Am I spoiled?
My fiance and I picked out an engagement ring together as getting engaged was something we discussed after many years together rather than having any proposal (i'm very disappointed about this however but oh well, that's life). I made it very clear that I wanted a good quality sapphire or Ruby because these are my favourite stones, however in reality these were slightly out of our price range.
We found a few rings and we ended up getting the ring he liked (i agreed to it mind you, I was feeling stressed and had to choose something we could afford and it looked like the best thing), it was a high-end aquamarine with some diamonds. I don't like it. It looks like a blue topaz from ebay. Now I have had it resized and it's on my finger, i can honestly say I can't wear this for the rest of my life because it's not my dream, it's not romantic somehow. (Although I am starting to feel that the fact he set me such a strict budget and understand why the colour of gemstone (not the cost!) matters to me, suggests we are incompatible long term anyway.)
If he'd gone out and proposed to me without any prompting, with a cubic zirconia and silver ring I would have loved it because of the meaning, but as he was reluctant to get engaged at all, I just at least wanted something I considered beautiful!
Am I being totally unreasonable to want him to exchange the ring for one I do like that is more expensive?
Money is tight right now, but I know we could have afforded just a little extra. He won't upgrade it later on either as he said he would initially.
Am i just horrible and materialistic?