What happened to all the diamonds???

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by ktsnake

I still don't really understand why the $$ part of a ring is so important -- or do many think that if the guy isn't willing to part with his $ he doesn't love you enough?

I'm sure this isn't the case for every women, but I think that for a lot of women, it's that the engagement ring is the most obvious symbol for the engagement itself, and if their fiancee isn't willing to put some time, effort, money and care into it, they start to wonder how much time, effort, money and care he will put into the marriage. A fake diamond would kind of reflect a "fake relationship," in a sense . . . especially if he lied to her and told her the CZ was a diamond.

(You can tell I've been writing too many English papers when I start getting this deep into the symbolism of engagement rings, lol !)

As you've seen from these posts, though, it's pretty obvious that money is not the only factor, or even the most important one. I think most of us would be happier with a $2,000 ring that reflected our tastes and showed that he had taken what we liked and what was important to us into account, than we would be with a $10,000 ring that was uncomfortable, unpractical, tacky or just not in line with our taste.