How to know what to buy

Rounds being the most popular and a great selection of fancy cut diamonds, your bound to have luck with the different combinations.

Well there is a few ways in which to go about buying the actual ring so I will run through those and then we can concentrate on the important details like the stones and styles over the next couple of pages. Maybe you have gotten ideas from her already, maybe not. If your haven't then you have a bit of a risky road ahead if your determined to go at it alone. She probably has an idea already made up in her head, she has probably been dreaming about her wedding day since childhood and you can bet shes looked at rings in magazines. Celebrities usually show off their rings and ideas have taken shape in her own head as to what suites her best.

Sadly, this is the way its gone. The romance is somewhat lost nowadays as more often than not have I seen the man hand over the cash as the woman picks it out. Men do try to go at it on their own assumptions but most of the time you'll see them come back in after handing it to their new fiance and exchange it for something that she actually likes. She does have to wear it for the rest of her life so I can see that side of the situation. A word of warning though, most jewellers will only give you an exchange and not a refund so make sure they have a good selection from which to choose from or a good goldsmith to make one up just in case shes not happy with any they've got in the window.

Really, if you are planning on buying a diamond engagement ring without her knowing you're best bet is to plan it over months and try in a very subtle way to get out of her or even from her friends what style she would like, if you are going at it alone. So the three ways are 1. Just go out and buy whatever catches your eye. 2.Try to find out using subtle techniques like casually looking in a jewellery shop window and glancing with her at the ring section, you could gasp at the price tags and make a joke out of the whole thing and she'd probably think your mind is further away from the idea of marriage as possible. Try ask her friends when she isn't around or maybe invite one of your married friends to start a discussion about engagement rings and you could jump in so it looks natural. Whatever way you can get it it out of her, try, it'll be for the best in the end when you go to buy. 3. Just ask her to marry you then go straight to the shops to buy one.

Next up is where to buy a diamond enagagement ring.