What should a ring cost?

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NorthCascades
NorthCascades Posts: 10,970 Member
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NEW YORK—Maintaining that the jewelry was absolutely essential in communicating trust and commitment to your partner, matrimony experts confirmed Tuesday that an adequate engagement ring should cost at least three diamond miners’ lives.

https://www.theonion.com/wedding-experts-say-engagement-ring-should-cost-at-leas-1834915832
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  • PAFC84
    PAFC84 Posts: 1,871 Member
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    Rings are merely symbolic imo. Therefore, don't spend more than you want to and can afford. A great engagement ring isn't going to make a relationship any better or even worse.
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
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    NorthCascades wrote: »
    NEW YORK—Maintaining that the jewelry was absolutely essential in communicating trust and commitment to your partner

    Abusers often beat their partner, then "make up for it" with jewelry, so I am calling BS on that bit.

    IMO there is a cap on rings, once you hit a certain price range they are too big, gaudy, and obnoxious to wear if you do anything besides sit on a throne all day. 1.5 diamond miner's lives is about right for me.
  • samtarlyonadiet
    samtarlyonadiet Posts: 917 Member
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    Hi everyone, this article is from THE ONION, a very popular SATIRE website

    :)
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
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    samtarlyonadiet wrote: »
    Hi everyone, this article is from THE ONION, a very popular SATIRE website

    :)

    but we are still supposed to chit chat about it, correct?
  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
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    I thought this was about onion rings, I'm out
  • samtarlyonadiet
    samtarlyonadiet Posts: 917 Member
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    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    samtarlyonadiet wrote: »
    Hi everyone, this article is from THE ONION, a very popular SATIRE website

    :)

    but we are still supposed to chit chat about it, correct?

    I'm the most sarcastic person ever so I love a good chit chat about deaths for diamonds
  • CoffeeAndContour
    CoffeeAndContour Posts: 1,466 Member
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    Reckoner67 wrote: »
    I thought this was about onion rings, I'm out

    Oh I could go for some onion rings and chipotle sauce right now.
  • CoffeeAndContour
    CoffeeAndContour Posts: 1,466 Member
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    samtarlyonadiet wrote: »
    4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »
    samtarlyonadiet wrote: »
    Hi everyone, this article is from THE ONION, a very popular SATIRE website

    :)

    but we are still supposed to chit chat about it, correct?

    I'm the most sarcastic person ever so I love a good chit chat about deaths for diamonds

    That movie blood diamond was pretty good
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,793 Member
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    I guess we can apply this to any thing that is manufactured abroad. However, it's not going to stop, people in the U.S. will not work for lower wages, so the businessman is going to send his production to places like China, India and Africa, so they can boost their profits.
  • brittanystebbins95
    brittanystebbins95 Posts: 567 Member
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    It should be more of a sentimental thing than a material thing...
    You don't want one that's going to break or turn your finger green, but nobody needs a $4,000 ring. Like, come on.
    My engagement ring? My fiance asked my parents for their blessing. My mother asked him what he planned on doing for a ring, and he said, "I haven't figured that out yet, I just know I want to marry her."
    So my mom went and got the very ring that my dad proposed to her with, over twenty years ago. I wouldn't care what it looked like. Its the sentimental value. Its an heirloom. But the most important part of it is the person that comes with it.
  • doingthisforme16
    doingthisforme16 Posts: 36 Member
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    PAFC84 wrote: »
    Rings are merely symbolic imo. Therefore, don't spend more than you want to and can afford. A great engagement ring isn't going to make a relationship any better or even worse.

    Married 29 years. This.
  • Jamie2663
    Jamie2663 Posts: 779 Member
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    My ring is plain and small, but I also love it. We were starting a life.... what do I need a $4,000 ring for? This way I can never take it off and it doesn't get in the way.
  • LiftingSpirits
    LiftingSpirits Posts: 2,207 Member
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    Marriage is a trap! Don't do it!!
  • TheMrWobbly
    TheMrWobbly Posts: 2,531 Member
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    The Ring costs about $200 (other doorbells are available)
  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
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    A ring costs substantially less in cash than it does in other areas
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
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    I would be P*SSED if my soon to be husband wasted thousands of dollars on a piece of freaken jewelry.
  • samtarlyonadiet
    samtarlyonadiet Posts: 917 Member
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    If you liked it

    Then

    You should have put a ring on it

    Oh oh oh
  • kimber0607
    kimber0607 Posts: 994 Member
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    It's obvious how big the engagement ring is, correlates to how much your so loves you, and how successful the marriage will be. *eye roll with a little barf in my mouth *
  • samtarlyonadiet
    samtarlyonadiet Posts: 917 Member
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    The bigger the rock, the bigger the clock
  • _impressive_
    _impressive_ Posts: 155 Member
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    I wouldnt pay more than 9.99 for a calamari appetizer.

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