My friend asked for help in buying his wife an anniversary band for their 5th wedding anniversary next month. Normally, he would have gone to her mom, but her mom probably would have given away the surprise and so he came to me.

He had been looking at anniversary rings in diamond, cubic zirconium and colored stones in order to compare prices along with looks. Of course cubic zirconium has no real value while diamonds and real colored stones like rubies and emeralds do. His wife wouldn’t care no matter what he picked, but I advised him that down the road it would be worth his time and effort to invest in the real thing.

After looking at several styles of solitaire rings, diamonds was the choice even though solitaire is normally the choice for an engagement ring. He picked out a very nice large half carat diamond ring for her and I’m sure she’ll be happy.