Since I'm my grandmother's only grandchild, she left her diamond engagement ring to me when she passed away. What on earth am I supposed to do with it???

Save it! My boyfriend finally proposed to me two weeks ago after 3 long years. He's not exactly a "slacker", as you described your man, but "poor" is more like it. We're both students. So basically, I felt like one of the reasons he wasn't proposing was because he couldn't afford the diamond engagement ring that he thought I wanted. About ten years ago my mom inherited my grandma's three diamond engagement ring when grandma passed away. My mom took the diamonds and reset them into a more modern ring which she wears only occasionally because she has a primary solitaire diamond ring that she wears daily. My mom asked me if I thought that my boyfriend would consider taking the diamonds from the reconstructed ring and setting them into a once again new engagement ring for me. I told her that I thought her would resist, but surprisingly he was really open to the idea. I think it had to do with the fact that while he hadn't purchased the actual diamonds, he was passing a family heirloom on to me, while adding his own touch ... so it was something unique and personal without the cost of the expensive diamonds. So what I'm saying is, save your grandma's precious three-stone diamond ring. I hear you ... I also wouldn't want to wear it before the actual engagement, but save it and see if your "slacker" boyfriend would be willing to use it when the time is right.

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Why don't you just hang the entire ring from a chain and wear it around your neck as a necklace? That way, if the time ever comes that you want to wear it as an engagement ring, you haven't done it any permanent damage, but for now you can easily avoid annoying and hasslesome questions.

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Of course you can wear the ring. A diamond engagement ring is really the same and any other diamond ring - the only difference is that someone got down on their knees to give it to you. So wear it well - just don't put it on your left hand ring finger because that might get people confused.

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Your diamond ring sounds really beautiful and it would be a shame to leave it in your drawer. But then again, it seems odd (and a bit over zealous?) to wear a diamond engagement ring if you are not engaged. I'm sure you will get tired of explaining to people, that No, you're not engaged, you just like the ring. Why don't you get it remade into a diamond pendant to hang from a dainty gold chain necklace? You can probably have it reset while keeping the original look and character of the original ring, just cutting it short where the band comes in on either side of the diamond cluster.

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