Diamond Engagement Rings - What's The Latest Fashion?

Q: A little OT but speaking of extravagant weddings, diamonds and the like...anyone catch Celine Dion and hubby renewing their vows on Entertainment Tonight? She was carried in by 4 men....camels, cameras, gold everywhere etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. $$$$$.....what was your impression??

A:My fiance for christmas surprised me with an engagement ring. I could care less what the ring looks like that's the most insiginificant part. The most important thing is the felling behind the ring. I find this subject interesting - there's a long story behind my rings. My husband was engaged for a short period a long time ago. She and he went all over Houston, finding the right design she wanted, having the set made with 18K and putting in perfect diamonds (she was a high class snob and would accept nothing other than perfect diamonds). The day my husband went to pick up the rings and pay for them (she was living in a different state at the time) she called and cancelled the engagement. Now, she knew he was going to pick up the rings that day so why wait until after he bought them? Of course he was stuck with them. The set was gorgeous but really - who needs that many diamonds?? and the setting was 18K which is a little fragile in my mind. So when we got engaged he asked me what I wanted. I told him to take the huge solitaire out of the center of this massive ring (I swear there must have been 18 or 20 diamonds surrounding the solitaire and the band had another 8 diamonds in it) and have it reset, by itself, for me. Then we purchased a separate wedding band. The good news is, I have taken all of these diamonds and had several different rings made since we got married - some with Amethyst (my favorite stone) and some with emeralds. Does she know that her one "perfect" wedding ring became 5?? And a shame it is. Why on earth would you marry someone who you loved so little that the proposal could be spoiled by the ring being the "wrong" style? I regularly advise young men not to marry any woman who wouldn't marry them in her blue jeans at the justice of the peace. Not that they should get married that way, just that he'd best be sure that she loves *him*, not the idea of being a bride and getting to play a life size game of Barbies with her best friends. I've been to too many weddings that had far more to do with her bridal fantasies than with any real emotional and spiritual connection between the participants.

Diamond Engagement Rings - What's The Latest Fashion?

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