Engagement rings- cost

Platinum Pete

Platinum Pete

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How much should you spend on an engagement ring?

Loads of people say 1 months wages!!! :eek: but speaking to some freinds they have spent considerably less i.e £500 etc and they are on higher salaries than me.

Bit more about me- I'm 25, 23k per year, rent flat with GF, been going out for 8 years no debt etc

what do you guys think would be a good price without looking like a skinflint?

cheers for the help
 
the traditional thing is one months wage, but to be honest just get something she's going to love, what does it matter what it costs, if it's going to matter to her then lie
 
Loads of people talk rubbish.

The whole one / two / three month thing is pure marketing for DeBeers. Just pay what you can afford and what she'll like.

You're better off shepnding what you have got an a good quality diamond than thinking about what percentage of your income looks best.

Abraham said:
the traditional thing is one months wage
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Rot. There is nothing traditional about it at all.

There are loads of threads about this.
 
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[DOD]Asprilla;12523933 said:
Loads of people talk rubbish.

The whole one / two / three month thing is pure marketing for DeBeers. Just pay what you can afford and what she'll like.

You're better off shepnding what you have got an a good quality diamond than thinking about what percentage of your income looks best.



Rot. There is nothing traditional about it at all.

There are loads of threads about this.
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fine, commonly spouted drivel rather than tradition, I was disagreeing with it anyway, you seem to be arguing with me by saying the same thing I said...:rolleyes:
 
Abraham said:
fine, commonly spouted drivel rather than tradition, I was disagreeing with it anyway, you seem to be arguing with me by saying the same thing I said...:rolleyes:
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No need of the rolleyes. I'd started writing my response before you finished yours so i wasn't arguing against you at all.

I just editied in the quote of your text when I saw it as an example of the rubbish people say.
 
plonk your rusty ring on her finger. if she giggles shes marriage material. if she vomits. NEXT!
 
Look for a ring you and your partner would like for what it is rather than worrying about the price :) or just buy the largest solitaire with a nice simple mount you feel comfortable paying for, keep in mind practicality too, your lady won't want something that catches and snags all the time.
 
When I got my better half an engagement ring, I just took her with me and told her to pick one she liked and got that one!

She wanted something simple and something she could wear everyday without the risk of catching clothes on it, and nothing too big that would attract the wrong kind of attention - someone trying to steal it.
 
She sounds like a nice down to earth girlie!

I'm not interested in what a ring would cost my other half but I would much rather he surprised me with it rather than telling me to choose my own. A little more romantic that way.
 
Buy a cheap (as you like) ring and do the deed, then get one made up or get her to pick one at a later date (so you know she is 100% happy and you have more saving time).
 
i spent<£100 in the january sales or my misses ring! (was looking at one for £400ish but just didnt look that good on her finger thank "god")

it depends on the woman really if she wants to tell her friends her ring cost £X,XXX to brag then she may want more, my misses was just happy to brag she was engaged to such a wonderfull* man such as myself

*thats her opinion not mine as im a lazy fat ugly **** if you ask me
 
I took my missus to Argos and told her to choose a ring. She chose one for £85 and was as happy as a pig in turd.

I knew deep down that she would have loved a Diamond one but at the time, money was a little tight but she still loved it. 2 months later I suprised her with a Diamond Engagement Ring which cost a tad more and again, she was as happy as a pig in turd.

It's down to how good it looks, how happy she is and not how big your wallet is.
 
I dunno why, maybe due to the sheer amount of spam mail I've been receiving lately, but I read the title as "enlargement rings" :(
 
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