The subject is accurate. I proposed to Heather on Valentine's Day with an 18-karat, white gold, diamond-encrusted padparadscha (red) sapphire--the rarest of the sapphires.
Click for larger image.Heather had found the stone on the Web. After ordering it, I secretly created a fake website that spoofs the real one but has a slightly different behaviour. Just after midnight on the 14th, I had her look at the fake page. Imagine her surprise when she saw the "
Status: Sold" text change and enlarge to "
Sold to Steve" and then "
Sold to Steve for Heather", etc. When she turned towards me I was kneeling beside her with the real ring.