How do you deal with the questions ? Small town gossip
So I live in a small town and didn’t grow up with wealth, I’ve been looking at rings, every time I mention the carat size, I get doubt about price or a comment about lab diamonds, I went to the salon and mentioned a new luxury bag my partner is going to purchase for me as a gift & they said “your partner must have a really good job” how do I push away small town gossip without explanation? I don’t want to have to break down partners accounts or justify anything OR have people assume it’s fake either (because tbh it’s not their business either way)
Ring I’m looking at is 3.5-4ct centre stone with 0.6ct sides. I’m fed up of the nosiness.