Avoid staring directly into these bling-a-licious engagement rings, or you might find yourself in a trance.
Engagement Ring 1
Kydra's groom surprised her on her wedding day, last July, with an entirely new set! His extra-special wedding gift was to celebrate the eight years they've been together, she says.
Engagement Ring 2
Hillary and her guy have been together for eight years too, so when they were vacationing last year, she thought there might be a proposal. After a picnic on the beach, he gave her a small glass jar on which he had painted "Cape Hatteras, North Carolina," and she immediately started crying. She says: "Every beach I go to I collect sand. When I get home, I paint a jar and put the sand in. I was so touched that he thought of this ahead of time, made the jar, and brought it all the way to North Carolina. As much as I wanted it to be a ring, the fact that he thought to do this was more than enough for me." So she was extra surprised when she stooped to pick up some sand and he stopped her and said, "Wait, I have to make it special first." When she turned around, he was on one knee with this sparkler.
Engagement Ring 3
Lyndsey's guy proposed with her "dream ring" on the first night of their Hawaii vacation. When she asked how he picked the style, he confessed to creating a Pinterest account just so he could check her wedding board, where she had pinned the exact ring "a million times"!
Engagement Ring 4
Brigid's boyfriend proposed in front of Cinderella's castle at the Magic Kingdom, where they had their first date—and where he says he realized he was falling in love with her. He had her parents flown in for the occasion, which was also their 45th wedding anniversary, and proposed with her great-great-aunt's 1937 engagement ring. SO much adorable!
Engagement Ring 5
Wes planned an extra-special day exactly a year after the day he and Kayla met. She writes, "He took me to a paint-your-own pottery studio, where we painted coffee mugs. When we got home, the ceiling was covered in balloons. I had to pop each one in numerical order to find a slip of paper in each one telling me a reason why he loves me. The last one read, 'I love you for all these reasons and many more. Go look under your pillow.' There I found a custom-made jewelry box with 'Will you marry me?' inscribed on the inside."
Which of these engagement rings is your favorite?
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