To me, money isn’t everything. It’d be nice if I got something that cost a lot, but I’d also be fine with something cheap as long as it’s high-quality and not like a Temu ring or something.

We got each other the same ring off Amazon for $12.😂 😅

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      Yup, eBay customized ring, completely replaceable. We saved the money from the ring cost and put it towards a down payment. 1000% sure it was a better use of money

    • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Same here. I think it was more like $300 for a pair of matching rings from a small etsy seller though. Hers with moissinite, mine with an inlay of copper and titanium shaving for some color.

      • LilB0kChoy@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        The cost of the ring doesn’t matter. Ultimately it’s about what the ring represents; the bond and commitment you’ve made.

        I was never a ring guy before, never really liked having things on my hands/fingers all the time.

        Before we got married my wife got me an inexpensive, simple sterling silver comfort fit band from Kohls as a ‘tester’.

        If something happened to my current wedding band I wouldn’t replace it with a new one, I’d switch to that old inexpensive silver one because a new one wouldn’t be mine. It would be the one she slipped on my hand on our wedding day.

  • kata1yst@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    5 months ago

    About $1200 back in 2010. Got a nice enough ring she’d feel proud to show it to people, but didn’t pay any more money than I’d saved up since I decided to propose.

    To keep costs down I got a ‘perfect’ diamond with an occlusion you couldn’t see without a jewelers loop, and had sapphires on the ring to add interest without increasing the size of the diamond.

    I’m happy with the decision still 15 years later.

  • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    101·
    5 months ago

    Not much at all

    Money doesn’t matter to us

    We went back and forth with ideas about rings, but we kept coming back to this one

    I bought this box separately, so that we can keep the wedding band nicely for the when we tie the knot

    I’ve had the rings for a while now, and she doesn’t know! I know she’ll love it, it’s the ring she liked the most out of all the ones we looked at

    In a few weeks I’m going to give it to her

    We got engaged months and months ago, but we’re stuck doing the long-distance thing and our time together is precious

    She’s is going to lose her mind, and I can’t wait!

  • GreyShuck@feddit.ukEnglish
    8·
    5 months ago

    I really can’t recall but not a lot at all. To avoid the whole blood-diamond thing we bought a vintage one from a charity, where it had been donated.

      • LilB0kChoy@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        Thanks! My wife picked the ring design, I picked the stone.

        This is my wedding band

        And we got the matching band for her engagement ring

        We got married later in life which is why we could afford these, otherwise we would have gotten something more modest.

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    8·
    5 months ago

    I got a Stirling silver claddagh ring for my wife’s engagement ring, i think it is $20 something. Our wedding rings were Stirling silver bands, $35 each and we had then engraved, which i think was $15 each.

  • MrQuallzin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    5 months ago

    We went down to a pawn shop and I think we spent about $350 for both rings. They’re both beautiful rings with real diamonds and a couple other stones

  • Elextra@literature.cafeEnglish
    7·
    5 months ago

    About 9k. Its my wedding ring and engagement ring. I only have one ring. My husband and I chose it out together, lab grown, custom and the ring I anticipate to wear for my whole life. We are fortunate enough to afford it.

  • threeduck@aussie.zoneEnglish
    6·
    5 months ago

    $6,500 NZD, for a custom made ring, with blue lab grown diamond and two small pear shaped lab grown clear diamonds. About 1.5 months salary.

  • djmikeale@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    5 months ago

    i bought an engagement ring for around 10000 DKK / 1550 USD. Which I thought was a lot, but I really liked the ring! For myself I bought a ring for 1000 DKK