So the ones who buy their husband omega watches, and wedding band, were you making more than him?

I bought my husbands ring. I also gave him an omega watch on our wedding day.

Is it typical for the future wife to pay for the man's wedding ring? I am getting that vibe from these posts...

I think my husband spent $2k on my engagement ring, which seemed like too much (there was a $700 vintage ring, no diamonds, I thought we should get instead). It's a nice artsy ring that I rarely wear.

Rings - I bought his for about $500 I think, from an Etsy dealer. Mine was similarly priced, I believe. We both wear our wedding rings every day.

Salary at the time was maybe $120k combined.

Great background on diamonds and how the genius of marketing by the DeBeers diamond monopoly made their diamonds an essential part of getting married:
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/issues/82feb/8202diamond1.htm

Travel to the Caribbean if you want good deals on diamonds. DH bought my band and the carat separate paid about 4k total. Brought it back to the states and had it put together and appraised for 6k.

Engagement ring was $14K in 2005
Wedding band was 3K

His band was $1200

No regrets

Anonymous wrote:any regrets for those who purchased a ring over 5k?

wife never wears it

any regrets for those who purchased a ring over 5k?

I think my DH spent about $5k on my ring, which was way more than I wanted him to spend. We spent about $300 each on wedding bands.

7k. One carat flawless stone, whole sale from Israel.

No engagement ring- I don't like diamonds and we like spending our money on travel.
I bought my own wedding ring ($350) because I couldn't decide/find one that fit my personality we finally decided on a Russian rolling ring.
We have been married happily for over 20 years.

Do what fits your budget and your taste.

Just got engaged after 10 years living together. Ring $8k. I'm not an extravagant girl and I would have been happy with something vintage or quirky, but he says that I was worth something pretty after living together so long. It's the only jewelry I wear other than earings.

12K in 2001 for engagement ring

1.5 K for the wedding band

$3k in 2010. We picked it together, and it was based on size of diamond that looked good on her hand. She didn't want anything too big that would get caught on stuff. I forget my income back then.. probably $100-200k (I own a business so I don't take a paycheck, just profits).