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I read someone on here saying that they would be angry if their fiance had been married before and spent less on her ring. Honestly, that's just crazy!! I wouldn't demand my fiance buy me a more expensive ring just because his ex had a more expensive one, especially if it is something that suits my tastes and preferences.
My fiance has been married before, to a woman who had lied and cheated on him. They had a child together who passed away two weeks after he was born, which was excruciating for him. He went to Iraq a month after the passing of his son and his ex-wife got pregnant by another man. He doesn't love her more than me, nor does he ever pine for that lost relationship. In fact, I don't think he cares about her either way. She demanded a 4K ring and he complied. In my situation, I didn't demand a thing and thought we'd be engaged in a couple more years. (we've been together for 3.5 so far) He picked out something where he thought about my tastes, which was to not spend 4K on that.
I think my ring with the service plan is in the $1200 range...but building a life based on friendship and love with this person means more than "did he spend more on me than the last trick?"
I read someone on here saying that they would be angry if their fiance had been married before and spent less on her ring. Honestly, that's just crazy!! I wouldn't demand my fiance buy me a more expensive ring just because his ex had a more expensive one, especially if it is something that suits my tastes and preferences.
My fiance has been married before, to a woman who had lied and cheated on him. They had a child together who passed away two weeks after he was born, which was excruciating for him. He went to Iraq a month after the passing of his son and his ex-wife got pregnant by another man. He doesn't love her more than me, nor does he ever pine for that lost relationship. In fact, I don't think he cares about her either way. She demanded a 4K ring and he complied. In my situation, I didn't demand a thing and thought we'd be engaged in a couple more years. (we've been together for 3.5 so far) He picked out something where he thought about my tastes, which was to not spend 4K on that.
I think my ring with the service plan is in the $1200 range...but building a life based on friendship and love with this person means more than "did he spend more on me than the last trick?"
At the end of the day, you are just as engaged or married with a $1200 engagement ring and $200-400 band as the person that spent $10,000-$20,000 on a ring. Pretty much most 1 carat rings that are $1000 and up get compliments and look very nice.
The wedding ring is the biggest rip off to man kind when it comes to mark ups.
I take home around $6.5k/month and when I get married I plan to buy my fiancee about a $2k ring, and that is expensive for me. I don't think spending any more is wise for most people. If you have tons of money then fine...but most people have other financial priorities where the money would have better use.
If you can afford what you like without going into total debt for years and years then why not get what you want? If the ring becomes the most important thing in the relationship...beware! Some people love jewelry and some do not. It's totally personal.
I got this one for my fiance a few weeks ago. She has tiny fingers (4.75) so it looks pretty massive even though it's only 1.5 carats.
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