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re: How much to spend on engagement ring?
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:03 am to UltimaParadox
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:03 am to UltimaParadox
Women know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Spend less on the ring and more on life if you really found a good one.
Spend less on the ring and more on life if you really found a good one.
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Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:05 am to DupontsCircle
Expensive engagement rings are obviously silly, and something guys feel like they have to spend a lot of money on just so their precious fiancée won't be outdone by her friends.
That being said, it might be a good idea just to buy a nice one to satisfy your fiancée. It would be a pretty good investment if she makes a lot of money.
That being said, it might be a good idea just to buy a nice one to satisfy your fiancée. It would be a pretty good investment if she makes a lot of money.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:05 am to DupontsCircle
Try to find an antique band that she knows was picked out with her in mind which will make it special to her . . . then add whatever size diamond you are comfortable with adding to the setting. One carat with good clarity is more impressive than 3 carats with flaws.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:05 am to DupontsCircle
Pawn shops have good deals
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:05 am to The Torch
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3 x a months salary is standard
Was 2x when I got married 12 years ago. De Beers is gonna have baws dropping $100k on a ring before long. Lol
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:06 am to DupontsCircle
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How much to spend on engagement ring?
Determine the highest dollar amount where she will say no. Add $1.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:09 am to DupontsCircle
$0 because marriage is for idiots.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:09 am to The Torch
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3 x a months salary is standard
Per the diamond industry.
Buy her what YOU want to buy her. She is saying yes/no to you, not the ring.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:11 am to DupontsCircle
Find a setting that she loves and get it with a center stone you can afford.
Upgrade the center stone later on if you want.
Upgrade the center stone later on if you want.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:12 am to DupontsCircle
Buy her an Emerald.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:20 am to DupontsCircle
If it matters then she doesn't love you for you she loves you for your money and resources
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:22 am to DupontsCircle
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How much to spend on engagement ring?
The only answer is:
Whatever you feel is appropriate.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:25 am to TigerintheNO
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while it is not an investment it also isn't a car, its a diamond, the value won't depreciate.
At some point, De Beers will get broken up and those values will plummet.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:25 am to TheIndulger
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Expensive engagement rings are obviously silly, and something guys feel like they have to spend a lot of money on just so their precious fiancée won't be outdone by her friends.
This is what it is all about and the engagement ring commercials I hear on the radio play to exactly this
They all have the same theme
"If you don't get her a diamond like X or Y she will know you went cheap and hate you for it! So you might as well go the distance!"
If a woman hates you for not spending enough on a ring she doesn't actually love you and it's a relationship/marriage doomed to failure.
Rings are just another way women compete with other women
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:26 am to DupontsCircle
Love seeing the schmucks come out when this topic is discussed. I haven't gotten engaged yet, but it'll be soon. I refuse to buy a diamond though. Will likely go with moissanite. shite ton cheaper, still at the upper end of the hardness scale and they have a cut that mimics diamonds perfectly. Only real diff is that moissanite has more fire in it. I've researched it enough that I can tell the diff between it and diamond but I doubt the untrained eye could.
Do yourself a favor and look into it. Please don't buy into this diamond BS just because everyone else tells you to. Absolutely ZERO reason a diamond deserves a higher price tag than any other gemstone.
Do yourself a favor and look into it. Please don't buy into this diamond BS just because everyone else tells you to. Absolutely ZERO reason a diamond deserves a higher price tag than any other gemstone.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:27 am to DupontsCircle
I'd say 1-2k tops
You don't want to be cheap jabroni but you don't want her to think you have ot baller money either
You don't want to be cheap jabroni but you don't want her to think you have ot baller money either
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:29 am to dualed
Why not just get a completely different gemstone instead of a one that is a fake diamond?
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:31 am to goldennugget
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Rings are just another way women compete with other women
Preach brother
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:32 am to DupontsCircle
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I just don't want her to be talked about and be ran through the gutter by friends and family. I don't want that for her.
Make no mistake. They're not going to be talking bad about the girl that got skimped on, squeaker.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:35 am to goldennugget
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If it matters then she doesn't love you for you she loves you for your money and resources
I'm confused. This is a sane and rational statement about relationships, but it's goldennugget.
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