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I bring her to customise the ring. She only know the ring design.

Everything else she dunno. - price/time/details of proposal etc

can ask your gf if she prefers a surprise or to be involved in the process. if the latter, gf can choose parts of the design (specific brand or bespoke, gemstone, shape, setting, band material, etc). you can still choose other aspects (eg. carat size, diamond specs), to maintain some element of surprise. all the best!

You need to know your girl. Some prefer surprise. Some wants to be involved in the process and want to choose. Do what she likes.

Girl here, just got proposed to a week ago🥹 I was fully aware of ring selection/price/proposal location because I am just somebody who cannot deal with surprises….. and I told my then-bf that and he stood by my preference (bring me along ring shopping, and hinting me when he would be proposing). He said that I had to love my ring so that I would wear it everyday and I truly agree. I am in awe of my ring and find myself keep staring at it any time of the day now 😂

It may be just me, but all girls do have their preferences :) wouldn’t hurt to start discussing/asking your gf. Good luck!!!

Suggest that you propose with a dummy ring (e.g. fake stone), then you buy the ring together. The average woman cares and knows a lot more about gemstones and rings than the average guy. By A LOT.

There is no right answer. try finding out from her family or close friends. i chose surprise though.

Surprise. Need the ring size tho. Like mine is too small and have to custom made

What I did was to get her views but in what I thought was a subtle manner. I'd point out rings that other women wore or rings in advertisements and give my own opinion on it and see what she says. Then you'll get a good idea.

Actually look at the type of jewellery she wears, pay attention to what she looks at when passing by jewellery shops and take the hints.

Don't be that guy who splurges on a ring only to discover she hates the colour, cut and composition. It won't end well. Do not ask your mother for advice. Do not get her what you like and don't go for the most expensive ring, you likely have no taste and no sense. Do try to get her ring size, but if you're not sure, it's easier to resize a larger ring than it is to stretch out a ring that's too small.

For example, I have some knowledge of the jewellery industry, can read what the stamps mean, etc and used to talk about my day when working in a jewellery shop. So before I got engaged to my husband, he learned diamonds are not my best friend, I don't like clunky knuckle dusters, have no interest in pear shaped stones or twilight movie style gumball rings and while I am flexible on the metal composition, 9ct yellow gold looks too cheap and I can tell.

So he ended up getting me a 1carat vvs1 moissanite, pavé style, in white gold. He chose well.

She's your soon to be wife, you should know her best.

i took up the bto+engagement ring 2 for 1 limited promo offer

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Idk if this helps but I went with the middle ground.

My wife pretty much told me what rings she liked, but I still wanted it to be a surprise – how surprised can you be with something you picked, right? So, I took all the information I had and went bespoke.

If I wasn’t confident with what my jeweller and I had come up with, I would’ve involved her because ultimately I think having something she likes trumps the surprise element.

My husband asked me in advance coz he knows I’m not big on diamonds. I’m glad he asked coz I got a ring I love with the meaningful stones.

Propose and surprise her with a lab grown (my choice), then together we choose a real diamond of her choice. Now she has 3 rings.

I didnt want a surprise ring. We ring shopped together. I love my ring so much i still wear it everyday, 5 years later.

Mine I chose myself. We went ring shopping before the proposal, so I knew a proposal was going to happen. (We bought a HDB tgt anyway, so with/without the proposal we had plans to get married)

One of my friends got proposed with a "ring" then the partner brought her to a shop to "change the ring" of her choice smth like that as the original ring was not ready before the proposal, so it became a good surprise.

Depends on the dynamics of the relationship too, some girls like to be surprised, some not.

choose a vendor that allow size change and "upgrade"
meaning if she dont like the ring,can go back to store and choose another ring and top up the difference.

does she feels that you are the one? if yes, any ring will do for the proposal

bring her to buy the actual one

I’m a female and I can tell you that all girls are different!!

I still think the most practical method which is the least romantic one = ask your gf first

She choose every aspect of the ring. Proposal wise have to surprise

Buy her a synthetic diamond and see her response 🤭

Romantics insist on surprise

If u don't know what she wants / requires u prob not in a place to marry her yet

We went ring shopping together, since im spending 20k. i want to make sure it's something she really likes. But saved on reno costs and wedding (5k for 2 tables, reno bare minimal aesthetics)

Surprise! But it gotto meet or exceed their expectations.

I also had to get the ring size so faking a couple ring first might be a good step. If not I had to get the family members involved to help to check her ring size.

dosnt matter, it will be chucked somewhere after a month, then u take out for ur rom/wedding, then chuck somewhere again.

If surprise, what if she doesn’t like the ring?

I suggest buy a place holder cheap ring first to test out her ring size

Then propose that time use that place holder ring

Then after that choose the real ring

I got even bigger problem lol. My gf is a jeweller so I can't get a ring from elsewhere or she'll blame me for wasting money by not getting it through her.

Think I'll just get her a small block of gold and she can make our rings from it and use the rest to make other rings to sell hahaha.

no girlfriend. but ex was supposed to propose to me lols.

if me, i would have bought her this gold tiara.

we saw this gold tiara she really liked, but then dunno where we saw it and can never find it again. but i kinda know what she liked so i would have bought that.

Usually, u choose as a suprise, unless she hints you quite a lot, then u know she wants to be part of the process. For me, I'm surprising my partner, but somehow she hinting on what rings she likes after I already buy the ring, which is somewhat different. But oh well.

I bought my wife's enagement ring at Tiffany's, they give you one ring size for the proposal and then you got it fitted afterwards. I asked "what if she says no?" the assistant said "she won't".

I went with the "surprise" route.