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A few years ago, my girlfriend and I had an argument about this article and the book it came from. I flat refused to buy diamonds, and obviously she wanted a be
by pbiggar 16y ago
A few years ago, my girlfriend and I had an argument about this article and the book it came from. I flat refused to buy diamonds, and obviously she wanted a beautiful engagement ring. The compromise we came to was that if it wasn't a diamond, then it better be fucking amazing, preferably with a yellow saffire.
Long story short, I'm currently on my honeymoon, and her yellow saffire ring blows everyone away.
If your girlfriend turns you down for lack of a diamond, you have probably chosen poorly. However, she might (reasonably) turn you down if she's dissappointed, so make your feelings known long in advance, or you might be in trouble.
Get your rings at Brilliant Earth in SF (I did my shopping online, and was not dissappointed). They are the only ethical jewelers I've found, and I looked hard. My wife's ring has a large yellow saffire (fair trade from Sri Lanka, mined from shallow mines with a low environmental impact), small diamonds from Canada (sadly lab diamonds are not good enough for jewelry yet), and recycled gold.
The ring is pretty unique, and utterly amazing, and I would recommend this route for any ethically minded person.
- callmeed 16y agoHow bout a pic?
- pbiggar 16y agoBest I can do on the phone right now: http://i.imgur.com/Gj0dp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Gj0dp.jpg
- Corrado 16y agoWait! That's a picture from a cell phone? Man, my cell phone cameras (iPhone 2G, Palm Pre) are really behind the times. Wait! You're browsing Hacker News on your honeymoon?!
- perokreco 16y agoIf you are looking for a good camera, traditional phone manufacturers(Nokia, SE) are a much better choice. My several years old Nokia has a 5mpx with a real flash and autofocus.
- whatajoke 16y agon82 right?
- pbiggar 16y agoIts a nexus one. Pretty good it seems. I'm also blown away by the imgur apparently on android. It was the easiest thing I've ever uploaded.
- zefhous 16y agoMy wife has a blue sapphire and she absolutely loves it. As you mentioned, it's very unique and we both like that a lot.
- sandGorgon 16y agoThere are the Indian Golkonda diamonds - they are the legendary mines from where some of the most famous and treacherous diamonds were mined (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkonda#Diamonds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golkonda#Diamonds) - or the Panna diamonds, but I would be very surprised if there wasn'nt a De Beers hand in there somewhere.
- Andys 16y agoShe must be pretty damn happy with it, if you're getting away with browsing news.yc whilst on honeymoon :)
- maukdaddy 16y agoGotta do something while......recovering...