I truly want to buy a CZ or Russian Brilliant Wedding Set (instead of diamonds). What are the pros & cons?

I truly want to buy a CZ or Russian Brilliant Wedding Set (instead of diamonds). What are the pros & cons?

From my perspective, wedding rings are symbols, and I want my wife to wear a symbol that says from a distance… MARRIED. But it is “the ring” and the finger which it is on that stands as the symbol… not the stone.

For some reason, it is acceptable for a married woman to wear a single wedding band as a symbol of marriage. But if her man gives her a diamond look-a-like, somehow that is NOT okay.

The Diamond Industry has done their job. They have brainwashed consumers into believing that the 4 C’s are a measure of how much you love your lady. We have also been brainwashed to believe that buying CZ’s or Russian Brilliants as wedding rings, is somehow cheating.

I don’t buy into this… but I must admit that the argument does weigh on my heart a little bit. Not a lot, yet enough to prompt me to post this request for insight and feedback from the readers of this forum.

I want to buy an engagement ring/wedding set. I can not afford to buy her the diamond wedding set that I would really like for her to have (Round 1ct VS2 D-F, with channel set diamond band). If I could, I would just do it, despite my thoughts about the matter. Let me also point out that I do not want to “upgrade” later.

If I purchased CZ’s or Russian Brilliants, I could get exactly what I want… but this is precisely my dilemma.

I am not concerned with what people would think of me if they were told that my wife wore a CZ or Russian Brilliant. It’s just that I would like to do what I feel in my heart, and give her something that I really want her to have. I want the ring purchase to be a surprise, so I don’t want to ask her. On the other hand, part of me just wants to follow my heart, but I don’t want her to be disappointed. Then there is always the question of how to handle the issue when it came up down the road.

I am truly torn. I would appreciate some insight.

Thanks in advance!

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