It's considered typical to pay 2-3 months' salary for an engagement ring. So if you make around 50k a year, $10,000 is an expected price. Is it dumb that we spend so much on such a thing, culturally? Yes. But your girlfriend has expectations that many women have.
The two to three months’ salary guideline was conceived and promoted by the diamond industry to increase sales of relatively expensive diamonds. It’s one of the most effective marketing campaigns of the twentieth century.
Listen, I’m not against buying something nice, but a $10k f***ing ring?
What do I get in return? A few years of lay and then a dead bedroom?
The advise has been wrong so far - the advice needs to be for the woman to flee ASAP.
This woman is dating a guy who wants to know "what he gets in return" when proposes? You get a wife - a woman you should be pumped to spend the rest of your life with. I urge her to flee first.
So is Rojo essentially saying he coughed up $10k+ for his wife’s ring?
Listen, I’m not against buying something nice, but a $10k f***ing ring?
What do I get in return? A few years of lay and then a dead bedroom?
That's bad news young fella. When I was engaged to my wife in 1997, I bought her a cheapy engagement ring. It costs something like $99.00. She was thrilled to just engaged (her first marriage, my second). Was happily married for 19 yrs until she passed due to serious illness.
Or else you're getting a bargain so you should go for it.
Before Kamala regulates that price somehow.
He should go for it and spend more “before” Kamala regulates the price? Your dumb attempt at a joke doesn’t even make sense. Why spend more before the price is regulated? You don’t even understand why you hate her except she’s a woman and doesn’t satisfy your fake orange guy with a bad wig who poops himself fetish. Jfc just stop being weird.
I would pause 😅 A ring should not feel like a performance benchmark. We started with a much lower range and still found something I loved after poking around Rare Carat later. The attitude around money mattered way more than the stone.
I would pause 😅 A ring should not feel like a performance benchmark. We started with a much lower range and still found something I loved after poking around Rare Carat later. The attitude around money mattered way more than the stone.
Nice one year bump. No engagement rings. No marriage. Archaic custom. "I want a $10K engagement ring!" Frick that. GF or roster only......
I would pause 😅 A ring should not feel like a performance benchmark. We started with a much lower range and still found something I loved after poking around Rare Carat later. The attitude around money mattered way more than the stone.
Nice one year bump. No engagement rings. No marriage. Archaic custom. "I want a $10K engagement ring!" Frick that. GF or roster only......
I’d grant this is at least an actual half decent reason disfavoring wedlock. But then I also know of men who have benefited handsomely from divorce from their much higher earning ex-wives, so it could also work out in the man’s favor. If the man doesn’t make much, the silly ring requirements would also have been proportionally lower making the return on investment quite attractive.
If you suspect that she is in it for material reasons, then you squeeze that lemon for as much juice as she will produce. Enjoy the companionship and the naughty time through subtle manipulation and stalling. Always be “working” to save up for that rock and the other stuff.
She will either leave after a time because it isn’t happening fast enough or you can end it after “suddenly realizing” that she might be a gold digger. Either way, you win because you are in control.
Honestly, $10k sounds over the top. I ended up going with a more reasonable option from Ashcroft & Oak, still looked nice, didn’t break the bank, and my partner was happy. You can get a quality ring without stressing your finances lol
Do you have a house? Student loans paid off? Reliable car paid off? What is she bringing to the marriage financially? Does she have plans for destination wedding or bachelorette party. Remind her that Q Elizabeth had a sapphire wedding ring. Not good enough? Dump her before milk spoils on the counter.
You guys are broke b!tches. But I’ll put you on some game
1. Go to a diamond broker, buy the diamond from them. The ring is cheap, the diamond is not.
2. Go to whiteflash.com; a broker should be 5-10% cheaper and you shouldn’t pay tax on the diamond. They will send a box out of state to a friend of yours and give you the diamond. White flash will teach you what to look for and how not to get ripped off.
3. If you buy a good diamond it won’t go down in price. If you go to a Kay’s or a big store you are throwing away money. thousands of dollars
4. Must be at minimum GIA certified
5. Remember the 4 C’s cut, color, clarity, and carat weight. Cut and color matter the most. For the best deal get a round, F, Vs2 ring.
6. A 1.7-1.75 carat round diamond that is perfect (ideal) cut will look as big if not bigger than most (excellent and lower cut) 2-2.2 carat diamonds. It will also be more shinny
10k isn’t anything if you get 20 years together. That’s a hell of an ROI. Just like you wouldn’t marry an ugly girl, she doesn’t want to marry a broke b!tch
personally i don't think I'd marry a women who has such a materialist mindset even if i could afford ..all I want is her heart and love and she's busy finding love in ornaments?