Advice on engagement ring budget

[Rocko 119]

Since everyone on shaggy makes a million a year and only bangs 10s, maybe you can tell me what I should budget for an engagement ring. Is it still 2 months salary? 

[Red Sundance 6]

Millions. Millions a year. 

You proposed without a ring?

[Call 393]

Just finance it like the ‘vette, but have them take the price tag off.

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

Budget half of what you will pay a lawyer for the divorce

[Fudbelty 2765]

What the fuck is Shaggy?  “It wasn’t me” guy?

[HOOKEM4 4871]

tree fiddy

[South Austin 51411]

I think for a Russian bride you can get away with two week's salary.

[Celery Man 20535]

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

Just don't get married.

[The Dude 1238]

How about I just come over and kick you in the nuts, for free

[miguelito 11061]

Save the receipt.

[Handcruser 2799]

Just get him a cheap band at James Avery. 

[Chewbacca 7612]

Lulz.  You've been telling everyone here for months now that you are already engaged.  Now you're asking for advice on how much to spend on an engagement ring?  Lying motherfucker.

[Bill Lumbergh 7157]

[mdmost 42167]

Can you fashion a green card into an engagement ring?

[52-80 18963]

a surveymonkey.com Yes or No poll is cheaper

[Bat Guano 359]

Who's the lucky girl?

[Washpark 176]

1 minute ago, Bat Guano said:

Who's the lucky girl?

ladyboy

[orange dream 1199]

Shaggy  Surly answer - DON'T get married

real answer - I've always thought 2 months salary is a little high unless you are scraping by in which case you shouldn't be spending 2 months salary on a ring.  Ultimately up to you to decide.  If your prospective bride is going to get too caught up in the cost of the ring you should take that as a warning and run away.  Not kidding.

[Pig Bellmont 8637]

A good stand up comedian answered this question by saying the amount you should spend on an engagement ring is the same as you are comfortable putting in a bag, setting on fire, and throwing out a car window 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

I would modify that putting in a bag, setting on fire, and putting in your pocket.

[Leeroy Jenkins 2338]

I thought you only rented “girls”

[RPM 26074]

2 months? Maybe you should visit a poors board and buy her a magnifying glass.

[GottaB 585]

Do what she’ll do. Ask her three closest friends and her coworkers how much their husbands paid. Add 10%. 

 

The old old saying was two months salary. I’ve heard 6 months. That’s some reality tv bullshit or something. 

[Surly Bevo 24248]

Whatever you buy...make sure to post the receipt.

[fhetw 26]

Spend what you feel comfortable spending. Dont get sucked into any x% marketing nonsense. Have yall talked about it? Has she sent her friends links to rings she likes? That also may give an idea of what she's expecting.

Hell, maybe she'd prefer a cheaper ring and an engagement European vacation or something.

[Celery Man 20535]

FWIW for a serious answer, I went with greater than the value of my most expensive guitar as my benchmark.

[William_Cannon 86]

What are her expectations?

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

A ring and then half his shit

[Reese Bennett 3596]

Doesn’t matter what you spend, your odds of divorce stay the same. That said, don’t start a marriage in debt if you can help it.

[52-80 18963]

i bought one at 0.068x of monthly salary and it worked out well

[William_Cannon 86]

4 hours ago, Reese Bennett said:

 That said, don’t start a marriage in debt if you can help it.

This.

It’s also good to have financial conversations and start planning for the future.  This will go a long way and help get marriage started in the right foot (#2 reason for divorce relates to money).  This will also give you insight if this is someone you would want to marry.

[SMUlawUTgrad 81]

I just decided on what kind of ring I wanted and bought it. 

[Quagmire 2139]

You can do what I did, give her a budget, let her design it, and in the end the budget was tripled.

 

at least I will only go through this once

[beer 3196]

Diamonds are not rare.  Repeat.  Diamonds are everywhere - alternative high pressure carbon, exceedingly abundant. Not at all rare.  Russians have warehouses full of them not selling them so as not to flood the market and crash the price.  Seriously - really fucking common substance. Remember that. 

[Amobie 58]

4 minutes ago, beer said:

Diamonds are not rare.  Repeat.  Diamonds are everywhere - alternative high pressure carbon, exceedingly abundant. Not at all rare.  Russians have warehouses full of them not selling them so as not to flood the market and crash the price.  Seriously - really fucking common substance. Remember that. 

You are dealing with women so you can throw this well reasoned argument out the window.

2 Months is pretty standard.  

[pops 6946]

Either 2 Corvette payments or half what you spend on a good prenup. 

$9.95

[Doc Holliday 196]

over under on the divorce?

[Bernard 879]

Cubic zarconia is actually more brilliant. She'll never know. If she finds out, tell you had to take a stand for the victims of violence and corruption that is part and parcel of the diamond business.

Separately, you're about to enter into a legally binding contract stipulating that 50% of every penny you earn for the entirely of your marriage instantly becomes hers. Great idea.

Bernard

[po elvis 2070]

1 minute ago, Bernard said:

Cubic zarconia is actually more brilliant. She'll never know. If she finds out, tell you had to take a stand for the victims of violence and corruption that is part and parcel of the diamond business.

Separately, you're about to enter into a legally binding contract stipulating that 50% of every penny you earn for the entirely of your marriage instantly becomes hers. Great idea.

Bernard

he might be the one benefiting from that financial contract.

[Bernard 879]

4 minutes ago, po elvis said:

he might be the one benefiting from that financial contract.

Ha. Yes. Just realized it was Rocko. 

Bernard

[workswithseed 2012]

21 hours ago, Celery Man said:

FWIW for a serious answer, I went with greater than the value of my most expensive guitar as my benchmark.

You're married?

[Jimbaround 971]

23 hours ago, William_Cannon said:

What are her expectations?

This is important.  My wife pretty much told me what she liked and I searched for the cheapest price to get that.  I think all told I was about 1 and 1/2 month's salary.

Edited March 29, 2018 by Jimbaround

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

I picked out the ring for my first ex.    She didn't like it so it got "lost".  I just let them get what they wanted after that.  Doesn't really matter, you're just flushing money down the toilet anyway.

[Doc Holliday 196]

How about this...

Take a large piece of charcoal and shove it where the sun don't shine since we know it's tight enough back there to provide some solid compression.  Add in your body heat and you should be able to produce a nice rock.   If it doesn't work, you can look at it like a nice liberating experience.

[dirtonia 269]

Just make sure they're blood diamonds.

[El Tri 398]

On 3/27/2018 at 12:55 AM, Rocko said:

Since everyone on shaggy makes a million a year and only bangs 10s, maybe you can tell me what I should budget for an engagement ring. Is it still 2 months salary? 

in your case, twice of whatever you paid for her flight from norway

[Southland 35]

Serious answer

[TexasEd 8012]

Same as the value of Shaggy

 

[TTU13 108]

I’m sure it’s been mentioned already, but don’t buy it until you can pay for it straight up.

The smaller jewelers are also more willing to negotiate price especially if you’re buying it up front.

I ended up getting it custom made to get exactly what she wanted. Went back to same jeweler and he’s custom making the band as well to interlock with it perfectly. Also is giving us a nice deal on the band.