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I'd say that you can't put a price on love. Having said that, if she loves you, then it shouldn't make a difference how much you spend on the ring. I married my wife when I was a senior in college and I didn't have a lot of money to spend, but ten years later, that has hardly made a difference, and we still wear the rings that we married each other with. Its more symbolic for us, then the amount of money we spent on them. I hope that helps and good luck!

HG

MoGrubb Newbie

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They might not let on at the time, but, some high-maintenance babes might scoff at a $1,000 diamond ring. 'Course, you could beg and plead and fast talk that you'll replace it at a later date.:w

Good luck.

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They might not let on at the time, but, some high-maintenance babes might scoff at a $1,000 diamond ring. 'Course, you could beg and plead and fast talk that you'll replace it at a later date.:w

My personal advice is to stay away from marrying anyone who would "scoff" at a diamond ring that was "only $1000".

When my wife and I got married, I think we spent about $600 on a beautiful heirloom ring from the late 20's or early 30's (with a bit of filigree, and the center diamond flanked by two safires on each side). It wasn't an "engagement/wedding" ring set, but rather one beautiful ring that she wears as her wedding ring. Our mutual thought was that it was the WEDDING that was important, not the "engagement". (Hell, we'd been functionally married for over 4 years by the time we decided to tie the knot, in the legal sense.)

We found an equally nice (by much simpler) heirloom ring from the same time period, with a small diamond (and no safires), that I wear as my wedding ring. They both have a sort of overall hexagonal design to them, and almost look like a matched set, although they were purchased 300 miles apart from each other.

Ironically, her ring was purchased here in Kansas City, where she's from -- and my ring we found in St. Louis, where I'm from. No planning went into this, but the symbolism was perfect. The rings don't "match" perfectly, but they compliment each other wonderfully. Sort of like us. ^_^

My ring was also from the late 20's or early 30's, and was a good choice for me because I really dislike wearing big, bulky "man" rings. It's not exactly "delicate" (the band is slightly thick for the size of the ring), and I think it works well as a "unisex" style ring. I think we paid about $100 for my ring, and it may have even been as little as $75.

(All these dollar figures are relatively recent; I think we made the purchases in about 1999 or 2000, and we got married in early 2001.)

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jazzbo Grand Master

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They might not let on at the time, but, some high-maintenance babes might scoff at a $1,000 diamond ring. 'Course, you could beg and plead and fast talk that you'll replace it at a later date.:w

Good luck.

Hopefully you're not proposing to that particular form of high-maintenance babe! ;)

I proposed to another type of high-maintenance babe with a very cheap (in the scheme of things) ring. She accepted, because the high-maintenance aspect of her babeness was requiring constant communication and care and attention. I've given that deeply and freely. Seventeen years later she's still wearing that cheap ring.

You're going to do fine in whatever you choose. Congratulations.

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Van Basten II Newbie

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A woman that needs a engagement ring or a ceremony performed by people i really don't care, don't trust and don't beleive in their preachings does not really fit with me at the first place.

So, it's zero bucks from me.

The Magnificent Goldberg Newbie

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I'd say that you can't put a price on love. Having said that, if she loves you, then it shouldn't make a difference how much you spend on the ring. I married my wife when I was a senior in college and I didn't have a lot of money to spend, but ten years later, that has hardly made a difference, and we still wear the rings that we married each other with. Its more symbolic for us, then the amount of money we spent on them. I hope that helps and good luck!

HG

I agree with this. My wife and I spent about ten quid ($20) each on our rings. And we still wear them 36 years later. (Well, I can't get mine off. But I wouldn't.)

MG

catesta Newbie

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When I got engaged I gave her my grandmonther's diamond in a new mounting made by a jeweler friend of mind.

Total out of pocket investment on my part was not huge, but the thing is worth a small fortune in dollars and sentimental value.

I would never go this route again, as when the divorce came about she fought like hell to keep it. The whole situation turned ugly as she took the advice of her low life scumbag family and started playing games. She even went so far as to try and pass off a fake copy.

It took some serious persuading both legal and otherwise, but in the end it came back to me.

I could give a fuck about the ring itself, but the diamond belonged to me and still does.

My ex-wife was/is very material. I didn't see it in full effect until after we were married and then nothing was ever enough. Her father couldn't run two nickles together but she and both of her sisters were in a constant competition to see who could accumulate the most. A real group of douchebags to put it politely.

Lucky for me the relationship I'm in now is not about the jewelry.

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MoGrubb Newbie

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a (relatively) impoverished aloc would(and has) limited his purchases to about a $1,000.

I know a $1,000 isn't anything to sneeze at, but, you might want to check pawn shops. Sometimes you can get deals on jewelry there. We have a couple in the area that specializes in jewelry; one in preowned stuff that you can get quality stuff at very reasonable prices. This shop happens to be pretty honest and straight forward with customers, is upfront with what they paid for items even. I sold an engagement ring to them, they told me they'd give me half of what they would sell it for; really upfront, I can respect that.

BTW, your avatar creeps me out. :)

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I would never propose to anyone who would judge my commitment based on the size of the diamond I proffered. And to make any sort of decision based on what the diamond industry wants you to believe makes you a sucker par excellence.

When I shopped for rings I went to a couple of retail stores and wasn't exactly thrilled that I couldn't afford an especially large stone but for about $600 bought a diamond solitaire that I thought was quite nice. It was significantly larger than the other diamonds because it had a flaw that was only visible through those jeweler lens thingies and since no one was going to see it, I no one was going to care about it.

alocispepraluger102 Newbie

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a (relatively) impoverished aloc would(and has) limited his purchases to about a $1,000.

I know a $1,000 isn't anything to sneeze at, but, you might want to check pawn shops. Sometimes you can get deals on jewelry there. We have a couple in the area that specializes in jewelry; one in preowned stuff that you can get quality stuff at very reasonable prices. This shop happens to be pretty honest and straight forward with customers, is upfront with what they paid for items even. I sold an engagement ring to them, they told me they'd give me half of what they would sell it for; really upfront, I can respect that.

BTW, your avatar creeps me out. :)

time for a facelift?

7/4 Newbie

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BTW, your avatar creeps me out. :)

time for a facelift?

Aye Matey, awwwwk!

Yep. What the hell is that anyway?

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