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re: How much did you spend on an engagement ring

Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:26 pm to
Posted by Hangit
The Green Swamp
Member since Aug 2014
47788 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:26 pm to
$4k, 27 years ago.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:26 pm to
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My wife asked for a 2nd wedding band for our 10th anniversary so I took hers to the place I bought it. Damn thing was like double what it cost a decade earlier.


Did this at 25 years and that was triple, but I came out on top with a new $37K boat.
Posted by Norbert
Member since Oct 2018
3768 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:27 pm to
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Buy a lab grown diamond


This. Welcome to the future.
Posted by tigerbacon
Arkansas
Member since Aug 2010
4719 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:29 pm to
It’s a good test. Spend 1-2 thousand on it. If she’s not happy, she’s not a keeper
Posted by td1
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2015
3227 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:29 pm to
Mine is doing fine with her little ring! She’s got a very expensive car, two kids in private school, a giant house, and buys pretty much whatever she wants whenever she wants. I offered to get one made exactly like hers but with a bigger center and surrounding diamonds, but she said that her ring has to much sentimental value for her to replace it.

When we got engaged it did not make financial sense to sink that much into a ring, we put it towards other things that have paid off way more than the more expensive ring would have.
This post was edited on 6/23/20 at 2:31 pm
Posted by yatesdog38
in your head rent free
Member since Sep 2013
12737 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:30 pm to
These prices are making me think I should just dump my GF and just have friends with benefits. Social security ain't gonna be there when I get 67 and these "real" diamonds are gonna depreciate because of the lab diamonds.
Posted by Popths
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
4550 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:30 pm to
First one 700
Second 6K
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:31 pm to
$7.8K, no finance, but drained a good part of savings at the time.
Posted by CP3LSU25
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2009
52570 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:34 pm to
Spent all that money just to have your old lady fricking Jody while you were away
Posted by LanierSpots
Gulf of America / Sarasota FL
Member since Sep 2010
71887 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:34 pm to
$300.00
Posted by ShaneTheMaster
Tampa, FL
Member since Nov 2009
3301 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:37 pm to
4K 5 years ago,. Any baws paying 10K+ overpayed.
Posted by bod312
Member since Jul 2015
846 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:39 pm to
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overpayed.


I hope you didn't overpay for any education.
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
25999 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:40 pm to
1500 and it was lost in 3 years!
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27902 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:41 pm to
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Any baws paying 10K+ overpayed.


Kind of depends on your financial situation, doesn't it? $10k to you isn't as important as $10k to others.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
41942 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:41 pm to
A little less than 35k. I'd say worth it so far.
Posted by Woolfman_8
Old Metairie
Member since Oct 2018
2072 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:42 pm to
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Kind of depends on your financial situation, doesn't it? $10k to you isn't as important as $10k to others.



This.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
481251 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:42 pm to
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A little less than 35k.



quote:

I'd say worth it so far.

she a neurosurgeon?
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
28065 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:43 pm to
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Take it for what it’s worth but wife number one I spent a shade over 12k because she “needed” that much of a ring.


Was this your wife’s hand size?

Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
481251 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:43 pm to
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Kind of depends on your financial situation, doesn't it? $10k to you isn't as important as $10k to others.

i'm actually more curious about the stats involved

like what kind of setting/how many carats?
what was the size/clarity/color/cut of the diamond?

etc
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
19023 posts
Posted on 6/23/20 at 2:44 pm to
175 on an emerald ring - cause I married one of the few women that hates diamonds
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