GUYS: HOW MUCH WOUND U SPEND ON A RING

My ring was dirt cheap... and I picked it. We already had kids, and I wanted to buy a house. Honestly I've been forgetting to wear it recently because I have to take my rings off to lift and play sports so it's whatever your comfortable living with. Of course it would be nice to have expensive things but not important

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Well in New York City, the man is required to spend about 3 Years salary as a minimum. 3 Months salary on a designer bag gets you the first date in this crack town.

Didn't buy a ring, but I forged one myself. It was awesome. Into this ring I poured all my cruelty, my malice and my will to dominate all life. Then I lost this one ring in the most stupid, goofy way you can imagine (I don't want to talk about that). I looked for it for years while it changed hands a few times. The last possessor fell into a molten river with the ring in his hideous possession. I fear it is gone forever.

Well in New York City, the man is required to spend about 3 Years salary as a minimum. 3 Months salary on a designer bag gets you the first date in this crack town.

Yes, God bless NYC )))

My husband and I picked out my ring together. We went to a Jeweler on a half off sale and got a great deal on a better cut diamond because someone ordered it then didn't buy it. He paid $1300 and was appraised at $2200 right after for insurance purposes but that was about 10 years ago. Buy what you can afford and take advantage of some kind of deal we did. You just never know what you might stumble upon. Good luck, and definitely make sure you put it on your renter's/home owners insurance!

3 months salary is ridiculous. If a guy making $6k a month spent $18k on a ring for me I'd make him return it. Conversely, a man who's just starting out and makes $2k a month shouldn't be spending $6k on anything that doesn't have a roof or tires. However, a couple of guys here have mentioned that 1% of take home salary is their opinion...really? So, about $400 for a man making $60k before taxes sounds about right to you?

I think 1 month's salary is a good guideline, and only if you can afford it.

As much as the ring you want costs - you have to wear it the rest of your life!
Of course something you like within reason.

Been married 33 years, havent worn the ring in 32.5 years. Not much of ring gal.

We skipped the ingagment ring and went stright to the wedding band which i wore thruout the engagement then i handed it over to him the day before th wedding Sorry I never asked how much he paid and i still don't know after 6 years of marriage LOL

My ring was about $2000 when my husband proposed in Feb 2012 and I cherish it. I had some say in picking it out but he made the final decision and decided what to spend. It was paid off before our wedding and we still have just a couple more payments on the bands (our wedding was in June).

My best advice is to find a style you like and show your boyfriend pictures and let him go from there. If you want to try some on, tell him to give the person at the jewelry store a price and don't try anything on over that budget.

They will give you a figure you can borrow based on your credit score but DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS NUMBER. My husband barely made minimum wage at the time and they told him he could purchase an $8,000 ring...and I told him that he'd better not because he would be paying it off for years!!!!

If your boyfriend can afford this more power to him--no judgement at all. It was just more important to us to start off our marriage without debt than for me to have a huge diamond.

You don't want to start your married life in a lot of debt so just remember that the ring is about the promise he is making to you!

Best Wishes!!! This is such an exciting time in your life!!!! Enjoy every second of it!!!!!

At least someone knows i'm not making a joke

Or you could just split. It is pretty old-fashioned to ask from a man to pay for a ring when we are supposed to be equals in basically all other areas.

Well, my husband and I will be celebrating our 15th Anniversary later this month - been together for 19 years. Important to mention I think.

That said, my feeling on this is that the ring should 'cost' the man in that it should be an investment and something he has to think hard about, and FEEL the effect financially. Mainly because I think it needs to be a financial sacrifice, to show that he is willing to invest in the relationship. This doesn't mean it has to be thousands of dollars. If all the man can afford, within reason, is $10 on a ring, then so be it.

If he's a billionaire, then a mega ring would make sense. In my case, my husband paid zero for the rings - he used an old set of rings that I gave him, and had them melted down to make a unique, one of a kind ring for me. So the price of the ring, was the melting and design of it - about $400. We also got some comfort wedding bands, and I can't recall the price of them at this point.

$400 and he was probably making around $30k at the time, so no where near the 3 month salary, but $400 definitely was not a drop in the bucket either.

It's a sign of commitment, and if it's so easy to buy that the man could get 10 of them at that price, that doesn't mean so much, does it?

Lastly, I didn't want him spending a ton of money - I'd much rather invest money in a home - SERIOUSLY - than a piece of metal and stone. I'm not materialistic at all - rarely wear jewelry, and am more concerned about real investments (rings can be, as someone pointed out, but they are also easy to lose).

Im not bothered as long as its pretty

Absolutely NOTHING ever again. After 34 years of marriage, being married at me 18 and her 17, if anything were to ever happen to her.......................... I sure as hell would never do that again.

are you saying you wouldn't marry again after your wife, or that you regret having married her in the first place? not sure where this was coming from or going?