However for the first eight months of my son's life, I just wore the two wedding bands for fear of scratching him with the larger
stone on my engagement ring.
With all the humor you would expect, and some you might not (but is funny anyway)- «I have a photo of
poop on my engagement ring...» - Marie details all the reasons she decided to cloth diaper her baby in Happy Heiny's Pocket Diapers.
Those «suggestions» that you spend two or three or four months» worth of
salary on an engagement ring began as nothing more than marketing campaigns after World War II that have worked their way into everyday life.
Saving on an Engagement Ring To save
money on an engagement ring, some thoughts are to use a family ring, or buy a synthetic diamond or cubic zirconium ring, shop for a vintage ring, or buy the best ring you can afford and update it later.
There's no shortage of stories about the ring, but our favorites include CBS News who reports that Brad worked
on the engagement ring for a year and Vanity Fair?who announced that the famous ring now has an agent.
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Hexagonal diamond or lonsdaleite is harder than the type of diamond typically
worn on an engagement ring and is thought to be naturally made when large, graphite - bearing meteorites slam into Earth.
From vintage jewelry and an app for
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began designing custom engagement rings four years ago and since then, sat down with BRIDES to share her expert
insights on engagement rings exclusively.
The use of
diamonds on engagement rings didn't become widespread until De Beers came onto the scene and through brilliant marketing, convinced everyone that only a diamond signifies love.
A perspective that's rooted in reality shows featuring perfect strangers going on dates in exotic locales and advertising campaigns centered around telling you precisely how much you should be
spending on an engagement ring (because of course if you don't spend this industry - determined amount, you're in jeopardy of suffering an eventual broken union some day, right?).
More to the point, with mortgages to be paid, RRSPs to fund, and possibly children to raise, spending that kind of
money on an engagement ring is likely to forestall, rather than jump - start, the life you hope to build together.
WeddingWire estimates the average couple spends $ 5,000
on an engagement ring; TheKnot puts that figure at $ 6,163.
They found that men who spent between $ 2,000 and $ 4,000
on an engagement ring were 1.6 times more likely to get divorced than grooms who spent $ 500 - $ 2,000.
In 2016, men spent an average of $ 6,163
on the engagement ring.
In a recent study by economics professors at Emory University, men who spent $ 2,000 to $ 4,000
on an engagement ring were 1.3 times more likely to go divorce court than those who plucked down $ 500 to $ 2,000 on the ring.
On average, guys spend over $ 5,000
on an engagement ring.
By the end of it, you'll be armed with the knowledge to save up to 40 %
on your engagement ring.
So how much should you spend
on an engagement ring?
Indeed, many of the social norms around marriage proposals — such as the arbitrary benchmark of two months» salary that men should spend
on an engagement ring — come from De Beers» successful advertising efforts.
The average person spends about $ 4,000
on an engagement ring.
Ask any jeweler how much money you should spend
on an engagement ring and they'll likely give you the jewelry industry's long - standing rule of thumb — three month's salary.
A specific dollar amount or percentage of income shouldn't be the determining factor in how much you spend
on an engagement ring.