Does Anyone Have a Fake/not Diamond Ring as Their Actual Ring? Spin Off

Mine is fake. It's gorgeous. After 8 years I still get compliments on it all the time. We couldn't afford anything real that I really liked, so we went fake. My gorgeous ring cost M. $40 and I have never regretted it!

Mine has an amethyst.

I have a couple of issues with diamonds. Have you ever seen the movie "Blood Diamond"? That was enough for M. to never buy one again. People, children are dying for something so unnecessary & superficial. So people can prove how much money that have or how much they "love" someone. Not to mention, diamonds are not rare, and are very overpriced to boot. No thanks.

I don't like diamonds. Too plain, highly overrated. I would've love my ring to be opal but the stone is too soft for everyday, constant wear. I went with pink sapphire with blue sapphire accents. Single now, but I loved it.

You can find many stones that resemble diamonds that are not fake ie white sapphires, you can actually pay more for some of these others stones! Like I said Diamonds get more credit than they deserve, IMO.

My fav stones opals-australian and fire, sapphires-all colors, aquamarine and tanzanite, all beautiful stones.

I love my ring. We had them made for our handfast and then re-exchanged them when we got married.

Our rings were custom-made. Sterling Silver; both have Mt. Hood, foothills, our little house and three pine trees artistically rendered. Mine is night: a moon, a very itty bitty diamond star, stars, and bats flying. My husband's is day: has the sun, his itty-bitty diamond is a "morning star", and birds flying. The entire scene encircles the band... we love these rings because they are so uniquely ours, tied to the area we love best and an acknowledgment of our having created a home together.

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I do have a diamond but I bought it used. I lived in Africa and I'm very familiar with "good" mining conditions. I can not express how inhumane the work conditions are. I would not feel right supporting such a terrible industry. I would have been happy with a different stone but we were mainly looking for used/lab created/canadian sourced stones. I couldn't be happier with my ebay ring :)

I'm personally not a huge fan of diamonds after I saw the movie Blood Diamond and had a think on it. Not only was there the brutality shown in that movie, but then realizing more of the history (that it was a big campaign in the 20s that made it the "it" ring, that the DeBeers keep the perceived value of the diamonds up by holding them back and J. releasing a little at a time, blah blah blah. Won't bore you with all that, but truth is, diamonds are pretty but there are A LOT of gemstones that I think are beautiful.
Jeremy originally gave M. a platinum ring with a princess cut diamond, with little diamonds around the top of my finger, and I do love it. However, I have misplaced it. Stupid, but true. I know it's in the house but I don't know where and haven't really buckled down and found it because I'm going room by room reorganizing, cleaning closets, deep cleaning, giving stuff away, etc so I'm certain it will turn up. What I'm wearing right now "in the meantime", I'm perfectly happy with. It's an 18k white gold band with a beautiful sapphire, and two small diamonds on each side of it. When it catches the light, the blues are J. stunning. It's my favorite color, and I read a few things about what it represents and like that, and it was a special gift from the heart from my husband when we were J. dating. I have no problem wearing the sapphire instead.

I don't have a diamond wedding ring. I have a wide white gold band with a yellow gold swirling flowering vine raised band on top of that (but it's one band). I was never much into diamonds, to tell you the truth, and so this is what I chose when we went out to buy our rings. However, my husband did buy M. some beautiful diamond stud earrings for our 10th and I enjoy wearing those. But for every day life, I love my simple band and since it is white and yellow gold, it goes with all of my jewelry that I might wear with it.

My ex bought a fake ring for, heck I can't remember. After a couple days, err, is this real. Yes. Are you sure? Yes. Really cause real gold doesn't give M. a rash where the ring is. Then he confessed. :p

my original wedding ring is real diamonds. For our 10 year anniversary he gave M. a white gold band with a blue topaz on it. I love it! It's beautiful. I have been wearing it in place of my original wedding ring.

I only wear a wedding band, no stones no frills, a simple golden band.
I don't quite understand the engagement ring/wedding ring craze. Frankly if my DH insisted on spending a huge amount of money on something so material and shallow, when we could have used that money for something practical - I would not have married him.
I know couples who get in debt over the expenses of their rings/wedding arrangements and what not - I think it's stupid and superficial.
I don't need a big diamond from my DH, all I care about is his support and love.
Good luck.

My first wedding ring was a plain gold band. I prefer those over stones really.
My diamond is small, the ring is worth about 400 bucks, it's an antique and very dainty, and pretty setting, but it spins on M. all the time and really pisses M. off. The stone is always at the back of my finger.
How do you stop that?

My engagement ring is cubic zirconium. Its heart shaped.

When looking at rings I couldn't find anything I loved. When I seen this one I knew it was "the one". The sales rep looked at M. and said you don't want that one it's not real. I looked at him and said what do you mean its not real? He said its not a diamond, its cz. I said but its real cz right? He said yes... I told him then its still real J. because it isn't a diamond. Then told him we will take it. It cost us around $100 compared to if it was a diamond it would have been over a couple thousand. I liked the price alot better also!

I don't care that its not a diamond, I love the ring. Nobody, not once, has ever asked if its a real diamond or not.

My wedding band is a plain gold band. I wear my wedding ring on my middle finger and have my husbands name ( in a heart shape) tattooed on my left ring finger. My engagement ring I wear on my right ring finger. Both rings fit better on those fingers than my left ring finger.

I love seeing different and non-traditional wedding rings. They are often so much more interesting than all the trendy rings floating around. Vintage stuff is amazing. I think it should go with your personality/lifestyle and be COMFORTABLE. I see so many gigantic rings on people's fingers and I wonder A) how is that even comfortable/functional? and B) Did they even think about the design or if it was J. "big" enough?

Personally, I inherited my grandmother's modest ring which is amazing and makes M. think of her every time I wear it. I had my wedding band custom made to fit against its curved band shape. I wear my band every day but for various reasons only wear her ring occasionally.

I have not been able to wear mine for several years but at some points I have gotten some cheap ones but they start turning my finger colors. Like I said cheap. But when and if my husband ever finds a job I plan to go get M. a new one and don't care if it's a cz or anything. Those are J. as pretty and not as expensive!

Well, my real diamond was not insured (dumb, I know) and the it fell out of the setting 3 years ago. We couldn't afford to replace it at the time, so I ordered a Diamonique solitaire to wear in the mean time. Three years later, it is still what I wear and I love it. It is set in 14k gold, and I wear it with my real wedding band.

I had a very nice simply-designed gold band for a wedding ring. No stone at all. I still like it, 22 years later.

I know this woman who makes and does nice jewelry and she has this rock called Moisenite and it looks J. like a diamond but cheaper, strong, and it sparkles brighter than a diamond IMO. Its beautiful. It comes in different colors etc. If I had money I'd be getting one of those. They are awesome! AND, the only person who can tell its not a real diamond is a jeweler with those special looking glass things.

My coworker chose 3 small black diamonds surrounded by smaller white diamonds. I thought that sounded crazy for a wedding ring, but when it came in, I changed my mind. It's gorgeous! It's a real attention grabber. And It's so her! It has J. so much more personality than your average white rock.

I think it's your personal choice and no one's business but yours!

For my first marriage I got a real diamond in a platinum setting. It cost us about $5000, and at the time my fiancé made a lot of money so it was fine.

When I got divorced I was disappointed to find I could only get about $1000 for the engagement and the wedding band, both which had diamonds. I also saw the movie Blood Diamond and I didn't want anything that had been marked up much more than it was worth and gotten through horror and blood. The diamond market is being controlled by DeBeers, and they hold back quality and charge a lot for flawed and yellowed diamonds.

When I got remarried we didn't have any money at all. We got $30 sterling silver bands which I love but they haven't held up. I wanted to get something sparkly but I didn't want to spend a lot.

I did post a question here about the same thing and that's when some people recommended Diamoniqe and Diamond Nexus.

Because I am now an environmentalist and I detest things that are deliberately marked up beyond a reasonable profit I felt that getting a real diamond is hypocritical. For M. and my personal beliefs. Others may follow their beliefs.

I ended up going with Diamond Nexus and I couldn't be happier! I got the ring of my dreams with pink lab-created stones and a white "diamond" center stone for a little over $200. The ring metal is Lorian Platinum, which is their brand of platinum. Personally I couldn't care less what the metal is made of. I like how the ring looks, and that's all that matters.

I'm happy to tell others that my stones are lab created, although no ones has ever asked. There not lab-created diamonds, they are a synthetic stone with diamond-like qualities and look. Diamond Nexus was amazing with their customer service and they will replace the stones or ring if any damage occurs.

I don't think it's wrong to get a real diamond and I don't think it's wrong to get a fake. It's J. a piece of jewelry! The only value a piece of jewelry has is the value we put on it. We could suddenly say that pink plastic is the new trend and start selling plastic rings for thousands of dollars and people would buy them and be excited that they have the new expensive trend! Look at the housing situation! My home is worth 60k less than I paid J. because that's what the market says it's worth right now.

I think you need to ask yourself what you value in life and spend your money on that. It's different for everyone.

Well, call M. "shallow and material", but I have a real diamond- good size- and I LOVE it! I also have a diamond wedding band and a matching diamond anniversary band. I would never, ever, ever wear a fake diamond. If my husband could not have afforded as big of a stone as I wanted, I would have gotten a nice gold/diamond wedding band and worn that until we could get something to my standards.
My husband's ex-wife has a fake (very obvious) engagement ring/wedding band set. I feel sorry for her because I know that she really wants a real diamond.
To M., a wedding ring is a token of my husband's love for M. and a big diamond was important. It was/is also important to my husband because he sees it as a representation of himself. It was important to both of us that I had a nice ring.
I get that some women genuinely don't like diamonds- I can totally respect that. But then there are those that are jealous and feel the need to insult those of us that have and enjoy diamonds- I guess you have to say whatever makes you feel better.

Mine is a pretty large stone and it's real.
It's a classic and 15 years later, I still love it--more than the day I received it.
I had my wedding band & eng. ring fused together so they don't "spin"!

I have an aquamarine (oval cut) with two side stone diamonds, and 8 small diamonds on each side going down the band. In the final carot count the aquamarine is J. slightly more than the diamonds all together. Nothing huge but it makes a nice statement.

No, mine is real but we were broke when we bought it, I was 21 and pregnant. It was 75 dollars at a pawn shop, my husband wanted to replace it but it's sentimental to M..

I LOVE diamonds! Its my birthstone as well!! Oh darn! Hubby gave M. a beautiful set when we married 25 years ago. Total weight was about a carot and he bought it at Service Merchandise. He had J. graduated from college and had very little money.

Last August, he bought M. a new ring for our 25th Anniversary. Its a stunner! Total weight is 3 carots and its one ring that looks like 3. It is something else! I kept my old set and will give it to my son (if he wants it) when he find his bride to be.

I worked in a fine jewelry store for five years and that's where my wedding ring came from. I almost NEVER wear that ring. It's too big now and I wear rings from either Kolh's or www.inspiredsilver.com

I think because of where I worked and been married for soooo long (20 years) people J. assume all my rings are real.

We use to call them "summer diamonds." Some are real, some are not.

I like to wear those rings because I can change them with what I'm wearing or WHERE I'm going.

Sometimes a big flashy ring is a "SAD CHOICE" as my five year old would say. Our store was robbed, yet he never asked M. for my ring. I wouldn't have put up a fight but I would have been REALLY pissed off if I had to hand it over to that LOSER!

Btw, he was caught within minutes after the robbery. SUCH AN IDIOT!

I have a cubic zirconia engagement ring on right now. My wedding band is a $9.99 from Target. I put on weight and I refuse to buy more expensive rings until I lose it again. I have an 18 ct gold wedding ring and a sapphire and diamond engagement, but I can't wear either right now.

When I got engaged, we went to look at rings. The perfect setting was much more important than the stone, so when I found a beautiful, antique looking setting with small diamonds in the filligrie band, I had to have it. The problem was we couldn't afford the setting and a "real" stone. So we had a CZ placed, with the plan to replace it down the road. I had never decided whether I wanted a diamond or a colored stone, anyway, so it would give M. time to think about it. This was almost 7 years ago, and I still have the CZ. Somehow there are J. far more important things to spend our money on! The ring is still beautiful, but if someday my husband surprises M. with a new stone, it will be a reaffirmation of what we have. In the mean time, I get lots of compliments on the ring, and no one needs to know that it's not the real thing! By the way, I opted for one ring for both engagement and wedding ring. Adding something would have detracted from its elegance. :)

My husband is extremely picky when it comes to jewelry. I have a marque diamond that is only a 1/5th karat and I have a wrap around that, that are 2 very dark blue sapphires, these are a marque shape also. I love it! Its simple yet elegant and not huge. I also have a plain band that I would wear while working since I couldnt have any stones on my fingers.

I love blue sapphires and love that my ring is more blue than a diamond.

My husband and I have matching carbon fiber bands with special inscriptions inside. I LOVE IT. I couldn't imagine making payments on a ring which is what we would have had to do. There's other things I can have much more fun with. :)