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" Dear E. Jean: I&amp;#039;m a happily married professional woman with a loving husband and amiable in-laws. I&amp;#039;m also an avid collector of artisan jewelry, and my husband (then boyfriend) knew I&amp;#039;d enjoy picking out a stone for my engagement ring. So after he proposed, I selected a stone from a gradient of violet sapphires and a modern setting. Happy and love it! It&amp;#039;s unique and beautiful. Here&amp;#039;s the catch: My brother-in-law now has a serious girlfriend, and they&amp;#039;re becoming engaged soon. We were chatting about rings, and he said she wanted a...violet sapphire. I&amp;#039;m bummed! \u00ADAnother family member with a violet sapphire engagement ring! My husband has offered to buy me a different stone, but this misses the point. Shouldn&amp;#039;t this be viewed as a delicate matter? Shouldn&amp;#039;t she speak to me about it beforehand? I&amp;#039;m not sure what to do next.\u2014Dumbfounded by the Lack of Etiquette Miss Lack, You Young Jade:   If you treat her to an afternoon of high-speed ring-hunting and cocktail-drinking, and if you occasionally pause to ponder a pearl and ruminate on a ruby, you may change her mind. If not, you must dig deep and find the strength to go on. Yes, it&amp;#039;s evil that she wants your exact stone, but perhaps knowing that the superiority of your taste is so electrifying that other women will copy you, no matter what, will get you through. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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