Kevin tried to be sneaky and sent me out a couple weeks ago with our mutual friend Jess to see what engagement rings tickled my fancy. Well, I found a gorgeous one that I've absolutely fallen in love with.

Anywho, he had me show him which one I liked yesterday and I think he was a little shocked at the price. Now, I know he's just a Senior Airmen (E-4) but I do wonder how much is too much for a ring. The one I like is about $800.

I would like my engagement ring to act as my wedding band also. He said he'd get me the one I liked but do you think it's too much?

Also, it's the duty of the girl to buy a wedding band for her husband, right?

I have a feeling I'll be asking a lot of questions before May! I'm so nervous...

my grandma told me that ya'll buy the rings together and sort of split the cost. i'm buying his and he's buying mine that's the arrangement that me and him worked out. i'm going through the same sort of thing. do you have pictures of the ring you were looking at or details?

I just about crapped my pants when I found out how much he spent on my engagement ring. As far as his ring goes I am buying it for him no matter what he says. He is one of those guys that thinks he needs to pay for everything. I know what he likes and what he wants so I am just gonna go get it and surprise him with it.

Is the 800 for the wedding band or engagement ring?
My engagement ring was 850 and my dh was an E2 at the time
My wrap (wedding Band) was 1500 and his band was 1225. He was an E3 then. We paid for them together. I picked them both out he was on deployment.
HTHs

The $800 dollars is for the engagement ring but since I'd like it to act as the engagement ring and wedding band I guess it's both. It looks like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/brandylea2004/ring.jpg

What do you think? :)

Well certainly if it will be both I don't see why not :D
Good luck
its pretty

my band and engagement rings where a set i think mine cost like 875. i bought dh's and his band was only like 250, he wanted a titianium band so it was pretty inexpensive

My engagement ring was over 4000... don't ask me why he did it, he has expensive taste, but I love it!!! My band however was only 250 and his is titanium and I bought both of the bands this weekend. He's not in port so I had to get them. He spent WAAAAAAAY more than I thought he would an he was only an E-2... it's amazing what credit will get you... so WE'RE paying on it, since I'm paying it from his account! LOL BUT IT'S GORGEOUS!!!!!!

I was SHOCKED when I found out how much my DF spent on my Engagement ring....mine was also about 40000....but it's GIA certified, and GORGEOUS!!! I absolutely love it! and while on Deployment....he's managed to pay it off within the six month no interest period....E-3. As for our bands...we haven't got them yet, but we've agreed he'll buy mine and I'll buy his :)

I have no clue of how much my engagement ring costs - he's paying for it and I'm not sure I want to know! I paid for the wedding bands, but we both agreed that we wanted plain gold bands so it only cost about $300 for both (I got them in the sale ;))

WOW $4000...I wouldn't be wearing a $4000 ring it would be in a safe deposit box at that price! Mine was only $129 for the set, but I wouldn't trade it for the world!

I just about crapped my pants when I found out how much he spent on my engagement ring. As far as his ring goes I am buying it for him no matter what he says. He is one of those guys that thinks he needs to pay for everything. I know what he likes and what he wants so I am just gonna go get it and surprise him with it.

Kevin's the same way about feeling like he needs to pay for everything. I'm a little weary on buying him one. I guess I should start doing my research on what he likes so I can. :P

You and me both Dawn
I have already lost the diamond out of my engagement ring once and the replacement diamond alone was over 800.
I learned not to mow the lawn with them on lol

I am not usre but I think My ring was well over 2000 It is 1 ct center stone with 4 .17 baguettes. I do not have my band yet. We will do those when we have our"real wedding" .

when my grandmother passed away she left me her ring. And thats my engagment ring! Its amazing. And honestly i dont think he could ever afford it if he tired. lol Anywho...so he got out of that one so he said he wanted to pay for our bands...I think i am just going to get one band now and then one on our 1st anniversary. Because my grandmas ring is platium and shit just the band alone were like 345. So yeah. But i think yall should just talk about it and see who wants to do what. hope this helps a little.

I think it depends on what you are comfortable wearing/spending.

My engagement ring was only a 100 dollars. My wedding ring was his mom's from her 5th anniversary and Im scared to death to have it priced just becuase me personally I hate wearing anything expensive.

i have no idea what was spent on mine, nor do i care. the thought and planning that went into the ring and the proposal is what i will cherish for a lifetime... and i LOVE my ring. it's PERFECT. i'm not a "big diamond" (ie ridiculously amounts of money spent) kinda girl :)

Well, I'll admit that I love diamonds BUT I'd much rather have something that was $50 b/c that's all he could afford and ask me to marry him than him go in debt for a fat rock.

I did have the amount my ring cost, but I decided to edit it b/c I didn't want anyone thinking I was "bragging" :rolleyes I'm cost a good penny but he had almost no debt & he had half the amount to put down for it. For the bands, we'll get something fairly cheap b/c I dont see the point in getting pricey diamonds in a band. Since our monies are together, we'd be buying together our bands. If our situation was different and our monies weren't together, I would buy his.

For my last marraige, I had a wedding set that cost around $200. I was fine with it.

I think it just depends on what he can afford and what kind of debt you both have b/c you really don't want to put yourselves in the hole just for a nice ring, you know?

Some women love flashy rocks just b/c they like that (not b/c their superficial) and some women don't want anything that flashy.

Traditionally, a guy's supposed to save 3 months salary for an engagement ring. But these days, that just seems outdated. Honestly, it should really depend on his budget. Troy and I are cash up front kind of people. So, if we really want something, we have to save for it. And if we want to buy something big, the payments have to fit in our budget or it's a no go.

Rings to me are something that kind of slips into the grey area. We did layaway on ours. He was an E-4, I think, then, too and we spent for both our rings about $1500. (Mine was $1000 and his was $500.) Then he spent $500 for my wedding band. So, about total $2000 for both.

I'll be perfectly honest and say that I think an engagement ring is insurance. Not that I don't cherish mine and not see them as a symbol of love between Troy and I, but in this day and age with divorces happening left and right, having a ring on your finger knowing that if something happened that you would basically have something to start out with money-wise, if you had to, eases a person's mind a little. I've seen too many men leave their wives/fiances high and dry.

Anyways, Sweetie, it's really up to both your personal preferences. Some people were brought up differently and have different views on how much rings should cost. I know a few people who don't have rings. And I know people who have huge expensive ones. So, it's really about how comfortable you are wearing it and having him spend that amount of money on it. Good luck making your decision, Sweetie!!

My engagement ring was appx. $800 (don't know the exact amt) and GIA certified for $1200 (it is flawless, which is why it appraised for more than it was sold). Our wedding bands in white gold were $300 and $325 each. But Dh also did the whole 12 months no interest thing and we/he paid it off in 8.

Our wedding bands were plain gold and were pretty cheap. My engagement ring diamond was pretty pricey but he had saved for it and could pay for all of it. It isn't a very big diamond but was excellent quality (all 4 'C's) and that was why it was pricey. I love my diamond, but it's not the diamond it's how much time he put into picking out something special for me.