Buying a diamond engagement ring

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Originally Posted by kimona54

White gold and a nice big CZ. Diamonds are an absolute waste of money, and noone will know the differnece anyway.

All the marketing bullshit about diamonds being a "girls best friend" and the way to truly "show your love". C'mon we're smarter than that... aren't we?

Talk it over with your fiance and spend the cash on a nice down payment on the Yaris of her choice.

That's my two cents.

BTW, I had a beautiful 18K white gold setting that was my mother's. I took it to the jewellers and had a lovely CZ mounted in it; it was gorgeous, and my wife loved it... especially with the new '05 Camry that accompanied it!

yep, you're right on kimona54, the tradition of giving diamonds for engagement rings was started by a multi-national corporation with a monopoly on the diamond market (de beers), they keep the price of diamonds totally inflated and we are suckers for their marketing campaigns.

they even give us a nice formula on how much to spend on the engagement ring.