Ever Sell an Engagement Ring?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Hoover

This thread is crazy.

In 2001, I bought my wife a 10k engagement ring. It's nice, she loves it, and I'm with all of you who are like WTF. What's crazy to me is that all the women who I work with or hang out with all have giant ****ing rings. When I bought the thing I really thought I had no choice in the matter, it is what it is.

I lost my platinum wedding band like 10 years ago. I was always taking it off. Must have left it somewhere.

And therein lies the challenge.

Buying a big engagement ring is not about showing your love. It's about being sure that your future wife doesn't lose status in her social circle, which I guess is a sign of love but not in the way that the commercials depict.

When my wife and I got engaged we were in economic decline. We were both losing our jobs and going back to grad school to retool, so her ring was nice but not extravagant at all. She wore it for 15 years or so, and then at that point we were doing pretty well and she was hanging out professionally with trust fund women, so I upgraded her to something more flashy one Christmas. Plus, I think jewelry perhaps has different meanings for many women than it does for men.

I like looking at jewelry from an artistic standpoint. I think gemstones are really overpriced, but then again my wife probably thinks that Chiefs tickets are overpriced.