How much did your engagement ring cost?

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Curious to know how much people generally pay for engagement rings...

I was briefly engaged when i was young and stupid, and the ring cost a couple of hundred £s as we were skint students. Im in a long term relationship now and expecting a proposal at some ppint soonish (he took me to a jewellers to measure my ring finger 😂) so been having a look at styles etc, and shocked at the cost of some of them!

I think our budget is around 1-3k, not sure if this is above or below average?

£10 in 2001. We didn’t have a lot of money and it was just a symbolic gesture. I wore it on my right hand. The marriage lasted but the ring didn’t. The Amber stone sadly fell out during a bike ride about 15 years later. We both agreed it had had a good innings for the price. I just wear my wedding ring now (which cost more but not excessively, about £60 I think).

£60 in 2016

@Namerchanger1 that's quite interesting because at Christmas etc when people post about gifts for children you get a million comments about telling relatives to pay for "experiences" rather than "stuff".
(Personally I prefer "stuff" - but not fussed about jewellery because I never wear it)

Mine was £2.6k and that was in 2017

I’m a big fan of grandparents giving experiences over stuff because mine don’t need any more plastic tat

an engagement ring is different though isn’t it - you only get one and wear it every day forever

I never wear mine. I'd have much preferred a holiday.

I didn't want a diamond solitaire chip, so my emerald and diamond ring £4.5k 2000. Despite being divorced I still love it so do wear it for special occasions, but the insurance quotes for it are now daft. I only have a son so am not quite sure who in the family this could be passed onto, if at all. My friend who has been married 3 times now has a different attitude - low cost, what appeals to her that month. Great attitude and (thankfully) the third marriage is going very well - over a decade now. And that is I think the lesson: if you love your partner then it is at that time what suits you both.

Same here. The stone (sapphire) was in a family ring, but DH had it reset. The diamonds came from my own grandmother’s engagement ring. I’ve got two and my sister had one set on a pendant.

It’s very special to have a family ring and the value isn’t important. I’ve never asked what it’s insured for. As I wear it to swim, ride and garden, I don’t want to know.

£400, 18 years ago. It was a small cluster of diamond chips. We couldn't afford anything else.

I wouldn't change it. It's the ring my husband gave me and it means everything.

I didn’t have one,but I wore a diamond ring that had been passed down to me.

My first one was £125 I think, reduced in the after Christmas sales.

Later (20 plus years) I had it and my wedding ring remade using original material and stone with the addition of stones from my Mum's ring (she passed away) and they cost about 2k to make and I love them.

I loved my original engagement ring and the price never mattered but the style suited who I was then, not now and I was fortunate enough I could change them to something even more special.

@Namerchanger1 I actually still have some of my toys and books from childhood - I'm almost 50 so that's a long time 😂
Some possibly might be buried with me when the time comes.....
I didn't have an engagement ring because I don't like wearing jewellery. I see lots of jewellery that's absolutely beautiful but I just wouldn't wear it.
But yes - if you are a jewellery type person and will wear it then I suppose it's a nice thing to have.

Around £80 twenty years ago. I still always wear it. It was not about the money for me, we could have afforded more but didn't see the need.

0.25 carat solitaire on a 9 carat white gold band. My father had a jewellery shop so had a spare 0.25 carat diamond he gifted my husband we he asked permission to marry me and he also gave him some white gold which was melted down and made into a custom design made by a local jewellery shop. Total cost £150 for the work

£2,200 1990. Sapphire and diamond. I still love it.

I don't actually have one, though I will have a wedding ring.

My now DH chose a dimond from a diamond merchant in London and had it set in a Tiffany style setting. It cost £4K and is insured for £10k.

I absolutely adore it and feel very lucky 💍

2014 and it was 19K. 2ct solitaire diamond.

2k from the Birmingham jewellery quarter in 2006.

I have no idea how much mine was, but apparently it made my DH bank manager weep.

This is what I was wondering too.

But, what does it matter if your budget is "above or below average".

What does it matter if you are proposed to with a hula hoop or with a rock the size of Liz Taylor's ?
If the two of you are unemployed, or students, or in debt then your budget will be a bit different from if you are a Kardashian.
Get a ring you like and can afford and stop comparing with other people.

go for antique natural stones! lots of excellent vendors on Instagram and online. best value for money and most sustainable option plus handmade by a skilled artisan and not mass produced. The bottom is already falling out of the diamond market.

I don't have one but I would hope a few hundred quid and no more. Secondhand ("vintage,") would be fine. Not a big jewellery person, can't even really tell if a piece is valuable myself!

6k in 2008 - 2ct 3 diamonds made of platinum, we chose it together, I didn’t buy it because of the cost but because it looked similar to my mums and grandmas.

That's a lovely idea. All that love and history in your ring. 💕