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Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:19 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
$30k for a ring is wild.
Mine is a little over 2 carats, lab created diamond on a platinum band for around $3k. I get compliments on it all of the time. My wedding band will be a fraction of that.
Mine is a little over 2 carats, lab created diamond on a platinum band for around $3k. I get compliments on it all of the time. My wedding band will be a fraction of that.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:22 pm to ShoeBang
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If thugs steal tricycles from children with Down’s Syndrome, do you Romeo’s with deep pockets ever worry that your lady will be targeted for her rich ATM of a finger? Has to make you at least a little worried, no?
The shite some of you guys find the energy to worry about astounds me
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Grew up on lower range of economic continuum and some things never leave you.
Whether he actually realizes it, internally, he's trying to justify not spending the money.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:33 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:35 pm to StrongOffer
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If your fiancé is only happy with that expensive of a ring, you should not marry her. I just spent $5k for a very nice ring.
Yup. My wife and I were poor when we got engaged. I spent $600 on a ring and she's still happy with it.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:38 pm to nicholastiger
quote:wait until you price divorces
the cost to get married these days is absurd
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:56 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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I have insurance.
You are paying insurance on a ring?
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:34 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
Trying to sell the one I got back in the divorce right now. Hmu baw I’ll cut you a deal.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:43 pm to WaydownSouth
quote:It worked out well for me when my wife lost hers
You are paying insurance on a ring?
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:59 pm to ShoeBang
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The shite some of you guys find the energy to worry about astounds me
Safety of your bride in your top 10 things to worry about?
Streak of responses about insuring the ring.
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Safety
Not of the ring. Of your wife. Assume she would not carry $30k in her wallet. Yet wears a ring of that value OR to look like that value.
No worries about her safety. Got it.
Yikes.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:02 pm to moneyg
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Whether he actually realizes it, internally, he's trying to justify not spending the money.
I’m 32 years into marriage. Sometimes happily even…
Can tell you with 100% certainty that if rewound time, that money goes into a home and S&P 500.
If $ to the rock, I would be worried about someone hurting my wife for the rock - real or not, pretty sure the attention to details of the depraved is dull.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 7:06 pm
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:05 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Mine is a little over 2 carats, lab created diamond on a platinum band for around $3k. I get compliments on it all of the time. My wedding band will be a fraction of that.
Sounds nice.
Do you ever worry you will be target of theft while it’s on your finger?
Guessing thieves dont appraise well.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:17 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
Are you worried for your wife’s safety?
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:31 pm to Shexter
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Lab created and don't look back
If I knew my wife didn’t care I would’ve gone this route. You can get twice the diamond for the same price
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:49 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
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Sounds nice.
Do you ever worry you will be target of theft while it’s on your finger?
Guessing thieves dont appraise well.
Honestly. No. It’s my understanding if someone approached me to steal something off me it’s going to be more likely my purse or phone. Something that’s easy to grab and run.
I’m a little more worried about the guy that’s been reported at one of the parks I jog at trying to sexually assault women.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:55 pm to BluegrassBelle
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I’m a little more worried about the guy that’s been reported at one of the parks I jog at trying to sexually assault women.
Be safe.
May that guys eyes get gouged out. Sorry, watching reruns of Game of Thrones. Seems fitting.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:58 pm to Loup
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My wife and I were poor when we got engaged. I spent $600 on a ring and she's still happy with it.
Same. Married at the JOP. Cheap wedding rings in the double digits. Married over 25 years now, we've since upgraded rings but choose to wear our originals anyway because we like the story they tell.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 5/6/26 at 8:03 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Are you worried for your wife’s safety?
Of course!
But not because she dangles a big azz ring on her finger.
She was cut from same cloth as me. That would-be ring is in our home equity.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 8:09 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
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Has to make you at least a little worried, no?
You should have solace knowing that most people in public will assume that a 30k ring is either fake or at a minimum lab grown.
Same goes for people walking around with gold watches. I have a cousin who basically refuses to wear his Rolex Day-Date in public because he’s concerned that he’ll get robbed (he lives in DC). But I’ve told him that most people will probably just assume it’s fake.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 8:11 pm to Shexter
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A "real" diamond that size would've been double the price
I don’t know how to break it to you but a “real” 4 ct diamond is worth much more than 14k
ETA: there’s a line where you cross into something being unbelievable, and unless you have massive family wealth, or you’re some sort of ultra OT Baller a 4ct diamond crosses into that territory. A 2 or 2.5 ct diamond, if you are well off is believable. 4 ct? People are going to start to doubt.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 8:17 pm
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