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Helper bee
- Wedding: February 2020 - Windermere, Cumbria
English bee here! Fiance proposed and then we went and picked out a ring together. He knew roughly what I liked but wanted to make sure we got the right ring – damn good thing too as I ended up picking something totally different than what I told him I wanted. 
Post # 17

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Helper bee
American/Frenchie together with a Norwegian here: We’d already discussed getting married, so the proposal was on the sofa with no ring 😉 We later went to the jewelers together, and picked out the diamond and setting since he wanted to make sure I was 100% happy and it would be my forever ring.
The size of a half carat diamond was a mutual choice considering in Scandinavia and a lot of Europe engagements rings are a bit more uncommon. My Norwegian didn’t really understand what an e-ring even was since no one in our friends group or in his whole family has one. Not even on my mam’s French side!
Post # 18

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Bumble bee
In my experience the proposal is without a ring and then the couple goes shopping together afterwards to pick the rings (men and women wear an engagement ring)
Post # 19

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Worker bee
- Wedding: July 2021 - Hertfordshire, England
British Bee. We had discussed getting married and he was very adamant that I adore the ring I was going to be wearing forever. So we designed it together with the jeweller and then I left the rest up to him.
I am a bit intrigued to see what he would have come up with on his own… But I am obsessed with my ring.
Post # 20

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Blushing bee
My SO is English. Initially he thought it was traditional for him to pick the ring without my input, then a phone call to his father changed his mind.
His father said, ‘let me give you a bit of life advice. Never buy a woman jewellery without their opinion.’
Post # 21

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Newbee
I`m British, we discussed getting engaged, because I have chubby fingers I knew it woud be difficult to get a ring from the shop so my fiance gave me a budget and told me to pick a ring I loved which I did. He did still go down on one knee when it arrived and proposed properly before we announced our engagement.</p>
<p>I know if it hadn`t had been difficult to find a ring in my size that he would have did it the traditional British way and bought the ring, then surprised me.
Post # 22

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Blushing bee
I’m an EU bee. I didn’t have anything to do with the ring, he picked it himself.
Post # 23

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Busy bee
Yes. We’re both from NI.
I am fussy and didn’t know what I wanted so after he mentioned getting engaged, we designed a ring and had it made by my friend. When it was ready a while later he proposed.
Once we left the jewellers shop after ordering I stepped back so everything was up to him from then on.
im glad we did it that way because whilst I’m fussy I’m also indecisive so it took a while to figure out what I wanted.
Post # 24

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Busy bee
butternutter : I admit, as well as perhaps being a little control freaky about things like that, I also loved being in on our own little secret as to what we were planning!
Post # 25

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Newbee
- Wedding: August 2018 - City, State
I’m British born and live state side. I married a German. We never went ring shopping. My hubby custom made something quite unique in Germany!