. Then you also need to decide what setting you want.
Spending just a little more time on choosing your engagement ring is all it takes to make sure you have a ring that’s great. Well, if you’ve chosen one that has a diamond that’s noticeably bigger than everyone else’s, just wave your hands a bit more than usual and flaunt it. A great diamond deserves to be shown off especially when it’s on something as special as an engagement ring.
