Are You OK Getting A Fake Wedding Ring

Guy wants to get his girl a large ring but can only afford a lab diamond. How do you feel about a lab ring as opposed to the real thing?

Episode Transcript

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Wow. No. Wat's to theErica Show on G one oh five Erica
and Trevor and we're talking about diamonds. So a buddy of mine came to
me over the weekend as Trevor's lookingat the diamonds in his rate diamonds.
But a buddy of mine's like,hey, I know you're a diamonds direct.
I've been doing a partnership with himfor over a decade. Now I
love them. He's like, Iwant to know your honest opinion on this.

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He's been with his girl for manyyears now and he's thinking about proposing,
but he was ring shopping and herealized, like, rings are not
cheap, they're expensive, and heknows that his soon to be fiance wants
a really big diamond, you know, for her hand get a girl,
And so he came across the labgrown diamonds and wanted to know, how
do you feel about a diamond that'snot really a diamond. It's like a

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moisten nite or whatever type of diamond. I didn't even know that this was
a thing, by the way,Yeah, so it is a thing and
it's becoming more popular. You know. My first response is like, well,
you should go to Diamonds Direct Dingda, but also get her something that
fits your relationships, because everybody's relationshipis whether it's a big ring, little
ring, fake ring, whatever,it's all whatever you can afford. But

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he knows that she wants a reallybig diamond, and so he's stressing that
he can't afford that. Should itbe a real diamond? So how do
you feel about this? Oh?Would she know if it was a lab
grown diamond? I don't know.No, that is one thing. If
somebody got me a lab diamond andtry to pretend like it was real,
that would upset me that I waslied to. I don't know. How
do you feel about lab grown diamonds? Ladies? In particular? Would you

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be upset if you received that asyour your ring that you're gonna wear forever?
Nine one nine eight six oh oneoh five one do you wanna know
if? Five say Erica show Ericaand Trevor and we're so honored. So
Sarah is new to the team,and what they do when you get hired
here at iHeart, they make yougo around and sit in on everybody's show.
So we're like, we're gonna putyou on the radio, not to
throw you under the bus or anything. Hi, she said, the real

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radio, no the fake one.Hi. All right, you gotta put
the microphone in your face like thatone? Yes, less than one?
Yeah? Why that so loud?All right? So we were talking about
she walked in as we were talkingabout ring and you know, obviously I'm
partnering with Diamonds Direct. I say, go with the real diamond but a
lot of people are thinking about labgrown diamonds. My buddy wants to get

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his girl a big ring, buthe can't afford a big ring. And
you said a lot of your friendsare starting to get the fake diamonds,
right, Yeah. And one thingabout the fake diamonds is they look the
same and they really love the styleand the look and the price. Okay,
And so you may or may notget engaged before too long. So
how would you feel if somebody gaveyou a lab grown ring? I would

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I'd be excited either way? Wouldyou be upset if somebody lie, if
your guy lies to you about it? Definitely? Yeah, that part is
yeah, that's the part that firstof all, I say, get a
real diamond, but if you can't, the lab grown is great. Just
don't lie about it. That's thebig thing. See my little diamonds,
like my three little diamonds there.Listen, you boogie because most guys don't
have diamonds in their bands. Andlook at you over there, three whole

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diamonds in your band. Diamonds here, they're awesome. Let me tell you
what he does. He holds itup, such sparkles and the lights.
I can see it. I'm wait. I see your playing driver, I
see it. Look at you.I know, I know, I guess.
Anyway, how do you feel aboutlab grown diamonds? What would you
be? What would you do ifyou got one? Nine one nine eight

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