BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Benedict's Engagement

**Posted by MartaSt** November 19, 2014 9:47 pm

Best answer ever

**Posted by Ivy** December 4, 2014 10:52 pm

I don't know where to post this, but here feels right. It's sweet to see them hand in hand.

And Sophie got a appreciation blog on tumblr, I like that
http://sophie-hunter-appreciation-blog.tumblr.com/

**Posted by ancientsgate** December 5, 2014 12:24 am

Since they announced their engagement, I've never seen one picture of her where she hasn't had her left hand stuck in a pocket. Is she keeping the ring secret, so the fans will shut up about it? I saw one pic of the ring sort of from the side, but it didn't show much. Okay, okay, we get it, you want us to mind our own business. But your fiance IS our business! *smile*

**Posted by besleybean** December 5, 2014 6:49 am

Well then you should be on Twitter...the ring is all over there.
I have no interest in jewels in general and I personally refused a ring when we got engaged!

**Posted by Ivy** December 5, 2014 11:56 am

Yes, there are photos of her with THE ring

**Posted by ancientsgate** December 5, 2014 12:25 pm

Ivy wrote:
Yes, there are photos of her with THE ring

I live in a cave and am not on Twitter. If anyone here has a nice straight-on photo of the ring you can put up on this thread (I think it's thread-worthy, although others might not agree), I'd appreciate it. I just like to gawk. I joke that I have a monkey brain; I love jewelry, love pretty shiny things (must be why I like BC so much, lol).

**Posted by nakahara** December 5, 2014 12:35 pm

ancientsgate wrote:
Ivy wrote:
Yes, there are photos of her with THE ring
I live in a cave and am not on Twitter. If anyone here has a nice straight-on photo of the ring you can put up on this thread (I think it's thread-worthy, although others might not agree), I'd appreciate it. I just like to gawk. I joke that I have a monkey brain; I love jewelry, love pretty shiny things (must be why I like BC so much, lol).

Try this:

https://twitter.com/benophiedaily/status/535268583044288512

**Posted by ancientsgate** December 5, 2014 12:44 pm

nakahara wrote:
Try this: https://twitter.com/benophiedaily/status/535268583044288512

Thanks! A nice ring, not gawdy or ostentatious, but big enough to be noticed and special, and he apparently paid a lot for it. Good for him, I would expect nothing less.

**Posted by besleybean** December 5, 2014 5:40 pm

Personally I think it's a total waste of money.
But then if jewels are her thing,he's rich enough.

**Posted by REReader** December 5, 2014 7:20 pm

It's a very restrained, elegant ring. Classic. It suits both of them.

(I don't like wearing rings myself, they bother my fingers, but I think it is lovely!)

Last edited by REReader (December 5, 2014 7:20 pm)

**Posted by ancientsgate** December 6, 2014 2:16 am

besleybean wrote:
Personally I think it's a total waste of money.
But then if jewels are her thing,he's rich enough.

Anything that makes someone happy isn't a total waste of money to them. If she has a monkey brain like me (ooooo! sparkly!) and also is proud and ecstatic to be engaged to Mr. Man of the Moment Gorgeous Pie, then.... it's understandable she'd want to wear a ring. Understandable to me, anyway. *smile*

**Posted by miriel68** December 6, 2014 8:13 am

Well, Benedict being all old fashioned kind of guy, it is quite understandable he would go for a ring. And she doesn't wear any other jewellery as far as I have seen on the photos from the Red Carpet. Actually, I quite like it.

**Posted by mrshouse** December 6, 2014 8:45 am

I like it, too. Her looks are truly ladylike and decent. She never styles up too much or too weird and this tiny peace of jewelry underlines this. And she rather seems to hide it than to show off. I found it also almost endearing that - although she has a serious career on her own and certainly some PR involved as well- that she seemed to have to get used to the first couple of public appearances at his side.

**Posted by besleybean** December 6, 2014 9:02 am

I don't know if they managed Sophie's introduction, or just sort of rambled into it.
She seems lovely and absolutely perfect for Benedict.
It was so obvious from the beginning of this year that something had changed: He is so happy and only love does that.
So all my other comments are about my jaded view of marriage in general...nothing personal.
However I will say one thing: the ring is not traditional at all.
I mean the type, yes I know having a ring is traditional,..but this is quite unusual.

Last edited by besleybean (December 6, 2014 9:03 am)

**Posted by miriel68** December 6, 2014 9:10 am

besleybean wrote:
However I will say one thing: the ring is not traditional at all..

What do you mean, besleybean? It seems quite classic shape to me?

**Posted by besleybean** December 6, 2014 9:14 am

I always just think of a diamond solitaire...
But really, so not my area.

**Posted by mrshouse** December 6, 2014 9:20 am

besleybean wrote:
It was so obvious from the beginning of this year that something had changed: He is so happy and only love does that.

Nicely put, bb.

**Posted by besleybean** December 6, 2014 9:24 am

Thank you, but I just observed and deducted...I mean I could have been much more base and said that it's when a man gets regular sex!
But it's different with Benedict, to the extent that we all know him and what he wants...
From the moment he had his home converted(and extended)...he made a nest and then it was quite obvious he was looking for a mate.
I am only happy for him that he's found somebody and hope it all works out for him.
We want Cumberbatch babies!

Last edited by besleybean (December 6, 2014 9:25 am)

**Posted by ancientsgate** December 6, 2014 6:14 pm

besleybean wrote:
However I will say one thing: the ring is not traditional at all.
I mean the type, yes I know having a ring is traditional,..but this is quite unusual.

That style is called a halo style, and it's been very "in" for the last say maybe 3-5 years. Like when I got married in the early 1970s, the style was a single prong-set diamond (round, marquis, or pear-shaped, usually, but sometimes heart-shaped or emerald cut) set rather high on a plain gold band, but you rarely see those anymore. When my sons both got married in the early 2000s, the style was a three-stone diamond engagement ring, with a larger diamond in the center and two smaller ones at each side, and both my d-i-l's have that kind of engagement ring. In the 1950s, the rings were all set in tiny multiple diamonds in little swirly designs of various kinds. You can almost look at an engagement ring and see what era people were married in! So rings like sophie's are the new tradition, I guess.

**Posted by besleybean** December 6, 2014 8:07 pm

Well people would have a hard job guessing the era I was married then...at least via that method!