To me, money isn’t everything. It’d be nice if I got something that cost a lot, but I’d also be fine with something cheap as long as it’s high-quality and not like a Temu ring or something.

We got each other the same ring off Amazon for $12.😂 😅

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      Yup, eBay customized ring, completely replaceable. We saved the money from the ring cost and put it towards a down payment. 1000% sure it was a better use of money

    • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Same here. I think it was more like $300 for a pair of matching rings from a small etsy seller though. Hers with moissinite, mine with an inlay of copper and titanium shaving for some color.

      • LilB0kChoy@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        The cost of the ring doesn’t matter. Ultimately it’s about what the ring represents; the bond and commitment you’ve made.

        I was never a ring guy before, never really liked having things on my hands/fingers all the time.

        Before we got married my wife got me an inexpensive, simple sterling silver comfort fit band from Kohls as a ‘tester’.

        If something happened to my current wedding band I wouldn’t replace it with a new one, I’d switch to that old inexpensive silver one because a new one wouldn’t be mine. It would be the one she slipped on my hand on our wedding day.

  • oantolin@discuss.onlineEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Zero. We didn’t get engagement rings, not later wedding bands. The first few years of our marriage we used to get asked about the wedding bands a lot, but people eventually got used to us not having any. I think it’s probably been about 15 years since we last got asked about them.

  • kata1yst@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    3 days ago

    About $1200 back in 2010. Got a nice enough ring she’d feel proud to show it to people, but didn’t pay any more money than I’d saved up since I decided to propose.

    To keep costs down I got a ‘perfect’ diamond with an occlusion you couldn’t see without a jewelers loop, and had sapphires on the ring to add interest without increasing the size of the diamond.

    I’m happy with the decision still 15 years later.

  • HowlsSophie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    $1000 for my 1ct rose gold white sapphire ring, about $200 for hubby’s ring from Etsy. Funny thing is just about every year after that, we’ve bought cool Etsy rings and enjoy them more than our initial ones. Etsy rings for the win 😊

      • LilB0kChoy@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        Thanks! My wife picked the ring design, I picked the stone.

        This is my wedding band

        And we got the matching band for her engagement ring

        We got married later in life which is why we could afford these, otherwise we would have gotten something more modest.

  • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    101·
    3 days ago

    Not much at all

    Money doesn’t matter to us

    We went back and forth with ideas about rings, but we kept coming back to this one

    I bought this box separately, so that we can keep the wedding band nicely for the when we tie the knot

    I’ve had the rings for a while now, and she doesn’t know! I know she’ll love it, it’s the ring she liked the most out of all the ones we looked at

    In a few weeks I’m going to give it to her

    We got engaged months and months ago, but we’re stuck doing the long-distance thing and our time together is precious

    She’s is going to lose her mind, and I can’t wait!

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    I got a Stirling silver claddagh ring for my wife’s engagement ring, i think it is $20 something. Our wedding rings were Stirling silver bands, $35 each and we had then engraved, which i think was $15 each.

  • GreyShuck@feddit.ukEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    I really can’t recall but not a lot at all. To avoid the whole blood-diamond thing we bought a vintage one from a charity, where it had been donated.

  • peaches@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    About 60€ for the wedding bands. Bought them on Etsy, made of epoxied wood with some blue in it, handmade in Poland. I insisted in not buying expensive since my husband is prone to misplace things. I was right. Not even a year in, he lost his. I now keep mine in a box. We talked about replacing his, but it is not really important for us. And we kept removing them for bouldering, cooking and other activities. Our bond does not rely on a ring.

  • Curious Canid@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    It was around $500 in the mid-90’s. The stone was a high quality sapphire, which made up nearly all of the price.

    I don’t think I have ever bought a diamond.