No! I hate traditional diamonds to be perfectly honest. I would honestly prefer a special ring, like with emeralds or topaz or some special design, instead of the stupid plain marquise or heart cut diamonds.

I want mine to be a really large pearl surrounded with some sort of small stones or a combination of different stones on a platinum band.

I have a Tiffany Princess Cut solitaire in Platinum and I love it. It's really sparkly.

I love pearls! They're my birth stone and I often thought I'd like to have a pearl engagement ring.

Never thought I'd be a "diamond engagement ring" kind of gal. In fact, when he proposed with one in hand, my first question was "But, can I wear it with jeans?"

Still can't quite make eye contact with it - the sparkly throws me off - but love what the ring represents personally: the love and heartfelt effort that went into his choice. (In fact, I later got to see the notes and research he'd done picking it out!)

To me, this ring is way more than bling. Which, I suppose, is the way it should be.

(BTW, it was officially paired with a "not so standard" but complementary wedding band 6 months ago.)

i'd love an antique ring

Classic round 2.5 carat solitaire, 6 prong platinum setting. Same as my mom, same as my grandma (well not as big as hers!). Classic and elegant, exactly what I wanted!

Although I do love antique rings.

mine looks vintage in design -- i got a few questions about whether or not it was. it's the opposite of what i would have picked for myself (my tastes skew very simple), but it's perfect, and i love the thought he put into choosing it for me.

on the opposite end, i saw an absolutely fabulous ring with and uncut diamond & a hammered gold band in a wedding magazine, and fell for that, so i guess i'm all over the place, taste-wise!

I'd like a colored diamond..or a different gem stone. Anything is fine really though, if he chose the ring w/his heart.

I have one round 1 carat with side stones as my original engagement ring (it came with a matching band) but Im not big on the whole "it has to be a diamond" thing sooooo throughout the past few months I have bought colored stone rings, cubic zirconia wedding sets, sterling silver solitaires with matching bands, etc. Its fun to switch it up. I LOOOOOOOVEEEEEE jewelry!

Hubby picked mine out on his own and did a wonderful job- 1.5 carat white diamond, emerald cut, in a platinum band. It's classic and beautiful!

My husband and I got married about 14 years ago, and pretty much everything about our engagement and wedding was non-traditional. We didn't want to spend a lot of money on the wedding, partly because we didn't have a lot, and partly because that's just not our style. So when it came to an engagement ring, even though his parents offered to give us the money for a diamond ring, he surprised me with a beautiful onyx cabochon set in a silver oval on a wide silver band. I think it ended up costing him all of about $25, but that didn't matter - it was exactly the kind of ring I'd pick for myself.

I do have a traditional-style engagement ring. Tiffany setting, white gold, 1.2 carat round solitaire. Love it. Simple and stunning.

I would have liked whatever ring he chose for me, but I'm glad he went with what I wanted.

I want a lab made diamond b/c I don't want to support the diamond industry. I also think expensive jewelry is a waste of money. I'd rather have shoes.

I want something that's unique but also classy and chic.

My engagement ring is a small blue sapphire, ina tension setting in a titanium band. I adored it, but I only wear my wedding band now -- a titanium band with a blue inlay.

I want a traditional one!
BUT I might take a caranry diamond too...yesterday i saw a GORGEOUS one on here and would have loved to have that one!

I have the best of both worlds. A 3.0 ct Tiffany Legacy. Classic, but still amazingly detailed and vintage looking.

Two things I require:

-white gold or platinum
-emerald cut

I hate any other cut and despise yellow gold.

I have what I have. It was a gift, and looking at it reminds me of my fiance. I don't know how big it is, or any of that crap. That isn't important in the long run.

I have a 1 carat emerald cut white diamond on a platinum band. It's beautiful and I love it.

I love my ring. It's a 2.5 carat round stone, set with 4 small side stones on each side in white gold. I originally thought I wanted something untraditional, but I ended up with a traditional ring and I love it

I picked other

I'm having my grandmother's engagement ring & wedding band made into one ring & I'm using my grandfather's wedding band as my band. The diamond is itty bitty but I don't care at all b/c the rings are such a part of my family.

Plus Mick & I are broke & if he spent a sh*t ton of money we don't have on some ring I'd kill him

I've got awhile, so I haven't really decided yet.

I always wanted a vintage style ring. But my husband had his great grandmother's stone reset into a fairly classic setting, with unique side stones and pretty filigree design. It's better than anything I could've dreamed!

I let my fiance pick it out! So many of my sorority sisters picked theirs out and it really took the romance out the whole thing. (1) because a lot of their picks were over the budget for their men, which made for a lousy proposal and grumpy guys and (2) they already knew the proposal was coming so it wasn't much of a surprise.

Im lucky though...i love my ring (1.5 tiffany round setting with baggettes on the side)...i often wonder what i would have done if i had hated it. The other thing i love about my ring is knowing that he picked it out just for me. I honestly wouldn't have picked this ring out if i was picking it, but i love it probably more than what i would have picked.

Side...I AM picking out the wedding ring. Which I plan on wearing alone...so its like two rings, somedays i will wear my engagement ring and other days my wedding band! Double Bonus!

We picked it out together (and split the price - I was working and he was finishing up school). Ended up with a 1 carat marquise cut diamond in an antique setting with pave diamonds - band is similar, each have the diamonds only halfway around. It's perfect, beautiful, very classic looking, and we both love it .

My fiance gave me some of ideas that he had looked at. I was so touched by his interest and input for the engagement ring. It was really sweet. He got me a beautiful platinum diamond ring and I love it. It doesn't matter to me what carat it is. I love that it came from him and to me, it represents our new chapter in our relationship.

I LOVE my ring. It's an asscher cut, so it's a traditional ring but asschers are apparently rather rare, so it's definitely not the same thing that is on everyone's finger, which is the feeling I get with round cut (I've actually not met anyone in person that also has an asscher, but everyone who sees my ring loves it so much that they want one for themselves!). The only thing I wish I could change is that mine is a center stone with side stones... I'd actually rather just have a solitaire, if I could change my ring. I think the side stones will compete too much with my prong-set asscher eternity band.

I don't want a traditional diamond ring, because I'm against the diamond industry. I don't blood to be shed so that I can have a ring. I would rather have a different stone, and know that I am doing a part in boycotting the diamond industry. Every little bit makes a difference.

Um, I don't really know if I want an engagement ring. I'd like a wedding band, but I don't feel the need to have my boyfriend fork out major dollars to prove the love I already know he has.

My ring is traditional but different. Like Princess Diana, I have a 7 carat Ceylon sapphire with 1.2 carats of diamonds on the side in two half moon. So many compliment me on how beautiful it is, and how nice it is to see someone with something other than a big diamond. But some diamonds are beautiful. I particularly like the Tiffany Legacy ring because it looks vintage.

bvfashion- many Canadian diamonds are certified as ethically mined.

I got to pick out my engagement ring, it is platinum with a
emerald cut diamond.

I love vintage jewelry and stones of all color, but I would be happy with whatever my guy picks out. He knows my taste and style well enough to pick out the best ring (hopefully)!

I belong to the rare breed of girl who doesnt like wearing jewelry, its like pet peeve, so I'd prefer something very untraditional - perhaps not even a ring at all

Mine is a solitaire, diamond ring, round cut with a gold band.
Pretty 'traditional' or generic.

I'm not trying to be rude, but wasn't the question what type of ring do you like? not what was the size of your engagement ring.

My engagement ring is perfect for me. Beautiful and simple and it makes a statement.

I don't wear jewelry (hello there, christina b), so my fiance made me the perfect engagement ring out of two differently colored pieces of wood. It's completely me. Now my (seven years older) sister is making a wooden engagement ring for her boyfriend. I guess we're pretty untraditional (and low maintenance )

I'm fairly traditional. We picked out my ring together and used the diamond from my mom's engagement ring (she is widowed and doesn't wear it anymore and wanted me to have it.) We also used 4 side stones from a ring that my grandfather owned. The design I picked out is very similar to my paternal grandmother's ring, so all in all it's a little old-fashioned, very classic and very meaningful to me because of the history and love that the ring is built out of. I love it!
And on an unromantic note, we couldn't have afforded much without having had the stones already. I plan on getting a simple white-gold wedding band. I don't like chunky or bulky jewelry.

My engagement ring isn't traditional per se, but I wouldn't call it super individual either, but it's absolutely gorgeous, and my husband picked it out himself! For the record, it's a three diamond ring with a white gold band with a Tiffany ribbon-style setting. Love it!

I don't want any engagement ring because I never want to get married.

I have a traditional ring round solitaire in platinum...It's pretty but I don't love it...( Oh well....what can I say...nothing. (

Yea, I wanted a 3 stone round cute in platinum. He went with the highest quality diamond which is nice but limited the other options.

Ughhh I read what I wrote and I sound like a brat (put kindly! It doesn't really matter, I don't love the ring but I sure do love him.

onabanana, do you think it would hurt his feelings? My hubby has told me I can get mine reset or switch if I don't like it. He might rather that to you looking at a ring you don't like every day.

As to the question, mine is pretty traditional. Hubby picked the stone himself and had it set for me. It's a round cut, but the kind with extra facets so it's extra sparkly. Solitaire setting with an eternity band for the wedding band. I love that the band can stand alone and I love knowing how much time and effort he put into picking something not only that he thought I'd like, but something he wanted to see me wear every day.

Instead of an engagement ring, I got an engagement gift. It was a totally restored 1968 Vespa Primavera in seafoam green.

I tell my friends that my engagement 'ring' is vintage, Italian and green. It's the last part of the description that throws them off!

My wedding band will be a titanium band with a diamond in a tension setting.

I wrote my full engagement story on the post: "Do Tell: What's Your Favorite Engagement Story?"

Mine is perfect for me... It's actually silver with three long fire opals across the top. We got it in a little gift shop in the town we fell in love in. It's got the most amazing side effect I've ever seen... When the sun hits the stones, the silver band turns red! There's this fire/water quality to it, perfect because he's fire and I'm water! I've never seen a ring like mine, let alone an engagement ring! I know it's a soft metal and stone, but if it gives in a few years we'll save the pieces and take another trip to get another ring. My attachment to him is important and enduring, not a piece of rock and metal.

On a side note... When we were ring shopping before we got engaged, I specifically told a saleslady right away that I didn't want a diamond. What did she do? Led us over to their Hearts on Fire display. UGH! She had us/me try on diamond rings worth more than our car! Totally inappropriate since she obviously didn't listen to my wishes or take note we were both wearing hippie sandals, shorts and tank tops. And talk about pressure! I'm sure my fiancee will never want to enter another traditional jewelry store again (he hasn't since).

I find diamonds pretty boring, so when my husband proposed we decided to have a ring custom made for me. We went into the Diamond district of NYC* and picked out a beautiful black opal to be the stone.

Between one thing and another though, it never got made into a ring. At this point we're planning on having a pendant made.

*note of advice: don't do that on a Saturday. Most of the shops are closed.

to me a small princess cut diamond or saphire with a baguettes on each side is the perfect ring.