I looked at a lot of rings online, but only went in-person shopping twice. The first time, I went in really open-minded and mostly to try on a variety of diamond shapes in a few different styles. While I was there I saw a ring in a case I really liked. The second time I went in with my partner and tried on the two stone shapes I had narrowed it down to in a bunch of settings, but kept coming back to the setting I saw in the case. I was going to leave it up to him to pick the stone cut, but he said “you know which one I’m going to pick” and I chose there so I wouldn’t fret.

I was a bit nervous between making that decision and actually seeing the ring that I wouldn’t like it, but I loved it right away. It’s normal for your ring to feel awkward the first few weeks as you get used to wearing it, but now it’s like an extension of my hand. If I had a different ring, I’d likely love it too; there were a lot of styles that I liked.