To me, money isn’t everything. It’d be nice if I got something that cost a lot, but I’d also be fine with something cheap as long as it’s high-quality and not like a Temu ring or something.

We got each other the same ring off Amazon for $12.😂 😅

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      6·
      13 天前

      Yup, eBay customized ring, completely replaceable. We saved the money from the ring cost and put it towards a down payment. 1000% sure it was a better use of money

    • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      13 天前

      Same here. I think it was more like $300 for a pair of matching rings from a small etsy seller though. Hers with moissinite, mine with an inlay of copper and titanium shaving for some color.

      • LilB0kChoy@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        13 天前

        The cost of the ring doesn’t matter. Ultimately it’s about what the ring represents; the bond and commitment you’ve made.

        I was never a ring guy before, never really liked having things on my hands/fingers all the time.

        Before we got married my wife got me an inexpensive, simple sterling silver comfort fit band from Kohls as a ‘tester’.

        If something happened to my current wedding band I wouldn’t replace it with a new one, I’d switch to that old inexpensive silver one because a new one wouldn’t be mine. It would be the one she slipped on my hand on our wedding day.

  • kata1yst@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    14 天前

    About $1200 back in 2010. Got a nice enough ring she’d feel proud to show it to people, but didn’t pay any more money than I’d saved up since I decided to propose.

    To keep costs down I got a ‘perfect’ diamond with an occlusion you couldn’t see without a jewelers loop, and had sapphires on the ring to add interest without increasing the size of the diamond.

    I’m happy with the decision still 15 years later.

      • LilB0kChoy@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        13 天前

        Thanks! My wife picked the ring design, I picked the stone.

        This is my wedding band

        And we got the matching band for her engagement ring

        We got married later in life which is why we could afford these, otherwise we would have gotten something more modest.

  • GreyShuck@feddit.ukEnglish
    8·
    14 天前

    I really can’t recall but not a lot at all. To avoid the whole blood-diamond thing we bought a vintage one from a charity, where it had been donated.

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    8·
    14 天前

    I got a Stirling silver claddagh ring for my wife’s engagement ring, i think it is $20 something. Our wedding rings were Stirling silver bands, $35 each and we had then engraved, which i think was $15 each.

  • MrQuallzin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    14 天前

    We went down to a pawn shop and I think we spent about $350 for both rings. They’re both beautiful rings with real diamonds and a couple other stones

  • ElextraEnglish
    7·
    13 天前

    About 9k. Its my wedding ring and engagement ring. I only have one ring. My husband and I chose it out together, lab grown, custom and the ring I anticipate to wear for my whole life. We are fortunate enough to afford it.

  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    14 天前

    I think I spent 400 for engagement ring and wedding bands together. Over time, it became clear that none of the rings matched, and only one of the three is quality material.

    I wish I had spent more on the engagement ring to get a setting that doesn’t stick out so much, it’s too stabby and scratchy. I’d also want to track down a lab grown diamond if I had it to do over again.

  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzEnglish
    6·
    14 天前

    If I got the maths right I paid the equivalent of € 510 for the pair. That was in '09 or '10, the actual cost was R$ 1100.

    maths

    Acc. to this gov calculator 1100 reals in June 2009 have the same purchase power as 3277 reals in April 2025. The current real/euro conversion rate is 6.42:1, so 3277/6.42 = 510.

    …it was a really nice pair. A shame the relationship didn’t deserve it.

    EDIT: worth mentioning it was an engagement, not a marriage.

  • threeduck@aussie.zoneEnglish
    6·
    13 天前

    $6,500 NZD, for a custom made ring, with blue lab grown diamond and two small pear shaped lab grown clear diamonds. About 1.5 months salary.