My partner and I have been together for 7 years and have lived together for just 3 months. The long wait was due to financial reasons. The discussion of engagement came up and he said he wanted to propose but couldn't afford a ring and might take a while to save up for one.
I told him I don't care about a big fancy ring but if it was a ring he wanted in order to ask me to marry him I am willing to lend him the money to buy one and it could happen sooner.
He wasn't happy at all with this, acted as if I had suggested he drank lighter fluid . He said there's no way I'm paying for my own ring. Technically I'm not paying for it I am just lending him money which he will pay back, so he would be buying it.
Am I being unreasonable to suggest this and be ok with it?
Oh, by the way, for those who may wonder why I don't just ask him or why we don't just go ahead and get married and skip the ring thing, my do is very traditional and wants the whole engagement experience :)
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Would it be unreasonable for me to pay for my own engagement ring?
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RubyRain · 17/03/2014 14:06
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