Engagement rings?

[NIfirsttimer]

yeah thats why we went for platinum too, it never loses volume wheras gold does, and white gold needs to be replated every so often...

 

[nessajane]

OH choose a first ring at last minute before we were due to go on hols... something to give to me for now then he wanted to go together to choose a proper ring... what he bought i didnt like so im glad he said that he didnt much effort into it and wanted us to pick together.. i choose a white gold ring it cost £350 i personally couldnt justify him spending ££££ on a ring id rather have a holiday

 

[PixieBelle]

I've been engaged twice. To say I was a little phobic about actually settling down in my youth is a little bit of an understatement. First fella proposed with a jelly bean in a box and was designing a ring for me. The jelly bean probably mean more to me than the ring ever would have but thankfully we never got that far.
Second fella proposed without an actual ring and wanted me to pick out what I liked instead. I took to this idea and as I already have my one day wedding ring (rose gold wedding band from my great nana) I knew the engagement ring had to match. Found a great site. He thought they were all insanely expensive but felt he could afford the cheapest plain diamond ring they did. For me, as long as it was rose gold, that was all that mattered. So we ordered it. A short month after receiving it and having it officially placed on my finger, he turned up at home with a set of floor standing speakers worth more than my ring and felt I should understand these were 'an investment'. Understandably we did not last too long thereafter once I realised what his priorities were!
My OH, who is wonderful and gets me completely, knows that one day I'd like to be married but has given me the best thing in the world in place of a ring, a little life that finger's crossed, we will meet properly for the first time this coming Friday.

 

[MrsVenn]

I think it doesn't matter what it costs in all honesty. Hubby knew I'd have a Diamonique one from QVC, I really wasn't fussy. His proposal was a big surprise (not in grandeur, just in timing) and I never saw it coming, we hadn't ever discussed rings so I was pleased as punch when I saw the ring he'd had designed, spot on me. Classic but different.

I know how much it cost but think it's irrelevant. It made me sad that my friends were a little obsessed knowing how much it had cost as I didn't care, it was more important to them. Personally I just liked knowing that he wanted to marry ME. I love my rings and was gutted when I could no longer wear them when I was pregnant. I've just got my wedding band back on and so relieved. I can't wait to get my engagement ring back on now either, I felt lost without them.

 

[Georgie90]

My engagement ring cost £2500 and i LOVED it, if it cost £1 I wouldnt have loved it any less...it got sold for a hell of a lot less than that but thats another story.

It will happen hun, men just need a good kick up the backside sometimes...they are stoooooopid!

 

[fionagrace]

My boyfriend secretly saved up £750 to buy my ring. In the end he found a nice one on sale and saved a couple of hundred £'s which he added to our 'first baby savings fund'!

The funny thing is, the ring he chose was the very same ring I had been secretly admiring in the jewelers catalogue a couple of months previously.
I love it to bits but im quite clumsy and so scared of losing it that when I'm at home I keep it safely in it's box.
This annoys the boyfriend and he often reminds me "I bought you that so that you could wear it!" lol. Perhaps a cheaper one would have been more suitable, that way I could wear it without fear and we would have saved more £'s for our future baby.

 

[MrsBandEgglet]

Don't know how much my ring cost but I know the tradition is it's supposed to be a months wages basically. There's no way mine cost that; I'd have throttled him I adore it though. I think it's beautiful and it means so much. I still love looking at it. xx

 

[Sassy_TTC]

I pointed out a ring that I liked ages before my Hubby proposed but he got me something completely different and I love it soooooo much more because he designed it, he bought the diamond and then had the designed the ring, its PERFECT!

I only recently found out what it costs by complete accident, over 5k and to be honest I cant believe he spent that much and I'm now slightly nervous about wearing it (3 years later).xxx