the other Jake
Shiny_Rock
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maybe LOL I know plenty of 35 year olds who think 8k for a *diamond* is ridiculous!! My dh is one of them!!! I spent it anywayDate: 11/14/2006 6:39:20 PM
Author: phoenixgirl
All things are relative . . . when I read
22 years old
grad student
*saved* the money
I thought, what a wonderful budget you came up with!
$8K for a 35 year old making in the six digits . . . maybe that''s a different story, but that''s not your story, so be proud. Your lady is lucky to have you! And hey, maybe she''ll want to have a say in upgrading down the road, so if she wants bigger, that can always come as an anniversary gift.
Gotta say again (similar to another thread), I really bristle at the idea that a budget can be deemed appropriate or not by such scant and ridiculous criteria.Date: 11/14/2006 6:39:20 PM
Author: phoenixgirl
All things are relative . . . when I read
22 years old
grad student
*saved* the money
I thought, what a wonderful budget you came up with!
$8K for a 35 year old making in the six digits . . . maybe that''s a different story,
Wow, my DH was 32 when he proposed, and was making 6 digs... his budget was a firm $6k for the diamond, plus $3k for my plain plat. setting and both our wedding bands! He''s 36 now and I still haven''t even THOUGHT of approaching him re. an upgrade, lol!Date: 11/14/2006 8:49:15 PM
Author: Cehrabehra
maybe LOL I know plenty of 35 year olds who think 8k for a *diamond* is ridiculous!! My dh is one of them!!! I spent it anywayDate: 11/14/2006 6:39:20 PM
Author: phoenixgirl
All things are relative . . . when I read
22 years old
grad student
*saved* the money
I thought, what a wonderful budget you came up with!
$8K for a 35 year old making in the six digits . . . maybe that''s a different story, but that''s not your story, so be proud. Your lady is lucky to have you! And hey, maybe she''ll want to have a say in upgrading down the road, so if she wants bigger, that can always come as an anniversary gift.
hunney assuming you have your own income, that''s whe you start buying your own stuff!Date: 11/15/2006 2:18:56 AM
Author: monarch64
Wow, my DH was 32 when he proposed, and was making 6 digs... his budget was a firm $6k for the diamond, plus $3k for my plain plat. setting and both our wedding bands! He''s 36 now and I still haven''t even THOUGHT of approaching him re. an upgrade, lol!Date: 11/14/2006 8:49:15 PM
Author: Cehrabehra
maybe LOL I know plenty of 35 year olds who think 8k for a *diamond* is ridiculous!! My dh is one of them!!! I spent it anywayDate: 11/14/2006 6:39:20 PM
Author: phoenixgirl
All things are relative . . . when I read
22 years old
grad student
*saved* the money
I thought, what a wonderful budget you came up with!
$8K for a 35 year old making in the six digits . . . maybe that''s a different story, but that''s not your story, so be proud. Your lady is lucky to have you! And hey, maybe she''ll want to have a say in upgrading down the road, so if she wants bigger, that can always come as an anniversary gift.
No way Jake. As has been said, many of the bigger rocks are upgrades for us old marrieds, you have a great budget and produced a fabulous ring from it, be pleased and proud of it, you should be!Date: 11/14/2006 5:27:45 PM
Author:the other Jake
What do you think the average budget is for an engagement ring? I am a 22 year old grad student and I thought that I had done well to save up $8,000 towards my purchase. Since I became a member at price scope, now I have regrets and I''m feeling as if maybe I should have spent more on my ring...
Ain't gonna happen. Not very many people out there have a beautiful ACA H&A like you got for your hunnyDate: 11/15/2006 8:12:04 AM
Author: the other Jake
I just wouldn't want someone to be viewing her ring and think to themselves something like.... 'wow that diamond is yellow and cheap looking'
Ditto - no way no how! Other people will be looking at your GF''s ring and thinking how incredible it looks , especially compared to theirs!Date: 11/15/2006 8:25:33 AM
Author: jazmine
Ain''t gonna happen. Not very many people out there have a beautiful ACA H&A like you got for your hunnyDate: 11/15/2006 8:12:04 AM
Author: the other Jake
I just wouldn''t want someone to be viewing her ring and think to themselves something like.... ''wow that diamond is yellow and cheap looking''The cut quality of yours will out sparkle over 90% of the diamonds out there.