Tweetyeah but I bought my wife a $90 pawn shop ring when we first got together. She never complained, but I got her a davis sachs setting with diamonds you could see without an electron microscope.

Question: why the hell do we feel compelled to spend so much $$$ on a ring? Why not use cubic zirconia? Cheap, looks as good as a real diamond but 1/20th the price, you cannot tell unless you are a jewler with a jeweler's equipment. So why? seems like a waste of $$$.

Now I am ranting...........so take the $6-7,000 you would spend on a ring and $10-15K you would spend on a wedding and use it for either a baller honey moon or a down payment on a house?

We married at the Justice of the peace.

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Originally Posted by jipped genes

yeah but I bought my wife a $90 pawn shop ring when we first got together. She never complained, but I got her a davis sachs setting with diamonds you could see without an electron microscope.

Question: why the hell do we feel compelled to spend so much $$$ on a ring? Why not use cubic zirconia? Cheap, looks as good as a real diamond but 1/20th the price, you cannot tell unless you are a jewler with a jeweler's equipment. So why? seems like a waste of $$$.

Now I am ranting...........so take the $6-7,000 you would spend on a ring and $10-15K you would spend on a wedding and use it for either a baller honey moon or a down payment on a house?

We married at the Justice of the peace.

Wife said she would be good with a cz. It makes me want something even nicer for her.

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Originally Posted by Uncle Ric

Wife said she would be good with a cz. It makes me want something even nicer for her.

KEEPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I always felt that having to have diamonds is very pretentious and materialistic. (My man, better get me a ring bigger than Janet's ring)

It should be a symbol of commitment and love, not a status symbol as many people see it.

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Originally Posted by jipped genes

KEEPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I always felt that having to have diamonds is very pretentious and materialistic. (My man, better get me a ring bigger than Janet's ring)

It should be a symbol of commitment and love, not a status symbol as many people see it.

I have a buddy that spent 20k on a ring for his first wife. I think the marriage lasted 5 years. I bet the 2nd wifes ring didn't cost 30% as much.