The Ring

I told my fiance pretty early on in our relationship, which type of engagement ring I would like - a 2 ct round solitaire. I hardly ever wear jewelry, especially never nice jewelry so I've always wanted an engagement ring that was really nice and would look big on my finger. It may sound bitchy, but it is what it is and I'm not ashamed. Throughout our years together, Vin would joke "Do you know how much that costs?!?"

As time passed, the style of ring I liked was pretty much still the same but I was now more into different shapes like a pear or oval. He wasn't into it. As the years went on, I didn't care what ring I received. I even considered a non-diamond stone, but he would always say it had to be a diamond when I showed him these pictures. I just wanted to get married to Vin so badly that the ring no longer mattered, yet still I was not engaged. To say I was going crazy, is an understatement.

When Vin finally proposed, I was shocked. I didn't actually believe it was happening so I couldn't look down at the ring. I was afraid it wouldn't be real. I just kissed him and said yes immediately. When I finally did look down at the ring, I was floored. I got me, the most gorgeous, flawless looking pear diamond solitaire. He designed the whole ring all by himself on Blue Nile - another surprise considering when he mentioned he didn't have time to go to a jewelry store or knew which one to go to, I suggested Blue Nile and he gawked at me. He was totally against the idea, but here I am with an absolutely stunning ring from there on my finger. He said he had a great experience shopping for my ring through Blue Nile. He did his research and decided it was worth a go. We are both extremely satisfied. So if your in a similar boat as I was, maybe suggest this to your boyfriend. It's worth a shot.


Now to my next topic of discussion about my engagement ring - Is it ok to be obsessed with your ring?

Last night my mom was over. I noticed my ring looked very sparkly in the lighting, so I started to admire it. Taking pictures and saying to my mom "doesn't my ring look so pretty." Although she did tell me it as beautiful and what not, she also made a comment about how she hopes I don't act like this all the time around other people. Let me be the first to say, I am not a very showoffy type of person. Do I show off my ring to people when they ask to see it? Yes. Am I parading it around, throwing it in other people's faces all the time? No.

This is actually the first time I'm posting close up pictures of my engagement ring. I haven't posted any on Facebook or Instagram (until this post), mainly for two reasons.

1. I am a person that has gotten annoyed about not seeing a person's engagement ring up close on social media. Therefore, I decided that I was not going to post any up close pictures of my ring. (I know plenty of people probably think this is strange, but whatever it probably is, I'm weird.) 
2. I felt like posting a close up picture was showing off or throwing my ring into people's faces. (Again I'm weird, I felt funny about doing it.)

Now I don't think anything is wrong with being obsessed with your engagement ring. I do think it is wrong to brag about your ring, constantly throw it into other's faces, constantly talk about it to others, etc. 

I was upset that my mom thought I was being obnoxious about my ring. I love it, and I think there's nothing wrong with that. I'm finally comfortable with showing it off to the world (or at least those that will actually read this or check out my Instagram). Would I be doing this if I hadn't started a blog, probably not. But here we are!

Vin bought me my dream ring. He can't believe I still look at it the way I do. I told him the truth, I'll be looking at my ring like that for the rest of my life. It's more beautiful than I could have ever imagined and more perfect than I ever dreamed.