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title: Engagement Ring Buying Trends from the Knot
description: Engagement Ring Buying Trends from the Knot
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# [Engagement Ring Buying Trends from the Knot](https://blog.gemfind.com/blog-test/engagement-ring-buying-trends-from-the-knot)

 Written by [Alex](https://blog.gemfind.com/blog-test/author/alex) | September 11, 2013

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[TheKnot.com](http://www.theknot.com/)’s 2013 Engagement & Jewelry Study surveyed over 14,000 brides – either engaged or recently married within the past 12 months – along with 1,750 grooms.

We at [GemFind](https://www.facebook.com/GemFind) have gathered some engagament ring trends from the survey:

- The study reports that grooms feel more comfortable discussing, evaluating and shopping for diamonds than brides.

- Fifty-nine percent of grooms said they felt comfortable dealing with diamonds, while only 42 percent of brides felt the same.

- Most grooms (88%) included the words “will you marry me” in their proposal, and 86% proposed with the ring in-hand.

- Most brides (64%)  were involved in some way with the ring purchase.

- More than 60% of brides research engagement rings before their partner proposes.

- Brides typically feel more comfortable shopping with their partners than they do alone.

- While sixty-two percent of brides said they felt “very or somewhat comfortable” shopping for a ring by themselves, 74 percent felt “very or somewhat comfortable” when shopping with their fiancés.

- The survey also revealed that 42 percent of couples buy their engagement ring from a local independent jeweler, and when choosing the ring, the groom focuses on the quality while the bride is more concerned about the style.

[source](https://theknotevents.webex.com/ec0606l/eventcenter/recording/recordAction.do?theAction=poprecord&AT=pb&isurlact=true&renewticket=0&recordID=7169597&apiname=lsr.php&rKey=fff790247c926571&needFilter=false&format=short&&SP=EC&rID=7169597&siteurl=theknotevents&actappname=ec0606l&actname=%2Feventcenter%2Fframe%2Fg.do&rnd=1872081470&entactname=%2FnbrRecordingURL.do&entappname=url0108l)

 

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