Guys, how much are you whiling to spend on an engagement ring?

[Jjpayne]

It's a tough place to be... There are rule of thumbs of course, so many dollars out of your yearly salary. But I'll view it like this.

In bill and ted's bogus journey, they proposed to the princesses with rings out of the 25 cent toy machineThey were delighted! They did not know of modern concepts to be fair being in the movie from old england but it's not the value of what the ring is but what it stands for.

And I think thats where it's important to look. We don't need to place a down payment on a ring to pledge our life to each other. I view it this way. I'd rather use it to go towards the wedding costs or to furniture in our home. Personally, rings custom made from metal could be even more awesome then anything requiring a stone. Save the money for something worth investing in.

Now I'm not saying that your partner is not important but there are much better ways to show your importance to each other.

I've personally seen people struggle with marriage and wedding costs and that alone wrecks marriages.

Why give yourself a heavy burden of debt for a wedding? See if you can have your home church host it at a low cost and have a fun and romantic evening but it's one where you won't be burdened by financial troubles once the wedding is over.

I think it's less about what I'm willing to spend and more about how to achieve the same feeling in a way that gives us more opportunities to do other things.

My proposal is to use the money that would have been spend on the diamond parts and use those to do something special for the both of us. Use that for a special furniture shopping trip or a home remodel that adds to the house and our lives.

But at the end of the day, it's a discussion to have not something to be assume or to force.

[TheorionMage]

Depends upon your perception of HOW circumstantially insightfully the 'value' of the ring is perceived by those involved.

The funds I spent on my spouse's ring lay in its 'craftsmanship' and artistry, NOT in the highly 'arbitrary' valuation of the pragmatically 'worthless' gemstones--- Visually, it is both artful and stunning.

The ONLY difference between coal and diamond is HOW Carbon reacts under heat and intense pressure. In the end, BOTH are inedible and only 'worth' what arbitrary objective function accords.

Presently both DeBeers and the Russians are stockpiled with over 5 YEAR'S accumulation of diamonds...
any even-remote 'threat' of their sudden release would MASSIVELY devalue the IN-arbitrary 'worth' of an engagement ring's stone.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

I've spent around 2000€.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

My first ex-girlfriend, I paid $299.99 + tax and I was made fun of on here
but I won't mention any names but I find it kind of cruel to make fun of one
who lives on disability income and can only afford so much

[GalwaysLittleBird]

I spent a salary. More than a salary feels too much for me, you are eating too much of your savings that you really gonna need for the wedding.

Less than, and it feels like you are not giving importance to something that it will be worn by the love of your life all the time, for the rest of her life.

[JKingOff]

If I remember correctly the stereotypical old school standby is that an engagement ring should equal 6 months worth of his salary. I believe the original purpose for this was for the would-be-in-laws to gauge their future son-in-laws financial stability, ability to save for unforeseen times of hardship, how dedicated he is to their daughter, and I believe it also says something to his perseverance to not give up.

[Sabretooth]

for one gil i have in mind-none-i'll be saving up for THIS: https://www.zales.com/le-vian%C2%AE-chocolate-quartz%C2%AE-13-ct-tw-diamond-ring-14k-strawberry-gold%C2%AE/p/V-20012939?%3Fcid=SOC-Facebook_Paid-DPA-20190804-RingsonSale&fbclid=IwAR0TEVfQWJ8FCE1hSi5ZpiNUtj_SEV90c_60UojtMJoiY8FMVfCUHSJ1KgE

[bamesjond0069]

The girl id marry would beg me to spend a small amount because she wouldn't be a materialistic gold digger and would love whatever i got her because its from me.

And id love her so much for that id spend as much as i needed to make it the best she could ever want.

[Adam1978]

Nothing I ever have to worry about, I am happy unmarried. So she needs to pop the question and then she needs to buy the ring right? Which probably is the economical path since guys don't care about the rings value.

[shanshu]

As cheap as possible, not that my potential future partner would deserve more an expensive ring but I'm not forking out thousands for a ring, then paying for actual wedding rings and the actual wedding.

So I'd buy a nice ring in my price range and save the rest and more towards the actual wedding which will cost me a fortune.

[Anonymous]

I spent $1200.00 on the last one, but I was only working as a night janitor at the time.
I would've bought a more expensive one if I could've.
It was a good thing that it didn't have a big diamond or it would've hurt more all the times she threw it at me.

[Skankhunt]

Depens on how my financial situation is.

In average I would spend around €500 - €1.000
If I was rich, I would spend around <50k

Also, do you think an engagement ring should be more expensive than a wedding ring?