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My anniversary is coming up on October 2, so I want to post this to show some friends.

This is my wedding ring. It's a two-band ring: one has the central stone and worked as the engagement ring; the matching band was added on by the jeweler (merged together with a little gold) and acts as the wedding band. Both bands hold five 0.2 carat diamonds, for a total of one whole carat.

The central stone... is NOT a diamond.
I know, you're probably shocked and thinking my husband is a cheap bastard.

No... I just don't support the diamond monopoly moguls and their jacked-up prices for some stupid colorless stone. Yep, I'm a girl who isn't starry-eyed over diamonds. Diamonds aren't MY best friend...my HUSBAND is! The ring is merely a symbol.

Honestly, I wanted a sapphire engagement ring, since as a child Princess Diana's engagement ring was my "ideal" ring. However, my husband wanted a ring that acted as a huge BACK OFF sign, and modern Americans see diamond as the "traditional" stone of engagement rings, a tradition that began only in the 1930s with the De Beers diamond monopoly and their aggressive commercialization. So he wanted what would be more easily recognizable to any would-be suitor, and I've had to flash that stone at many flirts. They see the diamond, they back off. Since I wasn't particular, he opted for "bigger is better" and got a 1.5 carat Moissanite (known as "meteorite diamonds"). It's not a "real" diamond, but it sparkles even brighter than the real ones, it was a fraction of the price, which meant he could get me a stone that made his mother jealous, since my "diamond" is bigger than hers.

I confess, I'm just a little smug that my wedding ring has the biggest stone amongst all my married friends... just a little cocky about that, haha! There they are with their half-carat rings, or one carat for some, and I have a rather large 1.5 carat stone with 10 smaller diamonds surrounding it, making this ring really shine!

The wave pattern was something he specifically wanted, since we used to go sailing together a lot, our first date was to the coast, he formally asked me out later at the beach, and then he proposed to me on the same beach where he asked me out.

At night. On the beach. Down on one knee. And the ring box had a little light in it so I could see what it was. It was seriously romantic!

His wedding band has a matching wave pattern, and inside his band I had the jeweler engrave "Happily Ever After," since those were the words he used when he proposed. "Being with you has been a fairy tale, and I want us to seek out our 'happily ever after.' Will you marry me?"

Sheesh, I'm blushing again just remembering when he did that! And then on October 2, 2005, we began a new story, the beginning of our lifelong 'happily ever after.' This ring was placed on my finger, and I've worn it every day for 8 years.

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My anniversary is coming up on October 2, so I want to post this to show some friends.

This is my wedding ring. It's a two-band ring: one has the central stone and worked as the engagement ring; the matching band was added on by the jeweler (merged together with a little gold) and acts as the wedding band. Both bands hold five 0.2 carat diamonds, for a total of one whole carat.

The central stone... is NOT a diamond.
I know, you're probably shocked and thinking my husband is a cheap bastard.

No... I just don't support the diamond monopoly moguls and their jacked-up prices for some stupid colorless stone. Yep, I'm a girl who isn't starry-eyed over diamonds. Diamonds aren't MY best friend...my HUSBAND is! The ring is merely a symbol.

Honestly, I wanted a sapphire engagement ring, since as a child Princess Diana's engagement ring was my "ideal" ring. However, my husband wanted a ring that acted as a huge BACK OFF sign, and modern Americans see diamond as the "traditional" stone of engagement rings, a tradition that began only in the 1930s with the De Beers diamond monopoly and their aggressive commercialization. So he wanted what would be more easily recognizable to any would-be suitor, and I've had to flash that stone at many flirts. They see the diamond, they back off. Since I wasn't particular, he opted for "bigger is better" and got a 1.5 carat Moissanite (known as "meteorite diamonds"). It's not a "real" diamond, but it sparkles even brighter than the real ones, it was a fraction of the price, which meant he could get me a stone that made his mother jealous, since my "diamond" is bigger than hers.

I confess, I'm just a little smug that my wedding ring has the biggest stone amongst all my married friends... just a little cocky about that, haha! There they are with their half-carat rings, or one carat for some, and I have a rather large 1.5 carat stone with 10 smaller diamonds surrounding it, making this ring really shine!

The wave pattern was something he specifically wanted, since we used to go sailing together a lot, our first date was to the coast, he formally asked me out later at the beach, and then he proposed to me on the same beach where he asked me out.

At night. On the beach. Down on one knee. And the ring box had a little light in it so I could see what it was. It was seriously romantic!

His wedding band has a matching wave pattern, and inside his band I had the jeweler engrave "Happily Ever After," since those were the words he used when he proposed. "Being with you has been a fairy tale, and I want us to seek out our 'happily ever after.' Will you marry me?"

Sheesh, I'm blushing again just remembering when he did that! And then on October 2, 2005, we began a new story, the beginning of our lifelong 'happily ever after.' This ring was placed on my finger, and I've worn it every day for 8 years.