Jewelry

[timeless]

Who gave you your first diamond?

Asking because of the TSV. (6-11-26)

My grandma gave me my first.  

It was for Christmas and it was a cute squirrel holding a diamond chip, like a nut, pendant necklace.

I was around 12 years old.

Being that I was facinated with her wedding ring, heavily diamoned, I was so excited to get a real diamond of my own.

She later bought me, at 15, another diamond pendant and earrings to match.  That time in 14K gold.  I still have the pendant and one of the earrings I, have since placed into another piece of jewelry.  I sadly lost one earring.

Grandma loved her diamonds.

Grandpa told her, "Stick with me, and you'll be wearing diamonds!"

[FancyPhillyshopper]

Diamonds are my birthstone.

I did not get my first one until I bought it myself, at around age twenty or so.

I had a part time job while I was in school.

It was a very, very small pendant, one tenth of a carat.

I still have it, although I never wear it.

My collection has expanded exponentially since then!!

And yes, I have bought many of my diamonds myself, because a good education led to a very good career. 

[beach-mom]

My parents gave me studs for my 21st birthday.  

[timeless]

@FancyPhillyshopper 

"And yes, I have bought many of my diamonds myself, because a good education led to a very good career."

I love this!  

[beach-mom]

@timeless - What a sweet story!  @FancyPhillyshopper - good for you for getting what you wanted!   

[JYWilliams]

I was 15 when my Aunt gave me her white gold diamond ring. I still have the ring.

[kze]

Mine was my engagement ring when I was 21.  I've really never liked diamonds but I bought some small stud earrings much later.

[scrapperlisa]

My first love gave me a tiny diamond promise ring when I was 20.  Unfortunately it didn't work out, and we both married other people, but I still think of him (and the ring) fondly.

When I got married at 26, my mom gave me her engagement ring to have re-set for my wedding.  The diamond was handed down from my great-grandmother Wilomena from the mid-1800s.  I felt blessed to wear it, as I was the youngest of 5 daughters, and it could have gone to any of my sisters.

[lynnie61]

I was 16 or 17, my dads aunt gave me her wedding ring and her diamond engagement ring.  She got married in 1937.  I still love it, and wear it occasionally.  She wanted to be my godmother, she was godmother to several boys.  My mom chose someone else.  But she was my brother's godmother.  

[on the bay]

My husband

The diamond was from a ring that my father in law who was wonderful, had originally given to a mistress-I know scandalous but very romantic and like something out of a romantic mystery. My mother-in-law became a best friend. I later gave it to my son when he married. Lovely memories.