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So, I am not engaged yet, but we have looked at rings and I actually really hope for a .5 ct ring! Anything bigger than that just seems too big for my tastes! In reading everyone else's posts I see many ladies are unhappy with with diamonds under 1 ct... Good diamonds come in small packages? Anyone else with me?
My dream ring: .5 ct circle cut center stone with small pear shaped side stones... I love the way that little beauty looks!!
The most beautiful and perfect ring is the one that makes you feel loved, proud, and puts a smile on your face every time you look at it. 
If the ring of your dreams includes a half carat center diamond, that is the ring you deserve! FWIW, the center diamond of my wedding set is half carat, ideal cut. It makes me happy. 
mine is .7 and i love it to death. i couldn't imagine a more perfect ring.
I just got engaged yesterday (I know!!!) and I actually picked out my ring myself. He bought it and surprised me though. We have had a house for two years with a big mortgage and I was unemployed for nearly 10 months. I knew we were on a budget, so I went out looking for something inexpensive and yet completely beautiful. I knew it had to be out there. My only absolute NO WAY was a ring with many stones made to look like one. His mother has a princess style, four stone ring that is rather large.
I ended up deciding on one that has a center stone that is about .4 carat set in an vintage-style setting. Its dainty and I love it! I also love knowing that I made a good financial decision. I feel better knowing we didn't break the bank for a larger ring. The other issue is that I wanted a vintage style setting, and for something to look truly vintage it needs to be smaller. Back in the day, average ladies didn't run around with huge center stones.
And I would totally post photos but I can't get my point and shoot to take anything reasonable. Borrowing my neighbors SLR later today :)
small ring girl here! I actually don't even know the carat weight...it was my fiance's grandmother's engagement ring but it's definitely under a carat, maybe under 0.5. But I love it nonetheless. I don't think I could have picked out a prettier ring. :) 
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All that matters is that you love it! There will be girls with bigger, girls with smaller, and girls without diamonds at all. A ring is a very personal decision and you should not have to defend it! If you love it, own it.
Like all the girls you describe who are not happy with anything smaller than a carat--YOU SHOULD GET WHAT YOU WANT! End of conversation. You have every anniversary from here on out to get something different if your tastes change.
I don't think we're defending our rings (at least I wasn't!), just showing off what we like :) I'd love to see more small rings! I hope this doesn't turn into another "if you're happy with your ring, that's all that matters" thread...I just wanna see some pretty rings!
My ring is very small, about .4 carats. It is perfect for me! It is a daimond solitare and it was his mom's engagement ring. She gave it to him to give to me! I love that is has extra special meaning behind it.
Mine's small too and I love it! Anything bigger would have looked wierd on my hand. I think it has a Total weight of .75 but the center stone is .5 or less. Love it!
Definitely get something that you are comfortable wearing! I picked out a sapphire that is 0.3 ct in a bezel setting. Just works best for my style, I wouldn't trade it in for a million gigantic rings!
Mine is about a .5 carats and I love it. I tried on bigger diamonds but I just didn't like the way they looked on my finger. I love my sparkly ring!
My ring is about 0.6 carats and it is a beauty :-). I love it more and more every day!!
Mine is .5 carats with 2 .10 carat diamonds on the sides and I plan making those a little bigger but other than that, I agree about the big rings. Once you add the wedding band large rings can look awful! I feel that when we're older and more established an "investment ring" as I like to call them will feel more natural and deserved even. We're young and just starting out in the world and I feel my ring reflects that perfectly. I'm proud too because we are trying to be smart about money and have student loans to worry about so are keeping debt and purchases to a min. We aren't even buying a car until after the wedding. We know some couples our age who spend way more on larger rings but they are more in debt than us.
We both agreed though for our five year anniversary the ring he would've wanted to get me if he could've afforded it will be purchased and I'm sure it's much bigger but so will our wallets!
My Ring is a 0.5 ct Emerald cut Solitaire, Though I love the ring, I do kinda feel insecure cause all my friends have bigger rings then me, but thats to the lovely ladies here at the wedding bee I feel more secure cause your right, size does not matter!! I agree with esrockhold, We are planning on getting my ring bigger after 5 or year anniversary, so I have something to look forward to!!
No matter what size it is, it should be something you love, and I feel bad for people who feel that their ring is too small. I think it isn't possible for a ring to be too small or large in any objective way- it is a matter of whether it is right for YOU. My diamond is .31 carats, and I can't really imagine something bigger, as I also don't think it'd suit me. My FI chose it all himself, and picked a good quality diamond (though I'm not sure if you can see that in my pics , as it is hard to take photos of jewelry). I was so surprised, and LOVE it! While I do sometimes feel self-conscious reading the boards (especially when people are upset about rings a good deal larger than mine being "too small"), I can't imagine anything I'd want more!
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I love all these rings! They all look so elegant and natural on your fingers! Mine is .69 carats and I'm really happy with it- it's a perfect balance of quality and size for us, and the setting I've always adored.
I chose my ring too - it's a half carat (main stone) tension setting!
I have attached multiple pics - I attached one with my wedding band too cause I just LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Can't wait until I can wear both!
I actually don't think of my ring as small - except I know .5 is considered small on WB!
In my area everyone has rings around the half carat mark and so it is average - I have even had a few comments saying that it was big!
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My center stone is .55 carats and I adore it. I'm not sure what the tcw is with the sidestones, etc but I think it's close to 1 total.
And, to sound totally cliche, it's not the size that counts! :P
@phedre: you're totally right, it's the motion of the ocean.... errr sorry i was thinking about something else 
... it's the sparkle of the bauble (does that rhyme?)
I guess mine is "small" too! I have a 0.80 Tiffany-style solitare (not from Tiffany's!) I love it :o) It's perfect and looks really great with my wedding ring.
Mine is probably considered "small" but I love the size for my hand. The center stone is .70 with small diamonds on the setting, so the total weight is almost 1 ct. My ring size is only a 4.5, so when we were trying on rings, I didn't really like anything over 1 ct on me. Also, I work in healthcare, so a huge rock just didn't seem practical.
I'm not "flashy" and I love love love my .75 emerald solitaire. I'd much rather save that money to spend on our life together. He did perfect.
I have a 0.5 carat round cut solitare in a low crown setting and love it. When trying on rings, they put 1 carat on me and I hated it... I also tried on some of the halo settings but they were so big! My wedding band is an antique esq engraved band. Like some of the other posters I couldn't see spending $10000 on my e-ring but then again flashy is not my style.
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Dainty!
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My ring is .54 carats of loveliness!! It is pretty and delicate and the setting showcases her beautifully. I wouldn't want anything bigger =) FI went for quality over quantity, and got an ideal cut diamond, though he had the option of a bigger, cheaper diamond, and i'm glad he did.
oooh oooh, great thread! I just got my precious last Friday. :) The center stone is .31 with the halo setting weighing in at .11, so a little under .5 carats all together. At first I was a little disappointed, until we went to the jewelry store and I realized my dear FI traded quantity for quality. He got the highest grade diamonds and boy do they sparkle!!! I did tell him smaller was better, since I'm a size 4.5 and anything too big ends up looking like costume jewelery on me.
I did, however, talk him into trading in the plain white gold wedding band in for one with diamonds on it to add a LITTLE more bling. :)
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I absolutely love my ring and it has a .52 ct center stone with .27 ct. side stones. My FI spent hours looking for the perfect diamond and I couldn't imagine having anything else.
Beautiful rings ladies!
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I love the way my ring is set, and the stone is only .5 carats, just perfect for me! I felt the same way, anything bigger was just too much. 
@delight: Thanks, it reminds me of something out of alice in wonderland, or that my diamond is sitting in a little faberge egg! And for some reason, FI knew I would say both of those things :P Your ring is beautiful! The side stones are a perfect compliment.
Mine is a .4 carat bezel set diamond. I love it!! My wedding band is just a plain gold band, and I'm so happy with them both. I always wanted a solitare plus plain band - to me, it's just a classy, traditional look. Also, I have really tiny hands (seriously, they're child-sized), so larger/more elaborate rings didn't look good on me in my opinion. Even three stone rings seemed to be too much.
I did have to laugh - when we went ring shopping, I went to a jewelery store and explained to the sales lady that I wanted something simple and traditional, nothing "blingy" or "gaudy." She pulled out a big solitare ring, then paired it with two bands that had tons of marquise cut diamonds on them in a starburst pattern. I'm sure on the right person it would have been a lovely ring, but on me the ring reached to my knuckle, and it sure did not match my description of "simple" and "plain." I hate to think what she would have pulled out if I told her I wanted something blingy!
Pic with my FH's band:
My ring was "small" and i loved it (well still love it) I ended up winning a verragio ring which is huge, and hubby likes me to wear the. I wear my engaement ring with the band on my other hand now!! :) 
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Mine is a third of a carat. I love it. It's perfect for my small hands :)
It's more about quality for me. If we would have bought a 1.5 carat stone with the same specs as my current stone it would cost about 20K. But I do know people that sacrifice the other C's for carat, and that is fine too :)
I have huge fingers (size 8), and I personally feel silly wearing anything under a carat. My finger just swallows it! Lol. I do prefer smaller diamonds though. Just wish I had slimmer fingers... :)
I picked out my ring. the center stone is .25
. I have short small hands so this looks good on me.
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