There is hardly anything more exciting than finally becoming engaged. Probably one of the worst parts of asking a girl to be engaged to you is figuring out what ring she wants without her realizing that you are planning on asking her the “Big Question.” I have a very simple solution to that, and being a girl, I think I would know: put a pearl engagement ring on her finger. Pearl engagement rings are very romantic and your girlfriend will realize that and love you for your thoughtful choice of ring.
You may get a cultured pearl for your little lady if you must, but the best pearls are those that are found naturally in the ocean. Here is the reason why wild pearls are the best choice: besides the fact that wild or natural pearls occur spontaneously and are very rare, they are metaphorical for being valuable, majestic, and lovely. When you give your girlfriend that pearl engagement ring, she will believe that those adjectives describe herself as well. Even Anne from Anne of Green Gables knew how beautiful pearl engagement rings could be. When becoming engaged to George, she asked for a ring made up from a string of small pearls.
That ring brought her delight in years to come. She likewise probably thought that wearing those pearls made her majestic and lovely. Personally, I didn’t have an engagement ring. My fiance and I went from jewelry store to jewelry store trying on all sorts of diamond and white gold rings. I didn’t like any of them. They looked like crystal mountains on my size 5.25 finger. I wasn’t searching for a ring to “pop out” at everyone else. I was looking for something unique and beautiful, like how I wanted myself to be perceived. Finally, when we were passing by a glass case of rings, I stopped suddenly. There were tons of beautiful rings to choose from and they were all so delicate and graceful looking. I realized that they were promise rings.
I tried on a few, selected one that I couldn’t stop staring at, and then my husband secretly purchased it and proposed later that night (I thought it would be a few months). That ring became my engagement and wedding ring and I love it. Purchasing pearl engagement rings, to me, is like purchasing promise rings, except better. First of all, it’s an engagement ring, which takes the level of commitment one step further. Secondly, when your bride exchanges her engagement ring for her wedding ring, she will have another ring she could wear whenever she wanted. Thirdly, and probably most importantly, pearl rings are delicate and beautiful.
They are simple, but so unique and exquisite that they become absolutely gorgeous, just like your girlfriend. When people see her ring, they will “Ooh” and “Aah” over it jealously, making your girlfriend feel that her finger is the most envied in the whole room. There are many different types of pearls you can have set on the ring. I mentioned cultured earlier. Those are created in pearl oyster beds in factories. If you don’t think your girlfriend will like the perfectly rounded peach-colored ball in her engagement ring, there are many other shapes and colors!
One of my favorites is the blister pearl. It looks like a metallic purple half-sphere that has been flattened. Tahitian pearls are also very beautiful and come in that same metallic-like color. A conch pearl is salmon-colored and shaped like a pebble, matching your soon-to-be fiancee’s blush. Abalone pearls are long and multicolored, but can be created smaller to fit on pearl engagement rings.