I’m sorry, but there is just nothing romantic about choosing an engagement ring. The person and love that goes with it? Yes. But endlessly pouring over magazines and websites in the search for a ring that you want to love when you are 85? All that has given me is a stress/anxiety induced, procrastinating, “what if i end up hating it?” ride to the nearest looney bin. At the end of the day, though, I can still sit back and feel giddy that I am getting to pick out an engagement ring with the man of my dreams. So, yeah, I’m still a sucker for the rose colored glasses romance stories.

My wonderful man suggested we start looking for rings, oh, about 3 months ago??? Yepper, 3 months. Have I found anything or gotten anywhere close? Nope! I really do want to find a ring so that we may get engaged properly after 2 1/2 + years, but I am a picky and actually feel quite whiny about the whole thing.

So, I have found about 7 rings that I like parts of, but not the whole thing. I want a vintage-antiquey kind of ring that I can feel like a beautiful bad ass in. Doesn’t every woman? In this case, size truly doesn’t matter, but quality and design do.

Go grab a coke or a beer and please help me with this painful dissection process of picking apart engagement rings. I’ve got to get an idea to a designer.

#1-I like the setting. It’s plain and simple, very pretty. I like the lines, and well, it’s just simple. I’m afraid, though, too simple.

#2-The complete square cut may be too trendy for a gal like me, but it’s still elegant. I like the emerald cut, though it could be princess or radiant cut, and that would be pretty, too. I like the pave setting. Did I mention I love pave and filigree, and anything else that is sparkly?

#3-I keep going back to this one. Well this one, and #4. I love the flowers, I love the design, but not too sure about the center diamond being totally flush. Still, I really like this one. It is something I see myself wearing.

#4-Ahh, #4. I like you, too. Bunches and bunches. It’s beautiful and similar in features to #3. I keep trying to envision putting a diamond into the middle of all that beautiful band, and I think it would ruin the look, but that doesn’t mean I can’t use parts of it when making my own ring.

#5-Hello pretty #5. I think I would feel like a princess with this on my finger. I love it. It’s similar to #1 but not being so plain.

#6-Not so much on this particular square diamond or maybe how it’s set, but I love the sides of this ring.

#7-I’m drawn to 7 so much, I had to put 2 views of it. It’s classy, it’s sparkly, it’s a little different. This is another one I keep going back to.

So, what’s a girl to do? I don’t think ring designers actually draw for you these days, so now I have to envision the whole thing. Well, that’s great, except what if transferring it from my brain to my finger results in chaos and an ugly ring?

So, pretty please, bring on the suggestions!

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