Haji wrote:
I don't care how rich I was, if my girlfriend picked out a $30K engagement ring, I would dump her. That really says a lot about her character (or lack thereof).
I would say the same thing.
When I was about to propose to my wife, I was really nervous because I knew she was very wealthy and I could not afford anything more than the 10k that I had saved over the 2 years prior to me asking. After talking with my father, he assured me that 10k was way more than enough to spend on a diamond, and to focus on quality and cut, not the size.
I got my wife a 1.3 carat round cut on a platinum band with two side diamonds of .3 carats. High quality. I got the stones from a family friend who is a gemologist, and had the ring made in a nice local shop in town.
Anyway, I was still nervous, and thought she would be unimpressed. When I proposed, she was very grateful, and wore the ring for a week. Then she decided she did not feel comfortable wearing that many diamonds, so we went back to my gemologist and downsized her main diamond to .5 carats.
Anyway, I found out after we were married that we had a trust fund that I could not have dreamed would have existed.
My wife is the epitome of class.
If you are picking out 30k diamonds, you have some issues.