Cost of engagement ring...

[Silvertincan]

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

What was the cost relative to household income?

Mine was originally 360 but went on sale for 180

£600 joint income of £35k ish back then, it was the late 90s. I didn't really wear jewellery and if I did it was silver. Couldn't justify spending a huge chunk of money on an engagement ring so just bought a gold solitaire. My wedding ring was a plain gold band, notched so my engagement ring nestled in it and cost £80 ish. We were saving up for a house deposit so had a very small wedding too.

I am still happily married to Dh some twenty plus years later. I still have those rings but do not wear them. I am now wearing a lab grown Moisannite 1 carat thing that cost me £60 off Etsy, set in silver and looks very convincingly like a diamond which is why the Moisannite market is so big. Mine will also test as a diamond in a standard diamond tester, that is how good the Moisannites are. Here is a little video comparison of a Moisannite next to a diamond.

Oh and I chose the ring, told him what I would like before he proposed

I think £800 when income £48k combined.
DSiS ring was 10k when income 200k.

My boyfriend has bought one for £700 we’re waiting on delivery, household income is £90k. I chose it and love it, I wouldn’t want to spend more than that, we prefer nice holidays to things!

£12,000 but valued at £22,500 income £210k

Probably about £600-700. We bought the stone on holiday somewhere that had sentimental value to us and then had it set later at home (which is actually cheaper than buying a ring off the high street that isn’t bespoke). I got to design it and it’s very unique. I love it.

No idea what our income was at the time but not much. I was a student and Dh was in his first job out of uni.

£8,000, his income was 50k at the time.

Nil- I don’t have one—

ZOMBIE THREAD

I asked for one which was £20. He still said he couldn't afford it. 7 years on still waiting..

Nothing, we didn't bother...neither of us are jewellery wearers. No wedding bands either, we got matching tattoos instead.

£7.5k income think about £180k

@Fuzzyhippo he needs a kick up the arse...

@Fuzzyhippo

I asked for one which was £20. He still said he couldn't afford it. 7 years on still waiting..

Why do you want to marry someone who has so little interest that he’s made you wait SEVEN YEARS for a £20 ring?

£750. His income £4000

I'm still waiting for him to let me move in with him first, guess I'm just very patient

@Fuzzyhippo I’ve read your posts and, I’m very sorry but that’s not patience. What you’re doing is stupid. I am very sorry if that sounds unkind, but you’ve had multiple posts of people saying it nicely and it doesn’t seem to have penetrated.

You’ve been with this man for seven years, you don’t live with him, he doesn’t want to spend time with you, calls you names, accuses you of cheating, has told you he doesn’t care about you and has literally told you to go away. Your response is to doggedly persevere with someone who doesn’t want you and treats you like something he stepped in - in the hopes that he will decide you’re worthy of a £20 and marry you?

Can you not see how insane this situation is? You need to find some self respect and end this. You cannot believe that this is healthy, surely. And you’re clearly not happy. So, why are you still doing this?

Mine was £1,000, at the time I was a student and he earned about £14k. He got it on credit. We are divorced now though, if relevant! I returned the ring when I ended the marriage.

We've recently got engaged. I gave him free choice over the ring but specifically said no more than £100. I was worried about losing it as I'm quite forgetful! He spent £120 in the end and picked something I'd never choose myself but I love it!! Household income is £75k