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Your Engagement Ring: Total Surprise, Some Input, or Picked it Out Yourself?

Lynnie, on June 18, 2018 at 5:55 PM

Posted in Wedding Attire 90

How did you handle engagement ring shopping? Was it a complete surprise? Did your fiancé(e) ask one of your best friends, or ask you directly (or indirectly )? Did you go shopping together and have lots of input? Share what you did, why, and how it worked out!! Photo by Manda Weaver...

How did you handle engagement ring shopping? Smiley diamond

Was it a complete surprise? Did your fiancé(e) ask one of your best friends, or ask you directly (or indirectly )? Did you go shopping together and have lots of input? Share what you did, why, and how it worked out!!


cfb_979568.jpgPhoto by Manda Weaver Photography in MD


While you're at it... share your proposal story and who you told first !

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  • Sara
    Super July 2019
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    This is very different! I love it.

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  • EllieRose
    Expert February 2020
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    My fiancé had me make a Pinterest board of my top ten rings and he took it to his dad, a jeweler, and they made my ring together!
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  • Arrington
    Savvy July 2020
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    Looks like Nice ringeSmiley winking
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  • Arrington
    Savvy July 2020
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    Sorry that sounds creative.
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  • edecker
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    Since a very long time ago, I showed FH pictures of exactly what i wanted. We visited my cousin at work once on a family trip, (she works at diamonds direct) and we -sort of- ring shopped and i showed him the ring brands i liked and the styles etc.

    Well the ring he ended up buying was totally a surprise, something i never would have picked for myself, and i love it! It is so sparkly and i love how unique it is! He knows me better than i know myself. He remembered me saying from a long time ago that because my middle name is Kay, that i always thought it would be cool to have my ring from there and got it from there. So sweet!

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    My engagement ring was my great-grandmother's from the 1920s that my mom offered to me a couple years ago. When we first started talking about marriage, I told him that when he was ready to propose to get the ring from my mom. He coordinated with both my parents (who are divorced) to secretly get the ring and keep it all a surprise. It's the most perfect ring I could ever imagine, and he's the most perfect FH.

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  • Stacy
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    Mine tricked me into picking out rings. He said his friend was going to aks his gf to marry him. His "friend" asked my FH for advice on what type of ring to buy. So out of the several rings I showed him. I got one 9f the picks. My best friend picked it out.
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  • Katelyn
    Dedicated August 2019
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    He took my sister shopping with him and they both kept it a secret! Total Surprise! I couldn't have picked a more perfect ring!

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    Dedicated September 2019
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    Went shopping together after he played a warhammer game .It was a spontaneous trip...As we were leaving the warhammer shop he said "want to get a ring" and so we looked in a few jewelry stores. He wanted me to choose as it was something i'd have to wear for a long time and so didn't want to buy one that i didn't like, though i'm down to earth and for me the thought is what's always counted. It was nice to choose together because he didn't want me to have diamond as a main stone because he said everyone goes for that and it looks the same plus he said they aren't that special. I wanted a colour to stand out and i loved blue gems but i couldn't have a huge ring because of my job (I work with babies, didn't want to scratch the poor babes with it) . him,the clerk and me all pointed to the same ring and when i tried it on, it fitted perfectly.

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  • Marisa
    Savvy October 2020
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    It was a surprise! His mom gave him the diamond and he got it set at Shane co ❤️❤️ Rose gold with a black diamond he knows me to well

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