Thursday, May 1, 2008

Diamonds are The Boy's best friend??

So in an interesting twist, one of my friends at work got engaged this past weekend. I'm very excited for her because they have been together for a long many years and she had actually put him on a secret deadline. The secret deadline being if he didn't commit to her with a proposal by the end of the year, she was moving on. It's a secret deadline because she didn't tell him. I like that idea because then there is no ultimatums. You just know what you want for you and make decisions for yourself. It was a good idea for her because she is in her early 40's and is still hoping to have children.

Annnnyway, I was telling The Boy about their engagement and the proposal and all and he started asking about her ring. I explained that it was a princess cut solitaire bla bla bla. He says "No I mean what kind of diamond?" Er, I just said square. "No, I mean the quality. Is it Ideal cut? What color grade is it? Did she mention if it was VS1 or VV?" Okay to be honest, at this point I was so confused. I don't know much about diamonds except the shape I like and the fact that I love the way they sparkle.

This might be a good time to mention that when I met The Boy we used to joke about his lack of knowledge in the jewelry department. You know, "No babe, that's a raisin, NOT my earring" and jokes of that sort. Now all of a sudden he is talking color grade and cuts, WHAT!? Although I was freaking out on the inside, I calmy replied that I had no idea. He then made a comment about how he much prefers a solitaire to some other things that are in style right now, namely pave settings. Hello!! What man knows what a pave setting is?? I know, mine never has before. At this point I was peeling my heart off the ceiling I was so excited by this little convo. Am I crazy or does it seem like someone has been doing his homework!? I wanted so bad to call him out on his sudden knowledge, but I chose not to say anything. I mean what if he just happened to read an article or something and he really isn't researching. Sigh. On one hand I want to be super excited but on the other, I don't want to be let down if I'm all wrong. He and I have kinda been down that road before and it really messed with my head. Ahhhh in the meantime I guess I can fill my days trampsing around Bluenile.com ;-)

2 comments:

Shar said...

Nope, he's definitely been doing some research. Boys don't remember articles they come across about diamonds. He may even be trying to get an idea of what you like :)

Yay!

~Penny~ said...

That is a great sign. He is defintely doing his research.

Shar is right, he is trying to get a feel of the ring style you like ;)

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