# Two months salary- What kind of engagement ring will your man's job let him buy you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-months-salary-what-kind-of-engagement-ring-will-your-mans-job-let-him-buy-you/492073 "2009-04-05T23:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-months-salary-what-kind-of-engagement-ring-will-your-mans-job-let-him-buy-you/492073/61 "2009-04-07T18:13:42Z")
Bloody hell. Two months salary for an **engagement** ring! I could buy a pretty decent new small car for that amount. Are you supposed to spend a year’s salary for the actual wedding ring? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-months-salary-what-kind-of-engagement-ring-will-your-mans-job-let-him-buy-you/492073/62 "2009-04-07T18:21:13Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > And if she is “demanding it” and he doesn’t want to provide it and he isn’t seeing that as a flashing red warning light about there chances of future happiness - they deserve what they get. My thoughts, too. Whatever my own thoughts are on engagement rings, blood diamonds and lavish weddings, there are two people in an engagement and a marriage. If two fiancé(e)s don’t have similar points of view when it comes to tradition, material goods and budgeting, they should probably re-rexamine their relationship. If a woman wants a piece like that, she’d better find a guy who wants to express his love in that form. If a guy thinks he’s being suckered into saving up for a rock, he should find a lady who couldn’t care less. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-months-salary-what-kind-of-engagement-ring-will-your-mans-job-let-him-buy-you/492073/63 "2009-04-07T18:36:52Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I guess I’ve finally had my fill of the judgment around here of a woman who would like a very nice engagement ring. very nice != very expensive. And yes, it is judgement. Judgement against women who buy into the diamond company myth that engagement rings have to be gigantic expensive ostentatious shows of wealth. And this is me judging such women. Judge judge judge. ah, feels great. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-months-salary-what-kind-of-engagement-ring-will-your-mans-job-let-him-buy-you/492073/64 "2009-04-07T18:39:52Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > Bloody hell. Two months salary for an **engagement** ring! I could buy a pretty decent new small car for that amount. > > Are you supposed to spend a year’s salary for the actual wedding ring? And, in ten years you’d have a POS junker - and in fifty years one of your grandchildren would have an heirloom and be able to propose to his fiancee with his grandmother’s ring. (I’m not a fan of expensive rings - don’t value them myself, tend to loose jewelry so I don’t wear expensive jewelry - not a flashy jewelry sort of person - but I really fail to see why two months is unreasonable for something you will wear every day for the rest of your life and pass down to your children - if it is important to you.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-months-salary-what-kind-of-engagement-ring-will-your-mans-job-let-him-buy-you/492073/65 "2009-04-07T20:30:29Z")
> [@Alastair\_Moonsong](#): > > Call me tasteless, but I thought virtually all of those rings were hideous. Grotesque, baroque monstrosities, overwrought and set with too many shiny baubles. I sincerely hope I never fall for the type of woman who expects her fiance to spend that much money on such a piece of detritus. Not that I push Tiffany, but this one is simple and beautiful, as are many engagement rings. [http://www.tiffany.com/Engagement/item.aspx?GroupSku=GRP10001&selectedSku=23281732](http://www.tiffany.com/Engagement/item.aspx?GroupSku=GRP10001&selectedSku=23281732) > [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > Bloody hell. Two months salary for an **engagement** ring! I could buy a pretty decent new small car for that amount. > > Are you supposed to spend a year’s salary for the actual wedding ring? Nah, a simple metal band is a lot cheaper. Above, engagement ring is $8700 and the platinum band is only $525. (A diamond band is a lot more.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-months-salary-what-kind-of-engagement-ring-will-your-mans-job-let-him-buy-you/492073.md?page=3)