Flawless Relationships? Antique Wedding Rings?

It’s not the perfection of a gemstone that makes the gem interesting. It’s the flaws, the imperfections, the impurities that give a gemstone character. Without the flaws, a gemstone is just a color. Or, in the case of a diamond, its lack of color. In the case of an antique filigree hand cut diamond diamond ring, it is the beauty of a diamond that is not symmetric and gold filigree that is knife cut by hand which shows slight irregularities.

The ideal in a diamond is the flawless, colorless stone. A flawless stone is one that is free of impurities. At least free of impurities that can be seen under limited magnification. A stone that has no discernible color of its own. A perfectly white stone. A stone that simply refracts and reflects light.

But when you look through a flawless, colorless diamond, you see nothing. It’s not identifiable. You could never recognize it by any identifiable object contained in the gem. It would be just like looking through air. It would just be a clear, transparent object.

So, what makes a clear, flawless, colorless gemstone interesting? In diamonds, there is just one thing that makes such a stone of interest and of value.

The value comes from the fact that such a stone is rare.

A perfect diamond is not as rare as finding a perfect person. Perfect people don’t exist. But what if one did? Wouldn’t that person be incredibly boring? What would a perfect person do that would make them identifiable or memorable? It is our imperfections that make us interesting. It is our flaws that give us character. It is our impurities that make us fun.

What first attracts people to the one they love is that first, breathtaking moment when you see that person as perfect. When the air around them seems to radiate and glow. When the person before you so captivates you that you can hardly breathe. When you want that moment to never ever end. A moment that 50 years from now, you can recall as if it just happened all over again. The moment you found your soul mate. The person who, for you, is perfection.

But, while that first burst of emotion, that first taste of love, will only grow through your life together, it is not your mate’s perfection that will endear them to you. It is their imperfections that make them so very enjoyable. So identifiable. So real. It’s the goofy little habits and oddities of your mate that will make you smile and warm your heart. It is the fun times, made more fun by not so much the parts that were perfect but the unplanned, unexpected imperfections of the moment that make the best memories.

So when you are shopping for that perfect antique diamond wedding ring to celebrate the perfect moment when you propose to the one you love, just remember that a small imperfection in the gem, or in the carefully planned proposal, that may give the moment the character that truly makes the moment memorable.

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