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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I didn’t think I would get so many rude comments about my finances. I have a high income and no debt. The 20k wasn’t much for me. I had been putting away money for a couple of months for the ring. It’s a very high quality slightly bigger than 2 carat round diamond with a solitaire band.[/quote]

NP here, I thought 20K, assuming you can afford it, is decent amount to spend on a ring.  If I had to put it in car terms it’s like the first car you buy with your own money being a new fully loaded Honda Accord.  Nice quality, nice brand, not everyone can afford it for their first car by themselves, but it’s also not over the type flashy.

As for your friend saying it’s too much,  next time someone asks, give a generic range for what it would cost.  Like respond “if you want 2 carats you can spend between x and y depending on the 4cs.”  I’ve had a co-worker like that who would want to know how much it costs for a home renovation that I just finished as though they were planning to do the same and get a ballpark.  I would answer and then that information would be used for wow, you have so much money to spend on x or I can get y done for half that cost.  In hindsight, if the purpose was truly to help them ballpark a renovation for themselves, it really doesn’t matter what I spent on it, it’s what they have to spend for the item and how easy or hard it may be to get what they want for that amount.  I should have asked how much they budgeted for the similar renovation or their ballpark and gone from there.[/quote]

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