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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
I went through this at Easter. My advice is to buy a nice cubic zirconia "placeholder" ring that you can surprise her with - and then go shopping with her for the actual engagement ring that she gets to pick out.
She gets to choose the perfect ring, and you still get to surprise her. My fiancee loved it.
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As I stated in an earlier post, I was going to get a ring with her birthstone, then shop for the real ring afterward.
I couldn't find a ring that I liked, so I got her a pair of diamond earrings as a substitute. I was really limited because:
1) She was out of town, so I wanted to buy something before she came back. (She was back last Wednesday).
2) We're going on vacation this Friday to Hawaii (Oahu and the Big Island) -- which is where I'm going to propose (not sure where/when yet on the trip).
She's not materialistic, so I doubt she'd even care if I proposed with anything -- but I didn't want to show up empty handed.
She has no idea that I'm going to ask -- wish me luck!!
