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See the 'Vintage-Inspired' Engagement Ring Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner Gave to Theresa Nist (Exclusive)

 

The' quaint- Inspired' Engagement Ring Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner Gave to Theresa Nist( Exclusive)

On Thursday’s homestretch of' The Golden Bachelor,' Turner proposed to Nist with a handwrought queen cut ring designed by the ballot’s go- to jeweler Neil Lane

By Sabienna Bowman Published on December 1, 2023 0746AM EST
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Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner chose an engagement ring for Theresa Nist that’s befitting their fairytale love story.

The ballot’s first Golden Bachelor proposed to the alternate great love of his life in Thursday’s season homestretch, and Nist, 70, said an emphatic “ yes ” to the 72- time-old companion. When Turner got down on one knee he presented his fiancée with a gorgeous Neil Lane ring that spoke to the inconceivable trip they ’ve been on as they set up love again after both losing their consorts.

“ The symbolism of it's so important, ” Turner tells PEOPLE simply. “ It was just like, the nanosecond she slipped it on, again, it was like, ‘ Oh, my god, this is that joyous happiness that I want to feel, that I want everyone to see. ’”

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Turner chose a queen cut diamond ring featured with two birthstone cut diamonds, and further set with 128 small, round brilliant cut diamonds for a total weight of3.15 carats. The ring was handcrafted and hand inked by Lane, who revealed to PEOPLE why designing this ring felt so different from the once engagement rings he has drafted for Bachelorette nation winners.

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NEIL LANE COUTURE

The celebrated celebrity jeweler noted that The Golden Bachelor has “ brought a lot of people closer together ” with its honest definition of chancing a alternate chance at love latterly in life. For Lane, this made casting Nist’s ring all the more special.

“ I suppose perhaps we were losing the significance of a ring for a while, and now we've two people that really. that significance of the ring, indeed though it's a small little jewel, it embodies their affection, their future, their lives together, ” he says. “ It's further profound in a way perhaps it's a different deepness. ”

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NEIL LANE COUTURE
The choice of a queen cut ring with its square gravestone and intricate layers felt especially befitting for Turner and Nist’s relationship.

According to Lane, the “ brilliance ” of the “ stretch- inspired ” ring drew Turner in, because it reminded him of Nist.

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NEIL LANE COUTURE

“ The design, the fineness, it's not simple, but it looks at first veritably elegantly simple on the top. But also when you hold it to the side you see how complex it gets, ” Lane tells PEOPLE.

He continues, “ The diamonds all sparkle each over. He( Turner) remarked that is the way he saw Theresa. Elegant. I wouldn't say simple but easy. But also when you get near, there is similar depth. There is similar warmth. There is so important in the ring. There is so important in her life. There was so important detail. I suppose that is what he really was attracted to, the quantum of detail and attention. ”

Gerry Turner golden bachelorette ring
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Happily, Nist is in love with her engagement ring — and incredibly glad to eventually be suitable to wear it now that America knows she entered the final rose.

“ It was gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous, ” she says of her ring. “ I get to wear it, eventually. It's been such a long time. They took this down from me so snappily. It's beautiful, beyond. Beyond, beyond. So gorgeous. I love it. ”

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For Nist, the ring is redundant special because it’s her first diamond ring. When she first married her nonage squeeze
, Billy, in 1972, she was given a simple gold band as her hubby prepared to transport off to the Vietnam War.

She adds, “ There was no diamond ring. There was a gold marriage band, which I have. So yeah, there was no diamond ring. So this is brand new and amazing. ”

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g: border-box;" />In the homestretch, Turner set up himself choosing between Nist and Leslie Fhima. still, he formerly knew the fiscal service professional had his heart. While he says he truly meant it when he told Fhima and Faith Martin that he loved them in the moment he said it, he also knew there was only one woman he could n’t live without after he first told Nist he loved her in the fantasy suite.

“ The first time that I seriously told her that I loved her. It was nearly an advertisement of excitement, ” he shares. “ I said it three times in a row, ‘ Theresa, I love you. I love you, I love you. ’ And I go, ‘ And I am going to ask you to marry me. I do not know if you are going to say yes, but I am going to ask you. ’ So for me, when I got to the final occasion and the engagement was about to be, I was veritably confident that she was my person, 100 confident. ”

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