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Propose with fake diamond, then go shopping afterwards. Get the surprise and the exact ring she wants. Worked really well for me
Don't go shopping with her. Dumb.
Don't propose with a fake ring or another woman's ring, even if it's your grandmother's ring. Risky. Lazy. Also dumb.
Don't propose with a diamond you bought in a generic setting. Lazy. Half-assed planning. Also dumb.
Find one of her girlfriends that is known to be close to being engaged, or is already engaged or married, but that you can trust not to say a word about what follows...
Have her girlfriend plan a "girl's day" to hang out. If the girl is close to being engaged then have her pull your girlfriend into a jewelry store to try on rings (but make sure she makes it 90% about herself, and then kind of suggests "hey why don't you try one on just for the hell of it"). If the girl is married or engaged already, get her to take your girlfriend with her to the jeweler to "get her ring cleaned," and then just have her casually bring your girlfriend over to the bridal selection and say stuff like "oh that looks nice," and then she'll play into it and might even get to the point where they're trying things on while they wait for the ring to be cleaned.
Out of something like this, you'll get two things:
• Style of rings she prefers
• Her ring size
I'll happily provide more info if you need it (especially with relation to stone, etc), and share with you how I went about getting my fiancée's ring size, if you need the info or care to hear the story.
Warning: I have been told I am loquacious, and I tend to think that's a fair description.
If she hasn't mentioned the ring she wants, she's not ready.
Take her shopping, it's her finger
Hasn't she ever mentioned the type of rings she likes? If not ask her best friend, mother, or sister if she has one.
Take her or have her look for rings with a sister, mom, friend. IMO being proposed to shouldn't be a surprise, but rather the moment it happens should be "unexpected"
You should know her well enough to know what kind of ring she would want #DueDiligence #KnowYourAudience
EY1 is a genius.
Be casual brah, get an idea of what she wants and then execute when she's not around
EY1 is smart. Propose then celebrate with a spa/mani/ring shopping day. 💅💍
EY1... thats the smartest god damned thing I've ever heard.
I did what EY1 said. Proposed with a cheap Walmart ring then we went and picked one out together
Uh why P1
Went ring shopping several times once we were starting to talk about marriage in a serious way. Learned what she liked then got a ring in that style on my own
There's a lot of bad advice here.
TBH if you can get it right the first time, please do. I'd rather be proposed to with the actual ring.
ring pop
Proposing with a fake ring or no ring is fine if that's what you want to do and she's ok with it.
I felt that finding out the details of the ring she wanted, getting her ring size, and having the actual ring at the time of the proposal was important because it was a once-in-a-lifetime moment that I didn't want to half-ass. I was easily able to find out what kind of ring she wanted by using her friends as spies to find out. And no matter how blissful she will be from the moment alone, being able to stare at the ring all night (and for several more months) will burn that special moment into her memory.
Then how will that be a surprise DD1?
Uh no to EY1.