There are few gifts that express your love of a woman on Valentine’s Day, or any other special day in her life, better than the gift of a fine piece of quality jewelry. While this is true on any special occasion where gifting is appropriate, the ideas of romance on this particular day make the jewelry gift even more appreciated.

For men, deciding just which piece of jewelry to gift your lady with can be the most difficult part of the entire procedure. The choices seem endless as you peruse rings, bracelets, chains, necklaces, brooches, pins, bangles and more. Complicating matters is the selection of precious metals these fashion accessories are constructed from. The most prevalent forms are gold, silver and white gold (platinum). The gemstones and semi-precious stones come in a vast array of rainbow colors and the designs are limitless.

There are some ways you can get an idea of what piece of jewelry would be best received. First off, you should listen carefully when she talks about her jewelry. This will prevent many faux pas if she has mentioned the types she prefers. Some women like small, discrete and conservative pieces of jewelry. Others like to have large chunky and flashy jewelry to accent whatever outfits they wear. Notice the types of jewelry she most often utilizes in her wardrobe selections.

While the modern woman is more likely to make jewelry purchases for themselves, they tend to spend less and more often will go for lesser quality stones over design or color that matches their apparel. When received as a gift of love, your best choice is to make sure they are genuine stones. Even a small diamond will usually be more acceptable than a large cut glass piece of flash jewelry.

If this is your first time buying her jewelry, finding out the proper size can be a chore. Just asking is not only considered tactless but gives away much of the surprise a gift is supposed to offer. Asking close family can work. Her mother especially may have a good idea for what sizes her daughter wears or prefers.

Here is where His Guide to Her Jewelry comes in.

The social brownie points you can receive for including her in your purchase decision can smooth out many potential problems in the future. As a last resort, you can smuggle a ring out for sizing at a jewelry store but getting caught either coming or going can be disastrous to the relationship regardless of your good intent.

Once you have made up your mind about which piece of jewelry you wish to present to your ladylove, you still want to achieve maximum effect on the presentation of the gift. A romantic dinner leading up to the presentation will help create an aura of love and acceptance which will make a fine lifelong remembrance of your affection every time she looks at the gift you have acquired for her.