It’s more the controversy of taking something genuinely nice and classy and making it look like tacky costume jewellery
looks like something I would’ve bought from Claire’s when I was 9
and claiming that the stone was catching her clothing, when that tacky monstrosity of a ring she now wears every day with pride is far more risky in terms of snagging! it was such an obvious excuse to justify her decision to design herself a whole new ring!
whether it was her absolute dream ring or not, surely it had sentimental value - especially in the way that Liam specifically included D and P's birth stones, to signify all four members of the family - which to anyone else would be far more meaningful than a big shiny gemstone. there is no way Liam had any hope of designing her perfect engagment ring when
that was the ring she had imagined being proposed to with - his design was far more subtle and tasteful, and if she desperately wanted a huge, diamanté costume jewellery-style ring to wear every day, there's absolutely no way she couldn't have simply designed one for herself and kept her engagement ring the way it was! she's not exactly struggling for money - as Liam is fully aware, so he knows it wasn't necessary to totally change the ring he lovingly put time and effort into designing. sure, he'll say he doesn't mind to avoid an argument - but he really needs to learn to stand up for himself, both in terms of feeling able to honestly share his opinions, but mainly to protect his daughter from being exploited on SM, and having ehr safety placed at risk.