u/rushumie1

I see posts very often on here asking if their ring is too small. With the rise of lab grown and maisonette (which are also nice - no hate at all but I think it’s more common to go for larger stones) I usually always assume the stone is natural if it’s “small”. “Smaller” stones to me look elegant, sophisticated and more akin to quiet luxury. Some of the coolest girls I know have 0.25ish diamonds or even gem stones instead of diamonds and it looks so chic.

Obviously everyone has their own taste and karat preferences but I had to say this given the amount of posts re small diamonds I see in this sub.

Just my opinion!

We have one photographer for our wedding day coverage. My fiance is getting ready 1h30 min drive away in his family home and I’m either getting ready at the venue or in my aunts house (tbc - she lives 5 mins away).

Our photography package includes 2 hours before the wedding and I had planned on that being one hour with me first (11:30-12:45ish) and then she travels to the venue where my fiance can access the bar and billards room from 1pm for groomsmen photos (venue isn’t open before that other than the optional bridal prep area for another $700🫣). Our ceremony is 5 mins from the venue in the local church.

I don’t see any issue with this but my fiancé is concerned that if he does this in the scenario where I’m at the venue that he might see me and I think he’s also low key annoyed we have an expensive photographer with no dedicated second photographer to be in his home that morning. I don’t really care where I get ready as long as it’s close to the church.

We’ve gone over budget so we have to work with what we’ve booked (photographer is a luxury editorial one charging $5000). The solution of me getting ready in my aunts house also might work and we could use some of that money to get him a photographer in his home house. I didn’t think he even wanted one so I think this is general frustration over the budget. For context, I’m paying 1/2 and we are both financially stable with plenty of savings and good jobs so our budget is what we wanted to cap to be sensible as opposed to an actual max.