Rings and Things

Way back in the day, I found Weddingbee through searching for information on engagement rings.  The Ring Boards on the forums were so helpful to learn more about diamond ratings and some terminology - even if it was about a year and a half before we'd even get engaged.  If you never looked at any rings or anything online beforehand, then you're a stronger woman than me!  But really, it seems like plenty of women are becoming more active in picking out their rings to some extent or another - and here's how the Pyramids did it!

Picture this: we've been dating five years, I've graduated from college and am returning home to begin full time work - an engagement must be right on the horizon, right?  Even though it didn't work out quite that way, I started thinking about rings and how we would approach that.  The typical idea is that the guy will propose with his own pick of a ring.

I saw quizzes and guides online that give guys advice to research her style by paying attention to the jewelry she currently has or to take a friend shopping to help pick one out.  Those freaked me out - did my current jewelry say enough about my style to lead the way to the perfect ring?  And why does my friend or sister get to have the fun of picking out my ring?  And then the more I thought about it - I didn't know what my perfect ring even looked like!  

Proposing like Patrick Dempsey in Sweet Home Alabama would solve a lot of problems./Photo from The Yes Girls

After some online research and one or two really nervous clandestine stops in a store, I got really brave and started showing some of what I was looking at to Sphinx, and he was on board with me helping to pick out the ring!  Sphinx is really good at buying my jewelry, but I think he was nervous about the idea of doing this on his own.