Cost of engagement ring...

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Just a nosey post!!
How much did your engagement rings costs?

What was the cost relative to household income?

About £10k and insured for15 I was mortified he had spent that much when I found out. Far too much to spend on an item of jewellery but it is beautiful.

I know how much mine was because I chose the band, cut and setting. He went to buy it and chose the size and clarity of the diamond and it wasn’t difficult to work out.

Mine was a few pounds short of £2000 which was DH's budget. I didn't want him to spend a ridiculous amount but he wanted me to have something I loved. Second engagement/wedding for both of us and I don't wear a lot of other jewellery.

We chose the ring together & I know what it cost but that will remain our secret. As will our household income at the time - though it's so long ago I can't actually remember. I still love my ring, over 30 years later. It's an oval ruby surrounded by diamonds - very late 1980s in style, but beautiful.

Mine was probably around £50 second hand from a local jeweller and I highly doubt it's diamond. And yet I get so many comments about it on the rare occasions I wear it these days. We were impoverished students, there was no household income as we didn't live together and he wasn't working, but I love it and what it symbolises.

That said, I did think we were pushing the boat our with my £350 custom made wedding ring (which I supplied the gold for)!

About £1400. We could afford far more but I wouldn’t have felt comfortable wearing more in daily life. I cycle commute and do sport/camp/garden etc. daily and use my hands a lot. If it was any fancier I’d never get a chance to wear it.

Me I ask why you question for?

To be honest, I do t know how much my ring cost, even if were made of plastic for me will be invaluable anyway.
The memory of his face when he asked and the way I feel is priceless.
So here you go 🤣

I chose my own ring so I know how much it cost. £4k with a household income of £85k.

Mine was about £700. Didn’t live together at the time but he was earning about £30,000 at the time I think

The stone cost about £50 (bought in a local gem market when travelling) and then had a setting designed later that year after we got home, which I think was probably around £700 or so. So £800 maybe. It’s lovely and completely bespoke and the jeweller made it exactly according to my design (though never actually saw it until dh proposed).

We were both students when we got engaged so both on incomes less than £15k or so.

£1350 and he was earning £30,000 at the time I think.

We were both students with part time jobs when we got engaged, and still living at home so no household income. My ring was £95, which on an hourly wage of around £3 was quite a lot comparatively. It was from Ratners and I doubt it’s worth anything now. To buy something identical would probably cost around £50 I would imagine as it doesn’t contain diamonds. I still love it though as it’s very me, and I still wear it all the time.

£0! A family ring.

@LHReturns that ring is gorgeous!

£8,500 but I didn’t get it until 4 years after we got married. Our wedding cost £1,500. I don’t have any regrets. We have no debt, no mortgage and my husband chose it and it is very sparkly.

We were pretty penniless so mine was about £100. I still have it and cherish it but don't wear it, not least because I was a size 8 when we got engaged and I'm a 16 now! Since then DH has bought me several antique but not ridiculously expensive rings, which I alternate on my right hand. And a few years ago he bought me the most beautiful bespoke rose gold moissanite solitaire to replace my original ring. Neither of us are keen on the negative ethical or ecological effects of the diamond/gemstone industries, which is why he's bought me antique rings and moissanite. The moissanite is every bit as stunning as a diamond and more fiery anyway, imo.

No idea

Mine is new this year. Thanks to nosing on the jewellers website I know it costs £2,500. Household income of equivalent of around £160k which we're pretty much 50:50 on. He acknowledges he could've spent more, but to be honest anything bigger than what he bought would have looked stupid on my short fat fingers (I ain't no hand model, that's for sure!). And it's gorgeous and sparkly, so I'm a happy girl!

£10! I chose it on the holiday my OH proposed on, in a sort of camden-esque jewellery shop - y'know, the type that sells incense and dreamcatchers etc. Just my sort of thing! Took months to decide if I wanted one at all as my hobbies aren't very "ring friendly" and I don't like having to worry about things like that before getting stuck in, gardening or whatever.

Household income at the time had recently jumped from about 52k to about 95k too! We did look at sparkly rings and I do love them on other people, but it's like a new phone to me - exciting at first but honestly after a bit I sort of resent having to worry about how much it's worth.

£150, it's antique and a similar style brand new would have cost much more though. Our wedding rings weren't expensive either, I wouldn't feel comfortable having something worth so much on me at all times and it's the symbolism that holds the value for us too.

Household income around £40k.

We also live in a very low cost area so our income is actually much higher than most people in our area.

Mine was £76. DH was a postgraduate student at the time and I was in my first job earning about £6000 a year, but that's not why the ring was cheap (I'm pretty sure DH had savings). It was the one I loved and had set my heart on. To this day I don't think I've ever seen a ring costing more than about £100 that I would have liked any better - I don't really like faceted stones such as diamonds. My ring had a pearl in it. If I had my time again I might choose something with moonstones.

Got engaged in June this year.
Ring is a beautiful halo... Quite unusual and that's why I love it.
2.5k income about 110k. He would've spent much more.

Mine cost £2,300 and my OH earns £50k a year..

Just got engaged three weeks ago was just under 3k household income about 35k I could kill him but it is beautiful ♥️