Joseph…….
No, you can give a CZ or other simulated diamond. I don’t gave fake things, and as an attorney our ethics do not look kindly on public deception.
Mrs. CTL proudly wears the engagement stone my paternal grandfather gave my grandmother in 1917. Eldest daughter in law’s stone was given by maternal grandfather to grandmother in 1919. Next daughter in law has the stone my father gave my mother in 1941. Our next three children are girls the rings will or did come from the chasson.
Our 15 grandson will get the stone my maternal grandfather bought for my grandmother on their 50th wedding anniversary. There are other assorted stones from our ancestors in the vault for future needs. All will be real, none will be fake and quote ‘good enough to fool others’ we don’t do things that way.
This is an individual decision, and as I [posted earlier, only buy what you can afford. B”H my forefathers made sure that there were two things we’d not have to buy in the foreseeable future: Diamonds for engagements and burial plots. My Great Grandfather bought 1000 plots in the family cemetery in 1919 for $1000…that was a good investment.