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The value does not mean a thing. Expensive rings would only attract attention. I will have a knot in my stomache whenever we go out.
We have juggled the idea of getting a black ring tattoo on our ring finger. It shows lasting commitment, and you wont loose your ring, ever. It is an attention getter.
I voted that I’d fine with it, but only because I don’t find rings interesting at all. My husband and I bought two plain wedding bands at a pawn shop for $50 that we used for our 12 people wedding. I would have been disappointed if my then husband-to be-thought that spending serious money on rings was any sort of priority. No matter what our wealth status might have been.
When I married I planned that it would be for a lifetime. My husband and I looked at rings and decided together on what we would get. I found a great deal on the perfect diamond (oval, just under a carat), since he was in graduate school and I was working full time I purchased the ring (we had already joined our money & expenses). It cost under $1,000. We were married over 40 years before his recent death. I certainly received far, far more than $25 per year of pleasure out of that ring.
IMHO, figure out how much per year of marriage the ring is worth to you , unless someone was planning on purchasing a ridiculously expensive engagement ring I bet that you will decide that it is worth it (assuming that you like rings).
i mean, i wouldn't care. it's the thought that counts! i would love anykind of ring lol. And to be honest I don't know all the different kinds. I love colored stones best. But I have seen all kinds. To me, the ring isn't important. Like I love jewelry, don't get me wrong but I'd rather spend the money on the wedding or honeymoon. As long as the guy gave it to me and really put his heart into picking it out and wanted to marry me, then that's all that would matter to me
of course, every woman is different. Some want expensive rings. It's a choice thing.
OMG. Sounds very spoiled (I hope that was a joke) Credit Card debt is not sparkly and pretty. Having a good chunk of house down payment is not sparkly but smart. I would not want to marry anyone who spends a lot of money on a ring and the wedding and then we are too broke to buy a house, because we have to pay down the wedding for the next 5 years.
In 2017, the average cost of an engagement ring in the US is around $3000.
Comparing the cost of an engagement to a mortgage down payment is not being honest. It's more comparable to the cost of a wide screen television, or recreational equipment.
When I married I planned that it would be for a lifetime. My husband and I looked at rings and decided together on what we would get. I found a great deal on the perfect diamond (oval, just under a carat), since he was in graduate school and I was working full time I purchased the ring (we had already joined our money & expenses). It cost under $1,000. We were married over 40 years before his recent death. I certainly received far, far more than $25 per year of pleasure out of that ring.
IMHO, figure out how much per year of marriage the ring is worth to you , unless someone was planning on purchasing a ridiculously expensive engagement ring I bet that you will decide that it is worth it (assuming that you like rings).
For me, I don't think a ring would be very important, I don't really care all that much. It's the relationship that would count. If anything, I am a little uncomfortable with why the woman has a (engagement) ring, yet the man does not. I don't feel that a ring would be, or should be, necessary to declare relationship status, or to be the manifestation of one's commitment. But, to each his own. I do like to ooo and ah over friends' rings when they are newly engaged, I just don't find it all that critical to my own life or lifestyle.
Traditionally, the woman was given an engagement ring because the bride's family incurred the expense of the wedding. The ring was given as collateral, in a way.
In 2017, the average cost of an engagement ring in the US is around $3000.
Comparing the cost of an engagement to a mortgage down payment is not being honest. It's more comparable to the cost of a wide screen television, or recreational equipment.
Good points.
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