My boyfriend and I have set a wedding date for next summer. There isn’t a ring yet because he wants to get me something that I love and I have been going back and forth with the setting. Well, we picked a setting (he’s going to design one based on what we both like), but now the problem we having is the metal. He wants me to have platinum because it’s a rare metal and he wants me to have something that not everyone has. He’s a scientist so rocks and minerals are his background and it’s important to him. I am concerned that the platinum is a duller metal than white gold and will dull so much that it will look more like gun metal. In the end the ring won’t look as nice. My cousin’s wife has platinum and her ring is gray and just blah. There is no shine or sparkle to the thing even though it’s a 1.5 cart diamond. If we go with platinum I just need reassurance that it won’t look like gun metal and it’ll be polished and look like white gold does. HELP!!!
I think part of my problem is the money he wants to spend on it, too. This is the same man that always told me I wasn’t going to get anything over a 1/2 carat and now the ring is 1+ carat and platinum. It makes me uncomfortable that he’s spending this kind of money on me.

I’ve always told him that this will be the most expensive piece of jewelry I will ever own, but now we are really talking expensive.