Woman unhappy with her 'small' $1,671 engagement ring gets slammed online

[Ellarielle]

Many women wear both rings forever.

Or your engagement ring is your wedding ring. I originally wanted a band but my hubby wanted to spend more on the engagement ring and maybe get me a band later. I love mine and wear it every day ... other than when I'm pregnant because of all the swelling lol

and Kathandira -- Hope your GF doesn't read the forums

[Kathandira]

Or your engagement ring is your wedding ring. I originally wanted a band but my hubby wanted to spend more on the engagement ring and maybe get me a band later. I love mine and wear it every day ... other than when I'm pregnant because of all the swelling lol

and Kathandira -- Hope your GF doesn't read the forums

I like your idea. I actually find it silly that women sometimes wear two rings.

And, no, she doesn't come here. Would be hilarious if she did though. But thankfully, she doesn't, else all my plans would be ruined!

[Noradin]

Imagine you were given substantial gifts for less significant events. But the most important event to you, you get a less substantial gift than ever before. Would you not think something was strange about it?

I would think that maybe there was another reason for the choice than the price tag.

[Kathandira]

I would think that maybe there was another reason for the choice than the price tag.

That is a good way to look at it. It could be a pristine diamond. Great quality comes at a higher price.

[schwank05]

If there ever was a stereotypical man & marriage, you'd be it. That's not a compliment.

Sex as a reward for buying your wife shit, what a caveman idea.

This is what makes the world go around, pretty much all straight guys are looking for guaranteed Sex that they don't have to work too hard for. So bam get married then you have guaranteed sex you don't have to work too hard for. In the end you are just paying for sex, either you go the illegal route and hit up a Prostitute. Or go the legal route and get a Wife or GF and have to buy her a house, Car, other shit, have to take them out on dates, in the end it's much cheaper to go the illegal route I think.

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Yeah, I don't get the US osession about engagement rings. I mean, who's wearing theirs after getting married anyway? So it is just a very overpriced (and in my eyes often ugly) dust collector.

My husband got me a nice necklace for our engagement. He knows I'm not into the "big bling", so he chose carefully to not overdo it and I still wear it regularly.

Most Engagement rings in the US are their wedding rings, and then at the wedding you add the wedding bands. My wife got her Engagement ring and Wedding Band soldered together. She wears it every day and only took them off during the last few weeks of pregnancy.

[Zamfix]

Wedding bands aren't the same thing as engagement rings. I tend to agree that it is a poor investment, though, as they don't retain their value.

I wasn't as clear as I could have been. I think engagement rings are a complete waste of money, while I'm willing to make a concession and spend a little money on a simple wedding band. Getting engaged with a stupidly expensive ring then spending the next year planning how you're going to waste half of your salary is something I'll never understand.

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Honestly, it's the last expensive piece of jewelry you will have to buy, it took me a year and a half to pay off my Wife's ring and wedding band. It just makes more sense to spend the money now and have her be the envy of her friends and get a few extra Blow Jobs out of it, spend the money now or have to keep buying them more crap.

I feel bad for ya man! You have to buy your wife's love?

[Hooked]

Isnt the standard supposed to be like 2 months wages for a ring?.

[Z-Man]

Isnt the standard supposed to be like 2 months wages for a ring?.

The idea was that engaged couple almost always fool around before the wedding, and the ring was hers to keep as the price of her virginity if he calls it off. The ring was supposed to have some actual value to it (and then De Beers advertising kicked in to drive it even higher by adding stones).

I'm a traditionalist. I told my wife that anything beyond the basic gold band she had to pay for herself.

[Malacrass]

Isnt the standard supposed to be like 2 months wages for a ring?.

Watched a documentary about it years ago, the "standard", according to jewelers in the US ( ) is three wages.

So yeah, of course the wedding ring has a tradition as a relatively pricey gift, but you also can't deny the massive industry trying their best to keep it that way. With ridiculous rules like the one just mentioned.

[callipygoustp]

Wedding/engagement rings.... what a fucking waste of money.

[Fencers]

It's her ring to be unhappy about. The woman liking something or wanting something better is her personal taste. She is not obliged to like something she thinks sucks donkey balls or is 'small' as it were.

That's a pretty shitty ring, imo. I would probably be unhappy with that as my engagement ring as well.

[GreenJesus]

Since married couples share their assets shouldn't the woman be more considerate about how much he spends on a ring? More money on ring and wedding means less money for house, dates, children, vacations etc. The money he spends on ring is less money they both have in the future.

[Orby]

the only rings anyone would ever need. I am a man of very good taste

[scrangos]

My comment to him would be:

"Flee you fool!"

[Phlegethon]

Okay, and?

There is a certain expectation... if you make a lot of money why would you skimp on literally the most important jewelry piece?

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Yeah. No.
That's what golddiggers do.

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Imagine you were given substantial gifts for less significant events. But the most important event to you, you get a less substantial gift than ever before. Would you not think something was strange about it?

More. More. MORE!
But ofcourse that's ok.

If I was him I'd kick her to the curb. I can imagin her sitting at home doing jack all and still having the audacity to complain about a gift.

[Violent]

Nah, bitch is a gold digger. Period.

[Torched]

Pff Diamonds are a huge fucking scam, they are only worth something because the company that owns 90% of them only releases so much diamonds each year, and that saying "Diamonds are a girls best friend" and all that was made by that companies marketing firm, so yeah.

[SLSAMG]

Well if that's not a blatant red flag, I don't know what is tbh. Hoe is obviously some high-maintenance gold digger. Dude should dump her and move on before she asks for a divorce then takes 50% of his possessions along with alimony, child support, and his dignity.

There's a reason less people are getting married nowadays. What's the stat on divorce? Something like 50% of all marriages end in divorce? Those figures climbs even higher on second marriages (lol, morons). Seriously, fuck that noise!

There's nothing wrong with being a bachelor.

[Kraddark]

She should've left the actual cost out of it and only talked about the actual look of the ring. When she dropped the price she kinda opened herself up to complaints.

[Xargoth6634]

She sounds like a golddigging bitch. Now granted, I'm a guy and thus not part of the demographic looking to receive an engagement ring, but come on now. What kind of a person is that tied up in the side of the ring on her finger? The guy should've dropped like $10k and wasted money they could've used for other things, like a home, vacation, etc.? To each their own, and if they had agreed that an expensive engagement ring was a worthwhile investment then sure, but clearly they weren't on the same page and she's just mad. Also, I'm pretty sure that the secondhand market for expensive engagement pieces can't be THAT great.