Average price of an engagement ring?

[Wine&SilverBlue]

I'm a girl, so I don't plan on buying one. Just curious

[AlexMack]

Just for reference: the two months salary thing is Debeers propaganda. Don't listen to it.

[kddani]

Had a date with a guy tonight who was previously engaged (it's amazing how many people I know that have been previously engaged). Somehow it came up in a roundabout way. He spent $15K on the ring. and that's when he was an asst. golf pro instead of a head golf pro like he is now...

I think I would be rather intimidated to wear something worth that much. But that's just me.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally Posted by kddani

Had a date with a guy tonight who was previously engaged (it's amazing how many people I know that have been previously engaged). Somehow it came up in a roundabout way. He spent $15K on the ring. and that's when he was an asst. golf pro instead of a head golf pro like he is now...

I think I would be rather intimidated to wear something worth that much. But that's just me.

I feel the same way. I'd really be afraid that I'd lose it, or someone would hold me up at gun point for my ring or something. Thats why when I see some of the NPC badges that are decked out in diamonds, rubies, opals, etc, I could never see myself wearing one.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

I feel the same way. I'd really be afraid that I'd lose it, or someone would hold me up at gun point for my ring or something. Thats why when I see some of the NPC badges that are decked out in diamonds, rubies, opals, etc, I could never see myself wearing one.

I like nice things, but not to wear every day. Not only do I walk by myself at night in a downtown area, but I'd probably beat the heck out of it. I can't even keep a manicure nice. I don't want anything huge anyway because I have small fingers, so something huge would both look ostentatious and probably be unwieldy.

My friend Lisa has a REALLY nice engagement ring. But she has one that looks similar but is a CZ that she wears when she's traveling, etc. So that if something happened to it she'd only be out a couple hundred instead of thousands.

[WhiteDaisy128]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

I feel the same way. I'd really be afraid that I'd lose it, or someone would hold me up at gun point for my ring or something. Thats why when I see some of the NPC badges that are decked out in diamonds, rubies, opals, etc, I could never see myself wearing one.

I think it's up to the couple to decide what kind of money to drop on an engagement ring. I will say, you shouldn't be overly worried about losing it, it getting stolen, etc. That's what insurance is for. My ring (as well as a few other jewelry pieces I own) are insured and covered if ANYTHING happens...stone falls out, goes down a drain, gets lost, gets stolen, gets burned in a house fire, falls off the in the ocean, ANYTHING! I obviously would not want to lose it, but I know we'll get a check for the appraised value if something does happen.

Though, being held a gun point would be bad.

[shinerbock]

I've never really thought about a replica engagement ring, thats not a terrible idea I guess. I know people with replica watches for traveling, so I guess it'd be similar.

[Kevin]

The 2 month salary thing is bunk. It's whatever you feel comfortable with.

At the end of the day, we're talking about a rock (or several) that a woman wears on her finger. It's not what it's made of that's significant, it's that it's there.