Is love categorized by the ring?

You are setting the stage for the rest of your married life.

that just means she is shallow.

you can get a big diamond without that cost!!!

i used to work at a place where the engaged/married women would compare rings and my bosses wife would actually get her ring upgraded every 6 months to make sure hers is bigger and better than anyone elses.

im not materialistic at all.

the ring i wanted was at a typical local jeweller and cost $1500 for the engagement ring and wedding band.

i showed it to my hubby and he refused to buy it as it was TINY!!!!

we ended up getting our rings made and i got the one i wanted made a litle bigger but i would really prefer the smaller one.

my ring is nothing special to look at but at the same time, it stands for something beautiful.

it means i am married to someone that i love.

i hate it when girls (or guys) want to show off what they have.

your fiance to be should be more understanding about what a huge cost her ring is.

she should see whats more important to her, a 10k ring or saving that money and putting it towards her future with the man she loves.

good luck though!!!

LOL!!! If her circle of friend compare rings, a $10k ring from tiffany is a small dinky non-descriptive ring that will be look down on. Be one of a kind and create your own ring from a local jeweler. It will tell her you put some thoughts into it and it's not a production ring. For $10k, a jeweler can create a nice diamond ring that is one of a kind designed by her lover w/ feelings.

Just to let you know, the price of your ring or wedding isn't going to make your marriage last any longer, just look at all the messed up celebs to base it on, i'd say most of the chics she works with will experience divorce within 7 yrs of their marriages. But on the other hand, if you can afford the 10k ring, then think of it as an investment should your bank account go sour, then hey you can sell the ring.

already answered your other question & for this one...love & expensive diamonds etc have or shouldn't have anything to do with each other...the rings are meant to be a symbol of love not say hey look at me I'm in debt to show off. & I am not sure of too many women that don't like nice showy rings & diamonds or gems...but, as I've been there..I have had expensive diamonds I have several..solitaire & marquis cuts..I have gems..etc & I have lost diamond several times..it's awful & although my ins replaced at value & my hubby added to enlarge stone as an anniversary gift...It was very noticable & not small....I was Always afraid of losing stone again. & I didn't care about diamond, I'd really have preffered a lg gemstone w/ or w/o diamonds...I like to be different. & love means thinking of each other & circumstances etc not what others have, or to show off.

In todays world & economy, I'd never ask for or expect a 10,000. dollar ring unless I had boo-coo $$ set in savings for rainy days..& a job that I knew was permanent...love & relationships require joint understanding & compromise !

Dude, she has all the right to expect being married after 10 years and a child.

I'm sorry to say however, if she puts a dollar value on the ring you buy her, she's the WRONG girl!

I think, typical cost of the diamond should equal 3 months of your salary. If you can get financing on that, buy it. If 10K is what is EXPECTED of you to deliver, you're IN for it if you stay with her. It will NEVER end.

A wedding ring symbolizes the never ending circle of love. Don't let her pressure you into having your marriage start being in debt because of what she had to have on her finger. Nothing ruins a marriage like being in debt.

You know how much my wife's ring was...$34.

Before all you women out there go crazy, it was because she was enlisting in the army and we didnt want the ring to get damaged, She wants a tiffany type ring as well, about 9k. I will someday get it for her, but it wont be soon. She will not get rid of her cheap ring because it symbolizes our love.

Ok first off she should understand you not wanting to put you guys in debt . Then she should think about the fact of if even if you got her a ring out of a gumball machine that it came from you heart and that you love her enough to ask her to be your wife forever. Then she shouldnt care what everyone else thinks. When my husband gave me my ring that he picked out and I knew nothing at all about it I cried because it came from his heart it was his gift to show his love to me.. I could have cared less if it even cost .50 I loved it because he gave it to me.

Sorry, but you are mixed up and deep in a situation with someone with the wrong values. I guess you are just going to have to go deep in debt. And prepare yourself, this is just the begining. Next will be the superbig super $$$$ wedding, then the $$$$house, the $$$$$car, the $$$$ vacations............can you see where I am going with this. There will never be enough money to fill the hole.

I would not even think of marrying her. It will not stop with the ring. She will have to out do everyone her whole life and you will be the one with the burden of financing it. Love is not gauged by the size of the ring. She will never be satisfied. RUN, RUN, RUN.