A WOMAN has revealed that people are shocked when they find out her “diamond” engagement ring is fake and added that she doesn’t see the point of spending £10,000 on a rock.
Alice Benham, took to social media to reveal that her engagement ring is moissanite, a naturally occurring gemstone that is similar in appearance to diamond but is much cheaper.
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She said that it was her choice to get a “fake” ring, and revealed her reasoning via a TikTok video.
The business and marketing strategist said that the first reason she chose a moissanite ring is because she is very clumsy and didn’t trust herself to have “£10,000 on my hand”.
She said: “I just feel so safe because if anything were to happen to this ring, I could replace it fairly easily”.
Alice said that she also loves that her ring isn’t super expensive, because if she ends up not liking it, she can just get another one.
She said: “My fiancé has said to me that if I want a new one every year then that’s doable because of the price”.
Alice said that another reason she loves her ring is that she would rather have £10,00 in cash, than have spent it on a piece of jewellery.
She said: “If I had gone for an expensive ring, we would have had £10,000 less to spend on the flat we are buying.
“I just don’t see the point of having that money on my hand, when it will more actively impact my life”.
Alice said that she also loves shocking people, who believe her partner must be extremely rich to have afforded such a huge diamond.
“This was like £600”, she said.
“I just love the shocked look on people’s faces when I tell them”.
The reasonable price of the ring also didn’t delay her proposal.
She said that she knows a number of people who really want to get engaged but have been unable to, due to the fact that they haven’t saved up enough money for a ring.
“I just couldn’t be arsed with that”, she said.
“Because of the price, my partner could propose whenever he wanted to”.
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“I just feel like for people like me, who are clumsy, don’t have money lying about and want that money to be used elsewhere, moissanite is a great option”.
Pointing to her ring, she said: “I’ve seen this in diamond form, and I cannot tell the difference”.
Alice’s video, which was posted under the username @alicebenham, has gone viral, racking up over 555,000 views on the video sharing platform.
TikTok users raced to the video’s comments section to share their thoughts, with many praising her beautiful ring.
One person said: “It’s not fake though!
“Moissanite is its own beautiful gem stone!”
Another person said: “My ring is moissanite, it’s not fake it’s just not a diamond.
“You wouldn’t call an emerald a fake ring it’s just a different stone.
“I think they’re absolutely stunning!”
A third person said: “Mine is moissanite!
“I get compliments on it daily and no one can tell the difference.
“We are saving for our first house and I couldn’t be bothered to delay that over a ring!”
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