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I love my fiancé but I'm disappointed with the engagement ring he gave me - should I tell him?
A bride-to-be who 'truly' loved her 'gorgeous' engagement ring was left disappointed after discovering a secret about the diamond.
The woman told a Facebook group she was upset that her future husband was using a lab made diamond.
'I'm not going to lie, I was pretty disappointed, especially since my future husband has enough income to afford a real diamond,' she said.
She also confessed to feeling like 'a spoiled brat for complaining'.
Her fiancé was previously engaged to another woman and proposed with a ring costing more than $75,000, so the cheaper diamond left her feeling 'second best'.
'How many others have lab created diamonds?' she asked.
Her dismay about not having a 'real' diamond in her engagement ring was met online with ridicule and disbelief.
'I require my diamonds to be exploitative', one woman quipped.
The disappointed bride-to-be posted a photo of the ring with the lab created diamond (above)
'People sure do get upset when their diamonds aren't the result of human rights abuses and environmental destruction, huh,' another said slamming the woman's 'entitled attitude'.
Another woman was quick to agree that the bride-to-be's 'greedy' disappointment was in bad taste.
'How else is she going to prove that she is better than the rest if it's not by showing how many people and kids have been abused for her to have that stone on her hand,' she said.
'Carbon is carbon,' another person said, referring the material that diamonds are made of, whether from the ground or in a lab.
'Such a weird hill to die on! I told my husband I wanted a lab created diamond for this exact reason. Having a chemically perfect diamond is bonus,' another woman said.
Many agreed that they would prefer a lab created diamond saying that a real diamond and its corresponding 'bad juju' would be more disappointing.
'Why have his money contribute to problems in another country,' asked one woman.
'Diamonds aren't my favourite but if I get one it better be a lab diamond and not the real thing,' another woman said.
One woman shared that her jeweller friend recommended lab created diamonds, as diamonds don't have much resale value in general.
Many argued that lab made diamonds were essentially the same as earth diamonds in terms of clarity and sparkle, albeit less expensive.
Lab grown diamonds still have flaws, the only difference is they don't contain nitrogen.
The bride-to-be even admitted that the stunning engagement ring 'matched perfectly' with her Tiffany & Co 'blood' diamond band.
She also confessed she hadn't researched lab created diamonds, 'so I could be completely seeing this the wrong way'.
Amnesty International estimates that 3.7 million people have been killed in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Liberia, and Sierra Leone in conflicts related to so called 'blood diamonds'
Amnesty International estimates that 3.7million people have been killed in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Liberia, and Sierra Leone in conflicts related to 'blood diamonds'.
'Ethical diamonds' are another option for those not wanting jewels created in a lab.
There is a certified process that can ensure that diamonds purchased from particular retailers are 'conflict-free'.
But earth diamonds also carry negative environmental impacts such as deforestation and soil erosion.
Many people encouraged buying vintage engagement rings as not only are they better value, but they are a way of owning an earth diamond without supporting an exploitative industry.
One woman said she was only comfortable having an earth diamond because the stone had belonged to her grandmother.
Global demand for lab grown diamonds has increased rapidly in recent years.
It was 3.5 percent of the market in 2018, 18.5 percent in 2023 and is expected to exceed 20 percent by the end of 2024.
One person commenting thought the whole idea of expensive engagement rings was an outdated marketing scam.
'Many years ago De Beers insisted that women needed a giant engagement ring that should cost a fortune, unfortunately that standard still persists,' she said.
