How much was your engagement ring?

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Feeling nosey! I was on another thread where the OP had £600 to spend on an engagement ring and the first comment was how it was a lot of money and was she sure she wanted to spend that much.

£3k in the sale, down from £5k. I picked 5 that I liked, he made the final decision. It wasn't the most expensive bit it is the nicest

@NewLevelsOfTiredness - it’s not important at all. I found mine on eBay for £60 and we had a day out to pick it up from the shop. Went for a pint while it was resized and I put it on my own finger

@Tiredmum100

Best answer yet. I was waiting for someone to say that!

@NewLevelsOfTiredness that's why I said mine was priceless. I'm not joking. By the looks of this thread mine is very cheap in comparison. What it represents is far more valuable than anything money can buy. It represents for me someone who met me when I was in a bad place in the life, gave me the love and support to move on to better things and wanted to marry me. I didn't need a ring and I'm not in carats, cuts etc, don't have a clue. I love my dh, he's my best friend and I'm lucky to him. Plenty of my friends feel same as me. Not everyone wants a expensive ring!

@Tiredmum100

That's very heartwarming. I'm glad you found each other :)

Blimey, some of you really love your rings.
I've never worn a ring in my life and hearing about some of these price tags baffles me!!
Some if them sound gorgeous though.

£0 as didn't want one.

£300. My wedding ring is a £120 plain band.

I'm not into sparkly stuff - it's the only jewellery I wear aside from a ring through my septum

£4000, though it had originally been on sale for a little over £7000. I'd told fiancé to save his money and get me an inexpensive band, but he knew I'd always wanted an emerald, found a particularly rare and special one and blew the 'budget' massively.

I couldn't have designed a more 'perfect' (for me) ring, though. It's a 1.8 carat emerald cut emerald - very bright green and exceptionally clear - with 2x 0.3 carat diamonds.

Think it was about £3k, had no clue what I wanted, husband designed it all himself, it’s bloody lovely! Wedding ring was similar price I think, was quite taken aback by that

Mine was around about £500. I thought it a bit much nut do insisted on a figure so he didn't look cheap.

I love it but i would have loved anything as it means we are getting married which is the bit that is important to me.

It’s insured for £1,800 I think, which would be the price to replace it like for like at an independent jewellery designer (it’s a custom design) but it was designed by a family member and DH only paid cost price (and family member insisted on upgrading certain things after the price was agreed upon so put himself out of pocket!) so although I have no idea how much he paid, I would imagine it was probably around half that figure.

About £150. I don’t wear it anymore as it irritates me, and DS3 found it under his bed when tidying the other day. He probably hid it there when he was a toddler - he’ll be 7 in a month!

Some of you spent more on your ring than I spent on my wedding. I wish I was rich and I probably would have done the same!

£200 20 years ago. That was a lot to us as we didn't have any money. Can't wear it at the mo as my fingers are too fat. One day...

£29. From Ratners (who remembers them?). We were poor students. The cubic zirconia stone came out and got lost about a year ago, we've been married 23 years. I'm getting a new one when I reach my target weight!

£700 17 years ago. Designed by DH in consultation with the jeweller.

I think mine was about £800.
That is a lot for us. DH saved and chose it himself and it is very unusual and gets a lot of comments.
I’ll show it off here as I got married 2 days ago so want to show everyone 😂

£125 I think it was

3 diamonds £700 15 yrs ago. Makes me happy every day.

Mine was £1500 but I think it was worth more as DP got it in the jewellery quarter in Birmingham.

First test one was £600 second one £1600

Find it a bit gross what people know how much they cost. I don't know and don't want to! It's a gift ffs

#that people know

Well DH and I chose it together as I couldn’t rely on him getting one I liked.

Plus we got engaged after we already had two kids so all money was shared anyway.

£800 ten years ago, bsolutely beautiful, I was so proud to wear it, Art Deco style in a run over setting we are getting a divorce and I miss wearing it so much 😢 Can't even look at my rings anymore, too painful.