Should I have my girlfriend pick out an engagement ring?
“I’m shopping for an engagement ring online, and I have to tell you that the entire process is stressing me out. Not only am I not sure what diamond shape my girlfriend prefers, because she’s dog eared just about every diamond ring related advertisement in the stack of bridal magazines sitting on the coffee table, I have absolutely no clue what ring style she prefers, or even whether she prefers white or yellow gold, or platinum, four prongs or six, etc.”
“I had originally intended to walk into and buy a two carat round brilliant cut diamond in what is essentially the Brian Gavin classic style half round six prong solitaire, but they seemed incapable of providing any real details pertaining to diamond cut quality, and a friend of mine suggested that I check out Brian Gavin because he had an excellent experience. But to be perfectly honest, I’m at my wits end, should I have my girlfriend pick out an engagement ring? Or is that too tacky?”
Lots of women pick out their own engagement ring:
Given the fact that your girlfriend is leaving stacks of bridal magazines on the coffee table, I think it is safe to assume that she expects a proposal in the near future, but that’s not going to happen if she hasn’t provided you with a really good clue about the ring that she hopes for, and you’re suffering from a case of analysis paralysis.
Thus I think that it would be a really good idea to ask your girlfriend to help pick out her own engagement ring. The reality is that the more women are helping pick out their engagement ring than ever before, and why not? It’s the only way to ensure that the ring that you propose with is really going to be the ring that she truly wants!
Perhaps your girlfriend would love a two carat Brian Gavin Signature round diamond set in a Brian Gavin classic style half round solitaire, I mean like, what women wouldn’t? Right? But perhaps she would prefer a slightly smaller diamond set in a diamond halo style engagement ring by Brian Gavin, or another one of the spectacular designs featured in our online catalog of diamond engagement rings. The options are endless!
The best diamond buying advice I can give you, is set a reasonable budget, hand over the project and get out of the way! Of course I’m thinking and talking like a guy now, you’re going to have to sit down and share your feelings with your girlfriend and talk about how much you’d like to surprise her, but how you also want to make sure that she gets the diamond engagement ring that she has always dreamed of (within reason) and ask her to help you narrow down the options.
And then once your girlfriend has picked out the engagement ring that she wants, perhaps you can pick out the diamond together, and then you can order the ring and have it shipped to you, so that you can surprise her with the proposal.
