Unusual engagement rings?

I've not been hit on while with my hubby (or then-fiance), but I did often have to tell people that my ring is an engagement ring. They would say something like "that is a pretty ring" and they were totally oblivious to which finger it was sitting on.

It has eased up now that we are married and there are two rings on my finger - so maybe people figure it out that it IS an e-ring & wedding band.

This is my aquamarine ring - -

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/s...

Mine is diamonds but the design is very non-traditional. Loads of people love it, but they don't think it's an engagement ring. I get leered at no matter what, so I don't think it's your ring that's the issue there.

My fiance was very antsy about the ring in the beginning because people kept giving him odd looks when I said it was my engagement ring. Because it's different people assume he screwed up buying it. I just assure people that I chose the ring and I'm thrilled with it.

For what it's worth, I think more and more people are breaking the solitaire diamond trend and as time goes on, it won't surprise people as much.

My engagement ring is a 2 1/2 carat princess cut blue topaz with diamond accents and a trilliant cut blue topaz on each side. I didn't want a traditional diamond ring and love blue topaz. The only problem I'm having is finding a wedding band to fit with it. The only one I've found so far is about 4 times the price of my engagement ring.

My mother's engagement ring is a ruby with tiny diamonds on either side set in yellow gold. One of my aunts wear a citrine ring set in yellow gold. Another aunt wear an antique ring with a dark blue sapphire in it (I have never seen a darker colored sapphire). In my family, I am the strange one because I have a diamond, at my husband's insistence (he's one of those who doesn't believe an engagement ring could be anything else). I had originally wanted my husband's birthstone (aquamarine), because that's tradition in my family. Instead, because he insisted on a diamond, I insisted it must be unusually shaped. My engagement ring is a .75 carat heart shaped solitaire set in yellow gold.

I have a friend who decided she didn't want an engagement ring. She and her husband splurged on fancy wedding bands instead. Nobody is going to care what your engagement ring is after you get married. Many women don't even wear their engagement rings after marriage, although I don't understand why they wouldn't. Don't let anybody get you down because they are trapped by societal expectations. If you love the ring, that's all that matters!

I really don't think it makes much difference to the types of guys that get leery anyway, my ring is quite classic but with a slighlty vintagey look because it's sort of my style and I still get it anyway. I think it's far more important that the two of you know what it stands for. Even if you had a wedding ring on you would probably get leered at by certain people. I'd just enjoy knowing that you've gone for a ring you love.

Mine is very nontraditional but to me that means more. I like not having the same run of the mill ring, to me it feels like he tried a little more to show how much he loves means to find something more fitting to me. Think of it as a way to tell your love story to people when they ask. As long as you are happy with it, its all good!!

my ring is a diamond, but the design its set in is not very traditional. i love it though because its beautiful and completely unique (we designed it ourselves) and i am always getting compliments. i actually met a friend of my sisters the other day and she said to me "oh, you're the one with the really nice engagement ring!"