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As you can tell, I am bored and work is slooooooooow. I have made more posts in the last 2 weeks than probably in the last two years. Anyway's............. How much did you spend on your woman's engagement ring ? I am dead broke, I mean rigor mortis broke. Would 400.00 be an insult ? I know money won't matter to her but I would feel like a cheap skate. Thought's ?
 
400!!!

You serious?

I think I spent at least 450. C'mon man, don't be afraid to step the bar up a bit! ;)
 
The wedding is pretty cheap compared to the divorce. Get the smallest rock possible!! Hurts less when she throws it at you and it bounces off your head.
 
Besides it'll make crappier earrings when she divorces you. I can hook you up with a spark plug washer or cigar band.

I guess you should buy something really big. Couple carats at least. Go for broke and get used to it now.

And at the alter when you say "I do", from then on the only two words she expects to hear are "Yes dear".

And remember, whoever said that you couldn't close a hole with a ring was never married.

If she loves enough you size won't matter. hahahahahaha I even made myself laugh with that one!

The only other thing I can add (not true I could go on)is don't pay cash for it. Put it on your credit card and then she can help pay for it later. What's hers is hers and what's yours is at least half hers too.

Wedding ring $400
Wedding dress $1500
Flowers, 7 bridesmaids dresses, cake, champagne, rehearsal dinner, sit down catered meal for 500 of her closest friends and relatives who you hope you'll never see again, honeymoon, etc, $15,000
That ring shoved up your rear and you spending your honeymoon night alone, slumped over a bar - PRICELESS!


Seriously, what would you want her to pay for a hunt for you? Multiply that times 2 or 3 and you've got a figure she would like to see you pay for her ring.
 
Michael, better wait to win the Lotto. I don't think $400 will buy much. Hell, I paid a whopping $275 in 1975. Ol' big spender Paul. PC
 
I am not sure of your situation. I paid for my wife's ring over three months while living on a graduate students stipened (1,000.00/month). I managed to get her a 1500.00 ring that is really nice. At 10 years she will get a new stone. She loves the ring.

NV Bighorn, since my dream hunt would be a Kodiak Brown Bear with archery equipment, that ring would cost me between 16 and 45,000.00. Thats some serious coin.
 
Bwahahahah....can't stop laughing :).

Seriously I paid 675.00 for my wifes wedding ring in 1985..I was 17years old working at a burger joint. That doesn't sound like much but for a junior in high school that was a fortune.

www.gilawildernesshunting.com
 
Kind depends how much money she is spending on the nose ring to lead you around with. Seriously if money is tight get her a "beginner" ring with a promise to get her something bigger later, ain't no woman worth going broke for.

AntlerQuest Hunt Consulting
 
LAST EDITED ON Jan-05-05 AT 02:39PM (MST)[p]I paid over $8000 for a rock, then add $$ for a tiffany style platinum setting...well, things didn't work out. I let her keep the ring. I kept the dog.

This was just an engagement, mind you. We never even made it to the wedding.

If I had to do it all over again, CZ all the way. LOL

Chef
"I Love Animals...They're Delicious!"
 
I got married in 1992 and moved from the sticks to the big city.
Before I got married I sold my horse, tack, and trailer and bought a nice engagement/wedding ring set for my girlfriend who became Wife No. 1.
I don't talk to or see that woman anymore but I sure do miss that horse.
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ps.
and it was a hereford saddle...
 
Already been thru this once so I'm no rookie virgin at marriage......... or divorce for that matter. Here's the deal. I don't have a personal credit card, they are evil. I only have business cards that I use. My accountant doesn't like it when I buy stuff for myself with it. Blah, blah, blah. I need the ring by February 14th, Valentine's Day. I got taxes, big orders coming in. Short on time, short on money. We just bought a house together. New furniture, new appliances, new rugs, new bills. Now that you heard my sob story is 400.00 still being cheap ?
BB
 
LAST EDITED ON Jan-05-05 AT 03:09PM (MST)[p]I think you should talk to her about it. If you already bought a house you are way beyond putting on airs. She should understand.


BTW, I was only kidding (mostly:) ). Been married 25 years this June.
 
LAST EDITED ON Jan-05-05 AT 03:34PM (MST)[p]Dude,

I don't wish anything bad on anybody. But Valentines day royally screwed me out of what I though was going to be the "Love" of the rest of my life, once upon a time.

Just a thought...

Oh ya,

I think I paid 1,200 for that one... I think you're in there about right. This last one was around 4-500 if I remember right. Trust me, there will never be another... Funny how a guy gets smarter w/ experience, huh! :)
 
I spent $4500 five years ago as a struggling student and it still wasn't big enough--a woman is never totally happy with a ring no matter how much you spend, hell, she even picked it out! Moral of the story is don't get in over your head cuz she'll always want more. Remember, it's two months salary--I should have remembered that cuz I would have only had to spend about $2000 at the time.......Good luck
 
MAN! I THINK I GOT MOST OF YOU BEAT> I SPENT $275.00, WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 12TH ANN. THIS PAST NOVEMBER. I DID SPEND ANOTHER $750.00 LAST YEAR TO GET OUT OF THE DOG HOUSE(but we wont discuss that reason) I THINK IF A MARRAGE IS GOING TO LAST, IT DONT HAVE CRAP TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF THE ROCK. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION.
GOOD LUCK!
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valentine's day is bad news. I did it the first time on Valentines day, spent 3-grand on a ring. It was over and finalized by June 1st. I made sure and got the ring back though, 3-grand buys a lot of guns. I did it right the 2nd time around, but could only afford about 1,500 that time. It's not that hard to finance a ring for a year or two and get something nice. She has to wear it forever. If she's really worth marrying, get her something nice.

Have you ever seen Johnny Lingo? You don't want her to think she's only a one cow wife.

Mahanna, you ugly!
 
I bought my ex girlfriend a ring after being with her for about a year....I spent around $600....I got it back after another year or so passed....trying to decide if I should go to the pawn shop now!
YB
 
Dude, if she is worth a crap, she wont care what you give her! If you get her what you can afford and she doesnt like it, then you need to keep shopping for another chick. If she is so wrapped up into that kind of stuff, it will snowball later on and there goes your hunting. Haahaaaa... I dont buy the 3 month salary thing or the expensive wedding. My wedding was over $20,000, ten years ago. That money could have been used for a down on a house etc. Instead it was pissed away feeding a bunch of folks that we hardly knew. (but I'm not bitter) Haaahaaa..... And her ring was about $700.
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Dude, if she's worth it, she won't care how much you spend. If she isn't, then that scary thing called "wifey" will rear it's ugly head and spew it's vileness all over your person...at that point, RUN. Go find yerself a big fat chick. and hide behind her. :)
 
A moment of silence please. I thank GOD that I'am not that infamous loser Kobe Bryant. What a pathetic moron. The Lakers suck and so do Mr. Arnett and Mr. Iverson. The NBA is just a bunch of spoiled moon crickets that happen to be very good basketball players. Give me the NCAA!
 
Very true statement: "If she is worth it, it won't matter to her."

However, it is a "token" of your love for her and that does have some long term implications. To us it is just a rock that is a waste of money. However, to a woman, it is truly a token of how important they are to us.

Here is a yardstick: How much did you spend on hunting in the last 12 months. Personally, I would spend at least that much, possibly twice that much, even if I had to take out a short term loan (6-12 months).

Another alternative is to buy her the wedding band for the wedding with the promise of adding a diamond on it on your first anniversery. Then either put one on layaway or put a little bit aside every month for a year.

Good luck

txhunter58

venor, ergo sum (I hunt, therefore I am)
 
Quit screwing off at work and buy her a nice ring! :) Learn these lines....... honey I'm heading out hunting now, just tryin to provide for you and the kids............

Dub
 
Are you in the Salt Lake area? If so I would look at Rocky Mountain Diamond. They are in the Expo Mart. It is by appointment only, but you can save a ton of money here. They make rings for all of the jewelers in the malls etc...You'll pay for the diamond, but you can get the ring for dirt cheep and they can custom make it for you. I bought one ring for my wife...engagement and wedding. I payed $1,500 for it. We had the ring appraised and it appraised for $2,800. We were very happy with the service.
 
I second what legacy said. I bought both rings at Rocky Mtn. Diamond. You will save at least half what any other jeweler will charge. They are wholesalers to the local retailers that will also sell direct by appointment. It is in a very secure building, you have to sign in at the entrance and then security unlocks the elevators and let you up. Seriously, this is the only place to buy gold or diamonds.
 
BRUIN Hold your Money go to the Local Pawn Shop and look at the Diamonds they have man they are Dirt cheap. Compared to Retail you could get a real nice 1/2 carat at least with a good Gia rating man. You may need to go have it reset but you can get a setting for the neighborhood of about 175-250 and that is in either 14k or better with some baggets and stuff. But man i am telling you go to the Pawn shop and save you some money the Rocks are as cheap as you can get them anywhere.
Dave
 
Good advice HD...I worked in a pawn shop on State St in SLC and bought a diamond then had it set as a solitaire. I did all that on a 1ct, diamond cut of high quality, for 3,000.00 then bought a setting for 500.00 so spent 3,500.00 but all together it apraises for over 5,000.00. Buying it seperate brought the cost down a lot. We're celebrating 10yrs this year! That diamond buying advice aside...if she really loves you....$$$$$$ won't matter. Good luck!

CPSANDMAN
"The Buck stops here...I hope!"
 
I used an inherited diamond my wife had and paid like $200 to have it mounted in a dog ugly ring. I have since replaced it with a much better setting - its suppose to be the thought that matters more than the size of the stone
 
Jewlers are worse crooks than used car dealers!
I bought a used ring, got way more diamond than new.
And yes, I did buy my wife a featherweight .270 for Valentines day.
 
It shouldnt matter, but you should know before hand if it does... My story...I probably spent too little on my wifes ring, but at the time It was a huge sum of money to me, and I was dirt poor and just out of college, barely making ends meet by myself as it was. My wife is by far the most frugal woman I have ever met. I'm a tightwad overall, but I look like the last of the big time spenders next to her... and thats a good thing. We talked a little about getting married and rings before I popped the question. It truly really didnt matter to her how big a ring she had, and she knew how little I made and how much debt I was in at the time... what money I did or didn't spend on the ring was going to be our money anyway. That was several years ago, so I guess it really didnt matter. Mule deer. There, back on topic now... :)
 
This is where I bought that 8k rock. They only sell rounds but they did a favor and found me a pear shaped..................................

Chef
"I Love Animals...They're Delicious!"
 
Initially she'll love it... until she show's it to all her backstabing friends (that hate you anyway) and she hears all their insincere comments... and then it will start eating away at her... day after day.... until late one night....

Sorry, I got carried away...
 
You guy's are helping ease my fears a lot :). I think it's time to start the Bruin Engagement Fund or BEF for short. While were at it we might as well pull together and help buy my wife to be and I a wedding present. She always wanted to go on a Stone sheep hunt in BC. I'm not interested in that at all :) but it would really make her feel special and loved by the Monster Muleys crew. Help a brother out.
BB
Carl, yes I am starting my own clique, it may be demented but at least it will be mine.
 
I haven't bought a ring lately, but $400 seems like enough. $375 for the band and $25 for the cubic zerconium.
 
I paid $1800 and don't feel that I was that extravagant. SHe is going to have this the rest of her life and everytime she looks at it, and I guarantee you that will be alot. Similiar to a deer mount on the wall for you.....she will be thinking of you. Not that money buys love, but when a gal feels special, you are in like flin. If she looks at it and thinks what a cheap bastard, then .... If you are really into communication you can always make a deal with her and get a cheap wedding ban for now and come with a big ring later, but thats aweful risky. Quite frankly if you have the attitude that you might be divorcing this gal sometime in the future, you shouldn't get married period!
 
I agree with boneaddict, if you are worried about divorce later don't say I do. If that is weighing on your mind it does'nt matter what you spend now you will lose it all later. But seriously if she really loves you she won't care or even ask what you spent on it. Good luck and I hope you live happily ever after.
 
I bought the wedding rings back in 1967 and it cost me $915.00 for a 1.36 carat ring set. God knows what it would cost now and she is still wearing them. She went and used HER money about 10 years ago and had them reset in 18 carat gold.
And yes, we are still married and this next Oct. it will be 38 years.

Brian
 

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