Now that you know who we are and how we started dating we
can get to the juicy details of the ring and the proposal; first, though, a little
backstory. Kyle and I started seriously discussing marriage about 14 months
into our relationship. [Note: Yes, this is first time I’ve mentioned the Mr.’s
name. I wasn’t sold on sharing but I figured it makes more sense to share than
to keep you guys in the dark when you already know my name.] Anyway, a couple
of months after we started talking about marriage we decided to stop off at a
jewelry store to look at rings on our way to a Sara Bareilles concert. I had
looked on-line and had two specific rings that I wanted to try on. Want to see?
Okay, since you twisted my arm!
Going into this I thought the first ring was THE ONE. It was
so simple and classic and when I tried it on it was so…underwhelming. The
second one however, I fell in love with. The stones in the band, the single
simple center stone, the scalloping ahhhh I die. Then we asked the price. Helloooo,
sticker shock!
We both kind of felt like this
While this kind of put a damper on things, especially since
Kyle’s company had closed down not too long before and he hadn’t yet found
another job, everything turned out all right in the end. I ended up finding my
dream ring which was different than the previous two and I could not be happier.
Of course, I would be happy with a ring out of a Cracker Jack box as long as it
meant I was marrying my love.
Did you have sticker shock while diamond shopping?
Adam (I was hesitant to use his name at first too!) and I actually never went diamond shopping. He had his brother's help and they did a great job together. I had been giving him a hard time about getting married (we had our 8th dating anniversary in Nov) and had been looking at some rings online to see what I liked. I would pretty much blow off anything over 1500 because I didn't see any need to spend that much money on a ring. Well Adam thought differently, I guess. If I had known how much he was planning on spending, I would have told him not to. However, now that I have the ring (which I love!) and the money's already been spent, I can't say that I'm disappointed!
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