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Just out of curiosity, who chose the engagement ring? Did you pick it out, or did he? Or did you (or someone else who knows you) give him suggestions?
He chose it. It was nothing I would ever choose for myself and I didn't love it. I still said yes but I think I'm one of the very few that actually changed my e-ring after the proposal. FH didn't mind a bit.
My hubby allowed me to pick out the e-ring setting and he chose the center solitaire by himself. That way, there was a bit of a surprise for me! He did great!
we went & looked together. We started looking at the bigger, not perfect diamonds...because that is what your eye automatically goes to for the price withing your budget. We then saw the best diamond they carry and decided together that we wanted THAT ring...even if the carat was less. So, I would say we chose together for sure.
We will be picking mine out together in the next few weeks. I've got my eye on a gem that I think he'll be happy with, but we will choose it together.
The longer I waited, the more input I gave. I think I started out with "yellow gold please, and a colored diamond" and ended up with giving him a lengthy list of specific Verragios I liked, which diamond shapes I liked and the color diamond I wanted, and let him go from there hahaha. He appreciated the help because going by my other taste in jewelry would not have been helpful (I wear the same simple pearls every day, but didn't want a pearl, or simple, for my e-ring).
My fiance did. He totaly suprised me with his proposal and also surprised me by having a ring that he had be hiding in a shoe for a month. He did ask some friends wich jewelers he should visit, but by picking the ring he then followed his gut. I love what he picked!!!
Errrr I said other. We chose it together. We went to a few jewelry shops and I tried on a few different styles. We found a style we both liked, I told him I wanted a round diamond and he picked out the actual center stone. It was a total joint effort. :)
He did and I love it! The only thing I told him was that I preferred a solitaire over three-stone.
He chose the first three but the 'keeper' i chose. 
We window shopped, he picked something, I didn't like it at all and returned it. Then I picked one myself.
My FI picked it out all by himself and I'm soo happy with what he chose. He knew exactly what he wanted and that's what he got. I wouldn't change my ring for anything else.
about a year before we got engaged, i told him i want a say in my ring so we went to a couple of stores and i chose one and he got it at a later date! i made it easy for him which he liked.
It's an heirloom ring, so I chose other. I made it clear to him that I did not want a ring with a big stone and that it was more of a symbol to me than anything else, since I am not that interested in jewelry. So I was happy with the choice, but that wasn't exactly a coincidence.
He knew that my family had a ruby e-ring tradition and that I wanted a ruby. We looked a couple of different settings online, but he made the final choice.
We tried on rings once at a store in the mall - the ring i tried on was 22k! we ran as fast as we could from that store - i proceeded to show him some styles i liked online and he did his own research and picked it out - I like to give him credit even though i showed him a few styles i liked - he did a fantastic job!
I told him I wanted an Asscher and a very thin eternity band but we never actually looked at rings together. He did build a couple rings on bluenile to get my opinion before he started shopping.
We shopped together for him to get ideas and picked out several that I like, he made the final choice, bought it secretly and completely surprised me with it.
He chose it!
All he knew was that I wanted a princess solitare. He ended up getting me a princess solitare with a pave diamond band w/ diamonds on all 3 sides of the band. I had never seen a seting like this before & I LOVE this setting!! It's so me!
He picked it out and I love it..He had a little help from his mom but he did a very good job finding what I like.
He did! I love it! I wasn't "waiting" I had no idea he was even thinking that far into our future. I just knew we were in love.
He chose. I like it. Not what I would have picked but fine. He's rather more traditional than I am so I wasn't surprised. It's kind of a mixture of us both--him picking what he thinks I'd like, lol, so that makes it special to me.
My FI took me shopping, and I found two very different rings I really loved. After that trip, I know he went to at least one other store to look around a bit more, but he ended up going back and getting one of the two I had picked. For us, it was the perfect way to do things--I wasn't actually sure what I liked until I had seen several different rings on my finger, and shopping with him was really fun and exciting, but the ring was still a surprise because I didn't know if he'd choose one of the rings I'd tried on or something else entirely. The timing ended up being a surprise, too--I knew he was going to keep looking for a bit and wasn't expecting a proposal for several weeks or perhaps a couple of months, but much to my delight, it happened a lot quicker than that.
We did all the research together so he was sure he got what I wanted. he figured, if he was going to spend so much money on something, it better be something I loved. Plus, with our personalities, it just made most sense for us. He did surprise me with my proposal (in Paris!).
We both went looking together to get a general idea of what to buy. I absolutely fell in love with a design FI actually pointed out. I was a little sad though, because that ring was going out of style, and the store only had one left. I was totally convinced he wouldn't be able to get that ring. So, I just didn't think about it. I was totally floored when FI popped the question with the ring I wanted! And to top it off, he got the matching wedding band too! :) He's so sweet, and he really picks up on small details. I could mention once, in passing, that I like something, and a year later, I get something like it as a gift! I don't know how he does it!
He chose it all on his own and I LOVE it! I think he actually did better than I ever could have done!
My FI and I went to a jeweler together. I tried on a few different styles and absolutely fell in love with two (very similar) styles. FI told me he wouldn't get either of those exact rings, because he wanted to pick out my ring. However, when he proposed about a year later, he actually ended up choosing the ring that I loved. He said that he knew I loved it, and there was just no other ring.
I chose it online and said, "Do you like this?" He said, "Yeah, that's really nice." So we ordered it right then! We both love my pretty little solitaire. :)
my FI picked up on a few sparse hints. the ring he got me is not one I would have picked out myself, but I absolutely LOVE it! (and I am picky about jewelry design)
My FI used a stone that's came from a engagement ring that's been in my family for almost a 100 years. He had it set in a white gold solitaire setting, which I didn't think I wanted, always thought I'd want something vintage, but as soon as he put the ring on me I knew it was perfect. Now I can't image having any other ring.
We custom designed my ring together with our jeweler, and he picked the center stone.
I gave my husband a sterling silver cz ring which I could never bring myself to wear. I put a notecard in there that said what I wanted in a ring. He did the rest! I love my ring!
I said other - we picked it out together after we got engaged. I think he ultimately left the final choice to me, but he felt very strongly about not having a non-heirloom diamond and that certainly swayed what I picked.
We picked it out together. I picked the setting and a center stone that I liked, but I didn't see the final ring until DH proposed.
DH had it custom designed...I gave him some criteria, but let him choose other elements of it.
I gave him suggestions. I don't actually have the ring or a proposal yet, but I know he bought it, so I'm just waiting for the day, yay! I went with a girlfriend to try on rings since BF and I are long-distance and got an idea of what looks good on me. I found that my fingers are so small (size 2.5) that really only solitaires look good, and told him that. So we will see! Hopefully I can post some of my own ring porn in a few months! Btw, new here, hi all! :D
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