Germany Diamond Engagement ring 59

Germany Diamond Engagement ring.

By Aamir Mannan.

YOUR GERMAN WILL BE UNFAMILIAR WITH DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RINGS.

Until very recently, giving diamond engagement rings was a tradition largely ignored here in Germany. I have seen more and more jewelers carrying these sorts of rings as of late, but the vast majority tend to be unadorned bands. Thick, depressing, German-as-hell wedding bands. But we are Americans, godammit, and we want our fiancés to wear engagement rings mounted with bright, shiny, blood diamonds. And we want the cost of these diamonds to absolutely decimate our savings accounts, because if they don’t, it means we don’t love our fiancés enough.

But marrying someone from Germany really isn’t the frightening ordeal one might reasonably expect 

it to be. In fact, the wedding process will most likely be a totally smooth and completely awesome experience… with the exception of these 5 little details of which you should probably be aware before you bring your German over to the United States to get hitched: