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alwayslost posted:So is the whole "3 months salary" guideline bullshit? My girlfriend wants a diamond, and unfortunately she is convinced I'm buying her a 5k ring (with little consideration of my opinion, lol). I know its not the smartest financial decision, and I think diamonds are loving retarded, but I want her to be happy, too. Ask her mom if there are any heirloom diamonds in the family you could get reset. My ring cost less than $200 because I just got my grandmother's necklace reset as a ring, and drat, it looks amazing and is way more sentimental for me than anything else I could have gotten for thousands and thousands of dollars. The part that worries me most is this: "with little consideration of my opinion, lol" because if you can't talk about something like this together, you should not be getting married. In my experience, my girlfriends who have insisted on X amount of spending on an engagement ring are also usually the crazy entitled ones. I love them as friends, but I pity the man who has to pay for their upkeep.
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alwayslost posted:On the plus side, I think my girlfriend is on board with a small ~$2,500 dollar wedding as opposed to a $20,000 bridezilla extravaganza, provided she gets her ring. I know most of you think I shouldn't be spending any more than I have already saved, but I'm happy with the compromise. When's your wedding? Let's do a wedding thunderdome and compare expenses. I bet I come in under you, and I've budgeted $10k for the whole thing just to be safe.
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alwayslost posted:I'll take that bet. Though mine is not till 2017 
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