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You love her don’t you? Well, you can’t say it with a diamond one can hardly see. Guys, I have got to tell you that diamonds are a girl’s best friend.

We love them in any shape and form but not just any size. We will only take the small, itsy-bitsty, minuscule ones if they come in clusters…..and accompanied by the great-grandfather diamond. But we can’t take those “baby” diamonds accompanied by the words, “I love you.” Uhhhmmmmmmm-mm…..nooooo!!

Have any of your girlfriends come up to you screaming and jumping up and down, saying that she has gotten engaged? Then you begin to scream along with her and you’re dying to see the ring……and she sticks out her hand and your scream stops suddenly…..and your smile fades. ” Oh this is nice,” you lie to her.

The diamond does not knock you out. In fact, you have to squint very close to the ring to see it. The only way he can get away with that is if the rest of the money was spent securing a down payment for the family’s new Arawak home. You know what I’m talking’ about!

Other than that, Cheapskate, please get a Bigger Rock!

If you are buying a diamond to announce your engagement, you have got to know the 4 C’s: Cut, Colour, Clarity and Carat weight. We’re not talking’ cubic zirconia here, although they are great fakes. But come on guys, hook ya girls up with something’ they can brag about!

Cut: Depending on how the diamond is cut, that’s how much it is going to sparkle because the precision of a diamond’s cut will determine how much light it will refract or deflect at a certain angle when it enters obliquely from another medium. This means that the better the diamond is cut, the greater its brilliance or sparkle. So look for a diamond with good proportions, so that your girl does not have to be waving her hand in the air all the time for people to see the ring. People will see her coming from a mile away.

Colour: When people look at a diamond, they actually think that it is white or colourless. Well, that might be how it looks but looks are deceiving. Diamonds actually have a hint of yellow or brown, due to the traces of nitrogen in them. However, the more the diamond seems colourless, the more valuable it is. But do not be deceived because diamonds that do have a distinctive red, pink or blue colour (although they may come in all colours) are also very rare and valuable.

Clarity: This refers to the number of a diamond’s naturally occurring inclusions or flaws, which are often created by minerals entrapped during the gem’s crystallization process. The less inclusions, the more light the diamond will reflect, making it more invaluable. Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, so we know these things. If we have to wear it, we’re on a mission to make someone go blind from it’s rays.

Carat Weight: Everybody always wants to know “how many carats” be it in gold or diamonds. This is the question you don’t have to tell anyone to ask. But do they really know what they are asking for? A carat is the unit of measurement that was derived from early diamond traders who used seed pods of the carob tree to determine diamond weight. A one-carat diamond equaled the weight of one carob seed. Today, carats are measures in metric terms. One carat diamond is equaled to 0.2 grams or 1/42 of an ounce. Each carat is divided into 100 points. This unit of measurement does not affect all of the other characteristics of a diamond.

So to all the men, young and old, who are looking for that perfect treasure to give your perfect treasure, take heed to the advice given herein, so that you can buy a diamond that you will be proud to give to your special lady.