How much did you guys spend on your engagement ring?
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You guys sound lucky. I know my woman won't be happy with anything smaller than 1 carat (cause I've asked). I know she isn't only concerned with money because she wouldn't be with me if that were the case. We split evrything.
I'm sure I'll end up spending over $5k and most likely closer to 10k. It sucks, but it's a once in a lifetime deal. (you can't plan for divorce)
That being said, it will be quite some time until I can afford to actually purchase "the" ring.
I'm sure I'll end up spending over $5k and most likely closer to 10k. It sucks, but it's a once in a lifetime deal. (you can't plan for divorce)
That being said, it will be quite some time until I can afford to actually purchase "the" ring.
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I think that the two month salary is crap coming straight from the diamond industry itself. I'm not into the whole conspiracy thing, but really. I'm not going to drop that kind of money on a ring and I know my wife would've killed me if I did. That said, I paid 2200 for her engagement ring back in '03. Not to be cheesy, but it's about the marriage, not the money. If you have a good foundation, then shouldn't matter how much the ring is.
/that comes across as sounding angry, but i'm not.
/that comes across as sounding angry, but i'm not.
Actually, it was Marks & Morgan. The one I saw in the store was yellow gold, and it was $400, I asked them If I could get it in some sort of silver color(white gold, silver, platinum, etc.) Neither of us like Yellow gold. They said they could get it in white gold... and it would cost $200 less. So that's what she got.theice said:
I think we spent about $90 total for both wedding bands.
And for what it's worth, Diamonds are as common as sand, De Beers is just sitting on them all. They own, or control 90% of the diamond mines in the world, and have a huge stockpile that they slowly release to keep the market from becoming saturated.
Value (on anything) is determined by the highest price some fool will pay for something, nothting else.
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I am saving up about $8K. Here is the ring that I will buy in the next few months:
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114712
I plan on proposing in December or early Janurary.
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114712
I plan on proposing in December or early Janurary.
MiaTurbo said:
I was just saying it took longer for me to get a place since my savings went to the ring. I lived in a very nice apartment with a good roof! I am very blessed for only being 22. Mortgages suck just about as much as these rings... no they suck more. Interest can blow me!
My wife's would have run upwards of 20k probably
IF she had wanted an equivalent Diamond
2.00 Carats
D-Color
VVS1
Perfect Round Cut
Lucky she's smarter than the average bear and didn't want a diamond.
She wanted a Perfect White Sapphire
Much rarer than diamonds and waaaaayyyyyy cheaper
The true value for her is in seeing other women ogling her rock and knowing that she spent nowhere near as much as they think.
It's her big (fuoops) to DeBeers and all the sheep that they sucker
Total: Less than 300bucks including the setting with 2 smaller diamonds
IF she had wanted an equivalent Diamond
2.00 Carats
D-Color
VVS1
Perfect Round Cut
Lucky she's smarter than the average bear and didn't want a diamond.
She wanted a Perfect White Sapphire
Much rarer than diamonds and waaaaayyyyyy cheaper
The true value for her is in seeing other women ogling her rock and knowing that she spent nowhere near as much as they think.
It's her big (fuoops) to DeBeers and all the sheep that they sucker
Total: Less than 300bucks including the setting with 2 smaller diamonds
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my gf's friend got an engagement ring... $60K .... 2 karats....
i told my gf if she's expecting that, go look elsewhere! lol...
i told my gf if she's expecting that, go look elsewhere! lol...
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I spent 2k On my fiances ring. I dont make too much so what I got for that is really nice. Over a full carat & the center stone is over .5 a carat. If you give someone an engagement ring & she says its ugly/too small/ you didnt spend enough....you need to find someone else....
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(werd) & its much nicer... hers has the big stone set higher & smaller stones running along the band & under the main stone.... It looks like I paid 5k for it 
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fkmitsu said:
I agree to an extent. My GF told me she didn't need a nice ring. I realize that she means it, but if you are saying it doesn't matter to them you don't understand most women. When they go around their girlfriend/family, this is something everyone wants to see. "Let me see your ring!!" is asked to every engaged girl. While they might not mind the small ugly ring, they all want other girls to be jealous. That's just most girls. There are certain things in life you have to do to make a girl happy. A good ring, a wedding that is just like the one she's always dreamed of, a house she likes (and gets to decorate the way she wants), etc. If you give a girl those small things in life everything else is happy. If you don't you leave her dreams in life unfufilled, which is not good.
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oh believe me I mean "within reason" I myself would not have felt good about the ring spending less than I did, but if your girl is all about a $10k ring...its about the ring, not the marriage
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