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I have a lab diamond and I love it. However I also think it looks bad when women get 3+ carat lab diamonds when they are not super wealthy. It looks like a facade.
My (late) Millenial peer group seems to care. My Zoomer friends and their SOs/spouses don’t seem to care.
99% of people can’t tell the difference just looking at a stone. The few that know enough to discern natural from lab stones without tool assistance would have to get a very close look at a large-ish stone to spot the “tells”. The thing that’s usually a dead giveaway for if a stone is natural or not has nothing to do with the stone itself - it’s your socio-political status. Too many carats on jewelry with attire, accessories, or career/life story that doesn’t align to purchasing power is obvious.
That said, it’s definitely not something to lie about when gifting something. It’s trivial for a jeweler to discern the origin, and the signaling power of investment in a real stone carries more weight, socially speaking, than a lab grown stone, imo. Someone who doesn’t care about the market value of a stone probably still cares about someone lying. I’ve seen this lie snowball into two destroyed relationships among friends.
I agree with the comment above. As a women, I have also never asked (or cared) whether my friends ring is natural or lab grown—I’m just happy for her engagement. Heck, if I could do it again I’d want lab grown because of the $$$
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I agree. Its such a weird thing to even care if someones ring is natural or not. I care more that youre marrying the love of your life!!! 🥰
I'm a millennial man, but the women in my circles (including my partner and her friends) *prefer* lab-grown diamonds, to avoid the stigma of supporting the diamond mining industry.
I would never buy a De Beers diamond personally, and frankly I probably wouldn't be in a relationship with someone who would want one. I recognize this is unhelpful, but tbh I judge people negatively if they spend that much on a ring (or want that much to be spent on them), in particular to prop up an industry with serious ethical concerns. Not to mention the artificial scarcity associated with diamonds.
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Haha i appreciate the honesty!😆
Oh also- I know someone who’s now-husband told her that he got a natural diamond. But he actually got her a lab diamond. I am sworn to secrecy to the person who told me, but I think that was super immoral of the husband to lie about it.
I don’t care I’m happy to save money for more important things like a home, etc.
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Get whatever makes sense for both of you, but don’t lie about it. That just makes you look either superficial, pretentious, virtue-signaling, or insecure, none of which says good things about the person doing the lying.