how much was your engagement ring?

[Anonymous]

$4500, 1.4 center stone, good quality. We have a family friend who is a jeweler and gave it to us for a VERY low price.

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Anonymous wrote:$90.00

I love it and wear it fearlessly.

What type of ring is it?

Lab grown sapphire set in silver. It is low key and pretty, and was given with love.

That sounds simple and beautiful!

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10k

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Anonymous wrote:Mine cost $0 because I don't have one. We went and looked at some but I didn't love anything, certainly not thousands of dollars worth of love, and I did not feel any need to get a ring just so I could tell people I was engaged. Have been married 10 years and have never missed it.

(Just thought I'd participate to bring down the average in case the OP is calculating how much her boyfriend needs to spend, or something.)

Me too. I have a sterling silver band that was 25 bucks.

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Anonymous wrote:1 carat diamond, 1996. 3k?

I didn't buy it, so...

Yeah, I was just wondering this. How do so many of you know how much it cost? I have no clue!

I handle the finances, and added a rider to our homeowner's policy to cover the ring. The company asked for the appraisal. That's how I found out. Does your husband handle the insurance stuff?

Yes, he handles the bills.

[Anonymous]

$19k

[Anonymous]

~$5k in 1994. Have no idea what it is worth today.

[Anonymous]

$3500 for .75 carats, 2006. I liked it at the time, now not so much. Wish I had just a simple band. I took a sapphire band I bought years and years ago, had it resized and wear that sometimes instead. It turns out I just don't like diamonds that much.

[Anonymous]

2.5k in 2002. Not sure of size I think it's .6 carat.

[Anonymous]

Free was DH's grandma's: 3 carat, emerald cut, D, flawless.

Couldn't believe she got the ring in 1932, the height of the Great Depression.

[Anonymous]

The one he proposed with was a family heirloom worth $40k. I was stunned, and uncomfortable wearing it every day...so I picked out a $1k ring from an estate jeweler (I love old jewelry). Now that I'm older, I feel like I grew into the fancier ring, so I wear it.

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Anonymous wrote:7000 - .5 carat tiffanys. All the money my dh had in the world and then some.

I would never "upgrade." That being said, if he had skipped the diamond and we had just done bands, that would have been fine with me too.

"May your marriage last as long as the payments on your ring."

$7000 for 0.5 carats?!?!! Little blue box prices...

Agree. Pp with the ring back. I never put that demand in his head. It's also the highest or near highest of the 3cs. Not things I cared about either But DH did...

[Anonymous]

I paid 17k for DW's engagement ring. It was a great deal. 1.8 round solitaire excellent quality stone. Paid cash for it and had it set in platinum. Very basic, just stunning. The whole cash is king concept played out well. We have it insured for 25k which is what it would cost retail.

[Anonymous]

Stone was a half carat gift from a family member, setting was $1000. No regrets. I've never wanted headlight on my (very small) hand, and we needed the money for other things.

[Anonymous]

8k. 1.25 c center stone with a minor flaw (not visible to the eye). Smaller stones on the band.