He brings color to my life

This is the ring Mr. Engagement gave me when he said he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. I did have some say in the ring I wanted, which leads me to wonder if left to his own intuition what ring would I be wearing. This was also the same thought that lead me to put in my opinion on my ring. I considered something untraditional, something possibly more similar to a right hand ring, and I thought about antique rings. There were so many options for that one little finger, I can't image the stress it is for a man to find the perfect one.

I love my ring. In certain lighting the colors sparkle perfectly. However, Even though I wear this ring on my right finger I still have to classify it's meaning. For example:

My Mom:
I wasn't one to run and text message, mass e-mail, or stand up in time square to announce that I was engaged. I am shy and this is not an indication of how I felt about this event. So when I came home for Christmas I showed my mom my ring and asked, "what do you think?"
Mom: It should have been blue or emerald.
Me: Okay
Mom: What is it? Did Mr. Engagement give that to you?
Me: Yes
Mom: * now the excitement set in*Let me see it! OH now you're going to going to go tell him I said that.


One of my Aunt's Responses:
Aunt: Let me see your hand!
Me: * show her my hand*
Aunt: Oh, I thought that was something else.
Me: It is.
Aunt: I thought it was an engagement ring
Me: It is
Other Aunts: Ohh, let me see!

It is hard to believe that a touch of color confuses people so. Should I have picked something more traditional? Or more... absent of color? No. I just say I was engaged in the wrong country. Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Diana received a Blue sapphire, Princess Ferguson a Red Ruby. I also do not think of this as an Alternative to the Diamond ring, or a rebellion against the Diamond. This is simply the choice of the royal families and I :) .


So, Ladies whose husbands also brought color to your life, Have you met some resistance?

P.S. The slogan "diamonds are forever" was/is a popular advertisement that began in the 1940's. Divorce rates between 1940-1948: 3,620,000. This was the same amount that had been granted in the previous 18 years. But hey, I guess neither Princess Diana nor Princess Ferguson had fairytale wedded lives!