Did you choose your Engagement ring???

Mine is also 18carat white gold - I am finding it scratches and dulls very easily (but I also never ever take them off) so will need a regular dip and polish...

These were my rings at 6 months old...

I don't have a good one of mine together. They're still pretty sparkly though and they virtually never come off (my w ring never does).

It's amazing what a bit of household ammonia will do to a diamond ring. I pop a few drops of the vile smelling stuff in a glass of water, pop my ring in and leave it to stand for about half an hour. Gets rid of any grease that is dulling the sparkle. I get mine properly cleaned every year for a fiver in toon, and the jeweller also checks that the stone is still secure.

sames..tried my wedding ring on again on saturday and the difference between the two is unbelieveable!!

Think I may treat my rings to a polish every February, in time for wedding anniversary in March!

If that's the one you love then that's the one you should get. Everyone has their own taste and fashions come and go. What's important is that you're happy to wear it for the rest of your life.

I have been with my OH for 13 years and down the line I must have dropped hints (not recently though as I thought the time to get engaged and married had passed) Anyway he rembered all the things I love and got me the perfect ring for a surprise proposal. Mine is a princess cut solitaire, 0.7 carat vvs clarity, 18kt white gold. I adore it.

@ Kharv - i've never heard of that, but it sounds fab! That said, nothing would make a difference for me, due to the shapre of the ER as a whole (which is what I love about it).

H chose mine. I wouldn't have picked it myself as it is yellow gold but I'm actually glad he did as I now have my nans wedding ring which is yellow gold too.

I chose mine - I wouldn't trust H to get it right as he is hopeless with jewellery, and I am fussy. Mine is 18ct white gold with princess cut diamond (well 4 small square diamonds set in a big square iykwim).

Hubby proposed without a ring (long story in one of the proposal threads)

We picked mine together. Had it made, which was an excrutiating 2 week wait (LOL) but well worth it. I had a pear shaped diamond in platinum setting.

If you can, go to a none chain type shop, that gives you room to negotiate on price too!

I got mine from the jewellery quarter in birmingham

its all about taste

My advice........? Dont decide hastily, I was gutted about having to wait for mine, I wanted it there and then and wanted to show it off, dont "settle" for something less for the sake of waiting a while to have it made or to get the one you want sized, or dipped or altered or ordered in! ENJOY whatever you decide!

I had a very specific idea of the engagement ring I wnated which I shared with OH, however when he suddenly supprised me on a weekend away by going down on one knee, pulling out a ring and popping the question, it was nothing like 'my dream ring'

however he had spent ages looking at rings and the style i had liked and chose this shape diamond and this setting as he loved it, and felt it was a classic engagement ring style.

I love it to bits because of the time, though and love that went into choosing it!

like CB said, this is a piece of jewellery that you will wear every day for the rest of your life, avoid, what is fashionable and chose something you love!

H designed mine and surprised me with it.

He was sneaky though...when we'd only been dating a few months we were walking through town and stopped to look in the window of a couple of jewellers, and he not only managed to get my opinion on what kind of ring I wanted, but remembered this 3 years later! He even managed to measure my hand before buying it, without me realising what he was doing.