Engagement ring money advice, please!

Judith_W

So I think in summary - try a jewellers

pinkfluffythings

QVC Diamonique and save the money for a wedding

ViolaLass

BackOnTrack wrote: »

Would she have been happy with a cheaper ring? Yes
Would she have said yes to a cheaper ring? Yes
Could she have told the difference between her ring and a cheaper ring? Probably not
Am I still glad I spent the extra? Yes

And her feelings on your joint financial future be damned, eh? Given that you say she would have said yes anyway and wouldn't have known if the ring had been cheaper, all I see here is ego.


[Apologies if I upset anyone, I'm in a blunt mood today]

Peelerfart

drew2k9 wrote: »

had to jump on board as i myself have "bought" an engagement ring and hope to pop the question very soon
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Drew does "you know who" know your thinking of getting married ? - He'll be very annoyed !

:beer:

triticale

KingElvis wrote: »

Not strictly true, diamonds and other precious stones and metals have various and important uses in industry :rotfl:

Thanks, pedant.

My point was that a £5k diamond ring does nothing better than a £100 copy, other than look shiny. I can't understand it myself, but each to their own!

drew2k9

Peelerfart wrote: »

Drew does "you know who" know your thinking of getting married ? - He'll be very annoyed !

:beer:

not yet, unless he is reading this thread, i should check up on him again, after all, i am starting to think he is omnipresent on this forum...

Thanks, pedant.

My point was that a £5k diamond ring does nothing better than a £100 copy, other than look shiny. I can't understand it myself, but each to their own!

sometimes people may want something like that to pass down their family onto children/grandchildren etc. could end up worth more than you paid for it possibly? but yeah its more about showing love than showing wallet size.

BackOnTrack

ViolaLass wrote: »

And her feelings on your joint financial future be damned, eh? Given that you say she would have said yes anyway and wouldn't have known if the ring had been cheaper, all I see here is ego.


[Apologies if I upset anyone, I'm in a blunt mood today]

As my previous reply got deleted here it is again.

The purchase didn't affect our joint financial future as it was still affordable and I needed no credit to purchase it. I was happy to spend a bit more than I intended for the ring.

She loves the ring and that makes me happy, I don't regret a single penny I spent on it.

Why you felt the need to post what you did is beyond me. You might like everything thing to be as cheap as possible but some of us are happy to spend a little bit extra for things like this.

I would suggest that all you see is ego because that is what you wanted to see.

ViolaLass

BackOnTrack wrote: »

The purchase didn't affect our joint financial future... I needed no credit to purchase it.

Then I would suggest that this isn't relevant to the thread (which is the context within which I was writing).

BackOnTrack

ViolaLass wrote: »

Then I would suggest that this isn't relevant to the thread (which is the context within which I was writing).

Who are you to decide what is relevant when you're not the OP?

My post was a reply to that there was no need to spend that sort of money. I agreed that there was no need but sometimes people like to spend a little bit extra, especially on something important to them.

I'm quite sure the OP is capable of ignoring anything he doesn't consider relevant.

DaiJoA

Hi, just my 2p but Ernest Jones do some fab engagement rings and have finance options, just go for that, £500 will buy something lovely.