S/o how much was your wedding ring?

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Anonymous wrote:$20 wedding band at potomac mills.
$800 engagement ring, which is actually an anniversay band.
Got married at 24, bought a house instead. house will be paid off before oldest kid leaves for college. (and it's tripled in value)diamonds are a stored value, they don't apprciate
Husband still loves me the same - I married him because something else on him was large.

Oh god that's just as tacky as a gaudy engagement ring. :barf:

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Anonymous wrote:How do people know this? I know mine is worth a lot but I'm too embarassed to look at the insurance and I don't really want to know!

I asked DH how much he paid. I still feel bad about how much it was. Mine was the $2400 custom setting. I wear it every day.

Why do you feel bad? Because it's so cheap ?

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Anonymous wrote:Mine was 8500. Honestly, if I could turn back time I would have got at 20k ring. It's really the only piece of jewellery I wear and have worn for the last 16 years.

Is a $20k ring really go to bring you more happiness? So wasting $12k on a bigger diamond is worth something to you?

Yes, I have spent money on dumber things that don't last. At least a ring lasts forever.
No it won't change my life but to me it's a good way to spend that money.

But depreciates instantly, by a lot.

Yes but I am not buying it for an investment, my other purchases depreciate also.

Then you might as well buy a created diamond and give the difference to charity or even invest it. What's the point in paying $25000 for a "real" stone if it depreciates instantly and loos no different than a created stone? Does it make you feel like your DH loves you more? I honestly don't get it.

I want a nice real ring, I don't want to donate to charity.

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Anonymous wrote:How do people know this? I know mine is worth a lot but I'm too embarassed to look at the insurance and I don't really want to know!

I asked DH how much he paid. I still feel bad about how much it was. Mine was the $2400 custom setting. I wear it every day.

Why do you feel bad? Because it's so cheap ?

No, because he spent so much on it. He really couldn't afford it at the time. He put it on a credit card and it took him a long time to pay it off.

I love the ring. And it's paid off now.

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Anonymous wrote:How do people know this? I know mine is worth a lot but I'm too embarassed to look at the insurance and I don't really want to know!

I posted upthread about mine that is worth 20k. I know because we have it insured and it had to be appraised and all that stuff. After 15 years of shared finances I just don't think it's a big deal anymore.

My stone is a little less than 2 carats and I don't think it looks gaudy. I don't know. I never would have spent that much on a ring, but it is truly a beautiful diamond. People stop me in grocery stores, post offices, etc. and comment on it. I am happy to know that one day we will be able to pass it on to a son or daughter.

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Engagement ring was $6,000. I don't remember how much the wedding bands were, but not expensive.

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Anonymous wrote:My engagement ring was 20k. My wedding band was $1100. I don't ever wear the engagement ring and would rather have something else.

+1. I'm not really flashy and wish my engagement ring was a bit smaller. I feel silly wearing it and only wear my simple band.

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Engagement ring 12k wedding band 1100 from Tiffany. Plus matching his and hers rolexes as wedding presents to each other. Love having them since I wear them every day - and I'm not really an accessories girl.

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Anonymous wrote:How do people know this? I know mine is worth a lot but I'm too embarassed to look at the insurance and I don't really want to know!

I posted upthread about mine that is worth 20k. I know because we have it insured and it had to be appraised and all that stuff. After 15 years of shared finances I just don't think it's a big deal anymore.

My stone is a little less than 2 carats and I don't think it looks gaudy. I don't know. I never would have spent that much on a ring, but it is truly a beautiful diamond. People stop me in grocery stores, post offices, etc. and comment on it. I am happy to know that one day we will be able to pass it on to a son or daughter.

Because they will want your hand me down....

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Anonymous wrote:$20 wedding band at potomac mills.
$800 engagement ring, which is actually an anniversay band.
Got married at 24, bought a house instead. house will be paid off before oldest kid leaves for college. (and it's tripled in value)diamonds are a stored value, they don't apprciate
Husband still loves me the same - I married him because something else on him was large.

That's great. But you do know that some people who have larger rings or spent more could also buy a house and pay it off at the same rate. Not trying to call you out, but you shouldn't feel like you have to justify your wedding/engagement ring. If they are what you want, that is all that matters. And you shouldnt assume those with more expensive rings did so at the expense of buying other stuff (like a house, etc)

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Anonymous wrote:$20 wedding band at potomac mills.
$800 engagement ring, which is actually an anniversay band.
Got married at 24, bought a house instead. house will be paid off before oldest kid leaves for college. (and it's tripled in value)diamonds are a stored value, they don't apprciate
Husband still loves me the same - I married him because something else on him was large.

I got married at 23, first kid at 24 then another at 26.
I got a 10k ring and our 800k house was painful off when I was 30. I am 38 now.
Some people can have it all.
Some people feel there is more to life than paying down a mortgage.

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My engagement ring was around $3000, band was $500 or so, and then I added a wrap-around sapphire thing later. But now, years later, I just resized a sapphire plain band I got as a birthday present from my parents many years ago to wear on other occasions. I'll probably start wearing that more. i'm less into jewelry the older I get.

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Anonymous wrote:$20 wedding band at potomac mills.
$800 engagement ring, which is actually an anniversay band.
Got married at 24, bought a house instead. house will be paid off before oldest kid leaves for college. (and it's tripled in value)diamonds are a stored value, they don't apprciate
Husband still loves me the same - I married him because something else on him was large.

That's great. But you do know that some people who have larger rings or spent more could also buy a house and pay it off at the same rate. Not trying to call you out, but you shouldn't feel like you have to justify your wedding/engagement ring. If they are what you want, that is all that matters. And you shouldnt assume those with more expensive rings did so at the expense of buying other stuff (like a house, etc)

That doesn't change the facts that they chose to spend money on a house that has TRIPLED in value instead of an overpriced depreciating asset.

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Anonymous wrote:Engagement ring was $25,000 - 3 carats. Wedding band $2,600.

Gross.

Why would you say something like that? She's not calling your puny stone gross. So rude.

Sorry, I'm grossed out by huge displays of wealth like that. I decided against having a "puny stone" all together because I every engagement ring I've ever seen is not my taste at all. The whole thing also smacks of consumerism and buying into the diamond/jewelry industry's sick agenda and it's like some pissing contest between women and men.

Whenever I see a woman with a huge diamond, I figure her husband must conversely have a very small dick.

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Anonymous wrote:$20 wedding band at potomac mills.
$800 engagement ring, which is actually an anniversay band.
Got married at 24, bought a house instead. house will be paid off before oldest kid leaves for college. (and it's tripled in value)diamonds are a stored value, they don't apprciate
Husband still loves me the same - I married him because something else on him was large.

That's great. But you do know that some people who have larger rings or spent more could also buy a house and pay it off at the same rate. Not trying to call you out, but you shouldn't feel like you have to justify your wedding/engagement ring. If they are what you want, that is all that matters. And you shouldnt assume those with more expensive rings did so at the expense of buying other stuff (like a house, etc)

That doesn't change the facts that they chose to spend money on a house that has TRIPLED in value instead of an overpriced depreciating asset.

Yes, but the point still stands that some people can do both.