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.😂 😅
It was around $500 in the mid-90’s. The stone was a high quality sapphire, which made up nearly all of the price.
I don’t think I have ever bought a diamond.
Zero. We didn’t get engagement rings, not later wedding bands. The first few years of our marriage we used to get asked about the wedding bands a lot, but people eventually got used to us not having any. I think it’s probably been about 15 years since we last got asked about them.
$1000 for my 1ct rose gold white sapphire ring, about $200 for hubby’s ring from Etsy. Funny thing is just about every year after that, we’ve bought cool Etsy rings and enjoy them more than our initial ones. Etsy rings for the win 😊
$100
Moissinite
Rings costing more is a scam
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
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.
Agreed, as someone who’s buying my fiancé a $12 Amazon ring. We’re matching!
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.
$700 for moissanite ring and wedding band:
Amazingggg!
Engagement was €1500 as I recall; way too much, but it is pretty. We both worked with our hands at the time of marriage so $40 was our wedding ring budget and got tungsten carbide, which has its own (safety) issues. Currently wearing an overpriced but pretty silicone ring.
just curious, what are the safety issues you’ve found with Tungsten Carbide? I’m not a ring expert at all, but work with pure WC in an unrelated field.
In a word - degloving. It’s super hard, so if it’s sized small, it’s a risk because it won’t come off easily and it can’t really be cut, just hammered and hope it shatters. If it’s loose, it catches on things and degloving is a concern.
Silicone is cheap especially on aliexpress and it can tear easily.
good to know
About 60€ for the wedding bands. Bought them on Etsy, made of epoxied wood with some blue in it, handmade in Poland. I insisted in not buying expensive since my husband is prone to misplace things. I was right. Not even a year in, he lost his. I now keep mine in a box. We talked about replacing his, but it is not really important for us. And we kept removing them for bouldering, cooking and other activities. Our bond does not rely on a ring.
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.
I did something very similar. I think mine was $2400 in 2013.
Amazing!!!
$2,158.57. It’s a 1.06 carat ice blue sapphire
Beautiful!!
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.
The life of my great grandmother technically, though I’m sure she would have given it to me anyway.
Oh my gosh!
Oh it’s fine, she always intended to leave me her engagement ring, she just happened to pass before I got engaged.
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.
I love thatttt!
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!
Aaaaaaaahhhhh amazing!
I’m a lucky bastard!
She seems like a great lady
She’s the best
How long have you been with her?
A little bit over a year
We’re both older, we’ve both been married and all that shit, and we know what we want in life
We were both surprised at how our friendship blossomed into love, we didn’t really think that it was feasible for us to have a “real” relationship given the challenges of our circumstances, but with love and work, we’ve made amazing things happen
About $4000 for a 1.5ct lab grown diamond+band.
Haha… Damn that’s what I got but it was like 5 years ago and 6k
I am assuming this is more recent purchase?
2 years ago, I’m surprised everyone here is getting a deal.
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.
That’s very awesome!!
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.
That’s awesome!
