Does the cost of the wedding ring matter to you?

Question

Does it matter how much it costs?

HawkPerception · Accepted Answer

No it never has. But I do believe in quality and aesthetic. The worst thing I've seen a guy do is offer spit as a ring and the girl genuinely accepted it. It was the most disgusting thing I've seen in person and I felt bad for the girl. She dumped him a few days later after alI saw that.

One of the dumbest opinions I've heard is from a guy I used to work with. He said your love is equivalent to the price of the wedding ring you buy for your partner. I thought he was joking, but when I asked him if he was serious, he said he was.

Then there's the "rule" of the 2-3 month salary thing, which I also find ridiculous. You're telling me is a man makes $100k a year, he has to pay $16k - $25k for a ring? Only delusional and entitled girls with no financial literacy would believe that.

I don't think I'd spend more than $3k on a ring. I'd make sure it's beautiful, durable, and that it is a good representation of my love for her in terms of aesthetic. I love gemstone wedding rings honestly. And it doesn't matter if it's $300 or $3000. I'd get it as long as it fits those prerequisites I mentioned.

TonyV · Accepted Answer

Yes and no.
The 3 months wages thing can get of hand quick what if I make 120k a year you think you get 30,000 rock your finger? If im still struggling at 60k a year 15,000 on a ring seems responsible.

Buuuuut it does stand for something inportant, it needs to have some value, it can't be a ring-pop or a silver painted bread tie.

5 digits on a ring seems idiotic to me, 3 digits shows how little you care tho, like if you'll spend $200 on groceries it's pretty lame to give her a $400 ring.

Thinking about it this much, I think you need to spend at least $1000 on it, it's not suppose to be easy after all, it's suppose to shoe you sacrificed to get it cause you think she's worth and you think the wedding will last.

sage2021 · Accepted Answer

My wedding rings were beautiful to me even though they weren't real expensive because he gave them to me and asked me to marry him. I think the picture of the ring they are showing here is ugly.

WhiteSteve · Answer

I mean, I guess I’d want it to be sensible, like let’s not get an expensive ring and not buy a house, haha. I’d just want it to be something she loved within the bounds of a reasonable budget relative to everything else you’re going to have to pay for in a marriage. For my own ring…. I’d rather not even wear it, not even to put out the vibe that I’m single, I just don’t like wearing rings, haha. But I’m sure I’ll get hounded into wearing one😂

BoopBoopBeep · Answer

The women I've met whom I would have married weren't hard pressed about the matter. One didn't even want a real diamond. I'm a relatively high earner. Anyone who thinks she's going to be casually wearing 3 months of my salary is not someone with the same views on money that I have.

TCredo · Answer

It does not to me at all.  And related... the supposed "two month's salary rule" for how much an engagement ring should cost was based on a jewelry company's advertising campaign :)

XXTruthfulOgrexx · Answer

Personally, it shouldn't. However it does to most women. As an example, I was in a Zales having some repair work done on a watch and while I was waiting there was a young couple looking at ring sets, and the guy was asking to see sets around 5k in price.

The sales girl was quite clear on the costs as she pulled them from the case. After 20 minutes or so the boyfriend just sighed and asked " what set do you like? This little wisp of a girl, barely in her 20's by the look all of 4 ft and 80+ lbs soaking choose the largest set in the case and said "that's acceptable, but was hoping for more sparkle".

When the girl pulled it from the case, it looked like a truck tire on the fiancé's hand and as she announced the cost of "62,000" I thought I would have to start CPR in this poor kid.

Staximus · Answer

If I ever met a good woman who would marry a crazy old bum like me, I'll make her the wedding ring myself. I know where there's plenty of gold up in the mountains to make the band. I just have to find somewhere to dig up the stone. It might look like a ring from 2000 years ago but she better like it

Still-alive · Answer

not to me. ill take a ring pop or onion rings. idc lol

dragoblack · Answer

No, it could literally be a hand weaved wicker ring and it would mean more than a bought one or a large price tag. Wedding rings are meant to mean something, but due to the English royal wedding and diamond companies advertising themselves as the ideal for romance, society has put a price tag on love.

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

I'm not even going to tell you how much I spent on an engagement ring, but suffice to say, it was a single 1.8 carrot stone in a platinum setting, and as near to a flawless stone as you will find anywhere. Yes, it mattered more to me than to my wife.

exitseven · Answer

I never bought my wife an engagement t ring. We were trying to buy a house and it seemed like a bad investment. We did get wedding rings. I used to work for somebody who knew people in the jewelry business so we got a good deal on them.

RebelinSteel · Answer

Yes it does, I would sooner save a few grand on a ring and donate the extra to charity. It’s the Engagement ring that eats the cash. Weddings rings are usually a plain band of gold.

strateguy632 · Answer

as the guy it annoys me greatly to spend money on luxury rings. even if my parents were willing to buy the ring, i am annoyed, since they are willing to "give" thousands then give for rent! not a fancy ring that can get ruined or stolen and needs insurance.
in fact the old custom of giving a ring to a wife is based in prostitution which needs to end in the modern world.

Knightwatch27 · Answer

I would ensure that it was one of quality, but her reaction would matter more. If she's upset it's not some 50 carat diamond ring rather than focusing on the proposal itself then I'm reevaluating my offer of marriage then and there.

dovey234 · Answer

Nope it shouldn't matter, as long as there's love and trust between two people, an expensive ring or a cheap ring shouldn't matter.

Alwayreckles93 · Answer

No what is the point of owning an expensive wedding ring if there's no true love. O would rather had a cheap wedding be loved then to be wealthy have it all being a loveless marriage. Please choose wisely.

DaisyM23 · Answer

no, obviously it shouldn't be insanely cheap or expensive, well it can be cheap if it's durable, and it depends on income, but i wouldn't want someone to spend more than whatever is average on a ring of all things

Joshydavid25 · Answer

Seeing as I'm the one who will be most likely putting myself in debt trying to buy that mug... No!.. LOL..

12karen · Answer

I don't really care, it's the love it represents that matters most.

ChicoFromThe305 · Answer

Idc if it matters to her or not, its personal, I'd feel less masculine if I got her a ring pop.

Miah04 · Answer

Yes. Best not come with anything under 15 million. 🤨

laly520 · Answer

doesn't matter at all I won't be living with the ring

Simslover92 · Answer

No it doesn't matter to me. All I care about is getting married to the love of my life.

JC_jester · Answer

I don't care how much the ring costs, as long as she likes it. She's the one who will wear it and has to like it. My ex-wife wanted a ring according to her design with opals, and that's what she got.

Nikki1989 · Answer

No, we didn't even buy anything like rings. Neither of us like jewellery.

genericname85 · Answer

no it doesn't. the promise is the valuable part that can't be paid with money. the ring is just the marker of that promise. the ring is pretty much irrelevant in my opinion.

FenixG45 · Answer

It NEVER should! It should have sentimental value, rather than $$$ value!

CriticalCatDad · Answer

Yes, that shit is expensive as fuck I'm never buying something like that are you kidding me?

Booklover_90 · Answer

No. I’m investing in the marriage, not the accessories.

sheikalana · Answer

Nope. As long as it's real or lab made I don't care.

eagle1951 · Answer

doesn't to me did to my first wife the gold digger

LiamJHayden · Answer

If it does matter, as in requiring an expensive one, expect problems.

BarryLiverstone · Answer

Three months salary is standard cost, isn’t it? Can invest 3 months into the next 70 years of life

BLP11520 · Answer

a wedding ring, used to be very expensive in comparison to that person‘s income. Usually the woman would not care at all👍

Anonymous · Answer

Well, I'm not a billionaire, but if I were, it wouldn't matter, if she's the right girl for me, I would buy her the best ring possible.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

Yes it matter to me. I want the woman I love to have the best

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

That doesn’t matter to any woman who is worth marrying. That matters to immature girls

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

I'll only buy what i can afford!

mandyfire98 · Answer

Not at all

NathanDavis · Answer

I don't care about money like that...

loveslongnails · Answer

To me, no, to some women, a hell of a lot.

Anonymous · Answer

Nah, only that it's kosher

CubaPirate · Answer

Nada

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