Did anyone NOT like their engagement ring?

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Usually the engagement ring threads are full of mnetters gushing about how much they love, love, love their engagement rings. My df chose mine as a surprise and I'm not sure it's what I'd have chosen. Just wondering if I'm the only one!

I never got one..dh joined a golf club instead

My fella picked a realllly pretty ring bless him, but I just didn't like it so I swapped it for another one when we went to the shop to get it resized. I just explained to him that I wanted a single stone one rather than a swirly one like he'd bought, I said I thought the style might date. I did feel horribly guilty but it's better than having a ring you don't like forever surely?

He didn't seem to mind!

I feel bad for admitting this but i actually turned my boyfriend down because of the ring - god i feel ashamed admitting that BUT in my defence... a few weeks earlier his friend had got engaged and at there house 1 evening i was admiring the ring (it was absolutely horrible, tiny too) but you cant say that so i said how nice it was, fast forward a few weeks and my boyfriend proposes in my bedroom after id had a sleep, i woke up all excited to find myself staring at the ugly ring! I said id think about it but eventually said no cos i thought he couldnt even choose 1 himself he just went and spoke to his friend to find out which 1 he had bought. 7 years later though im still with him so these days i drop hints whenever I can!

I have about 4 or 5 engagement rings that I rotate on a regular basis! We've been together over 20 years, I get bored with the same ring day in day out

engagement rings are not a symbol of love, unless you actually believe the debeers advertising campaign.

I also have 2 wedding rings i chop and change too

I don't have one because I didn't want one. We were skint at the time and I felt that, as long as we knew we were commited to each other, buying a symbol of that commitment was an unnecessary expense. Besides I am not a ring person. I wear a plain gold band as a wedding ring, but don't wear any other rings as I just don't like them.

Been married 25 years this year.
DH would only spend £250 on engagement ring so it was a 0.2ct oval diamond in 9ct gold.
Had a very simple plain 9ct wedding ring that cost £18 which I always liked.
Then a few years ago Tesco started doing engagement rings and I bought a 0.5 round diamond in 9 ct gold for £480 (sure DH thinks I'm mad). Looks really nice with my wedding ring though.
Old one sat in a box in my drawer. Looks really tiny against the one I have from Tesco!
Few years ago I saw a woman with probably a platinum wedding ring with small diamonds spaced apart in it. Now that I would like, but feel it could be tempting some bad fate to replace wedding ring after 25 years!