MemberIt changed a little bit, from cushion cut to round. Still a white gold halo.
The cushion definitely did not look good on my hand, and I loved the classiv look of the round. Cushion halos were really trending a few years ago so I pinned a bunch, along with round halos, but looking online was very different.
MemberMy mind changed a bit, once I actually started trying rings on.
Some that looks beautiul in photos just didn’t look right on my hand (with my skintone, shape of my hands/fingers/etc) and others, I found physically uncomfortable. For example, I cannot stand the way a knife edge ring feels. I also don’t like the way most rings with pave on the band felt against my other fingers.
MemberMy taste drastically changed. i had my heart set on a bezel set asscher diamond ring. My husband found this one and suggested that I try it on. In my heart, I knew this was the one. I still love bezel set diamond rings and assher stones, but I wouldnt trade my rings for anything. 
MemberMajor change alert:
I went from a plain white gold 4 prong solitaire to….
….wait for it…
plain white gold solitaire with 6 prongs
😂
MemberI always thought I would get a solitaire. Not because it was a style I particularly liked above every other style (although I do love a good solitaire!), but because that was the style people in my social circle had. It was what most of the older women I knew had. It was what most of my friends had. So, in my mind, solitaire = “engagement ring”. BUT … I wanted a heart-shaped stone. I also wanted a white metal.
When we went ring shopping, my husband (boyfriend at the time) didn’t like the solitaires we saw. He preferred a setting with side stones. And he had researched (on his own — so sweet!) diamond shapes beforehand, so he had his mind set on a round center stone. He felt it was the most stable shape and would be less prone to getting damaged. Also, no one at the time carried white gold. We couldn’t even special order it! And platinum was out of our budget.
So I ended up with yellow gold 5 stone setting with a central round stone. It was nothing like what I had imagined I would get, but I loved it. And I was thrilled to be getting engaged. I still love my engagement ring, although I made a minor change to the setting a few years ago. I still wear it from time to time, particularly in hot weather when I prefer a smaller, lighter ring.
As I have gotten older, my tastes have changed a lot. I have moved away from wanting only white metals to loving every type of metal, from platinum to rose gold. I am more open to pretty much any stone shape and, actually, might prefer other shapes to round. And I have realized I like a setting that is intricate and has a lot of metal work on it. So, if I ever had a “dream setting”, my 20th anniversary ring probably comes the closest. It is a super detailed custom solitaire setting in 14K rose gold. And it has a colored gemstone — something I never would have thought I would love in my younger years, when I was less experienced about what was out there in terms of jewelry.
But I still want a beautiful, heart-shaped ring, either solitaire or some type of non-solitaire setting. Not sure yet whether I want it to be diamond or a colored gemstone (although probably colored gemstone at this point), but one day … she will be mine! Mwuahahahahahahaha!
EDIT TO ADD: Sorry for the long post! Yikes!
MemberI did not pick the ring! He did the hard work. 🙂