Do Girls want a huge engagement ring...

Too bad it was spam....so interesting!

Ok....I am a little materialistic....and I like big diamonds...big houses...lots of toys...etc!!!:please: Hey at least I can admitt it!!

However when my hubby proposed to me....it was not a "big" ring. It was what he could afford and that was fine with me. Afterall....I was marrying him..FINALLY..not the ring. I was happy with it. He took it to get it checked one December and came back without MY rings. He came in with a much much bigger diamond.....and a much higher quality. At first I was a little weary of it as it was not my original...but I love it! Now we always joke....OK...when is my next upgrade....lol Which is about the price of a luxury car....Honestly...if it happens awesome....but its really not important. He just asks me....when are you going to stop buying expensive reptiles....:P:P:P I just really like big shiny things....:P

Yea I didn't read the part where it was spam, should have read all 7 pages I guess, lol. I agree, interesting thread and interesting to see people's opinions.

First useful spam I've ever seen. ^^

I don't like rings at all and didn't get an engagement ring. There's just SO much more I'd rather spend money on. I have a $125 wedding ring that suits me better than anything I've seen since and got married at the courthouse for $15. I don't really see the allure of making a big deal of it all...I found my feelings for my husband to be extremely personal and didn't want to put them up for show to the whole world. Also, way too much stress and pressure involved in the traditional stuff. :)

Sometimes I struggle knowing that I have anything of value at all. I constantly think of the things the cost of this laptop, for example, could do for someone down on their luck, or even starving or sick. It's a constant struggle for me. I like cars a lot, but it makes me a little queazy to see people driving around in $100,000+ cars--if only that money could have been invested in something valuable, or in places other than that person's driveway. That being said, of course I want a comfortable life--not lavish, but comfortable. I don't know why it gets to me so much, but it does. I don't judge people for showing off their money, but do feel disappointed sometimes in the affluent human condition (of course of which I too am very guilty). All that taken into consideration, I'm going to buy my girlfriend (of 3+ years) a very nice ring. Not because she needs it, or even wants it, but because I want her to know she is special to me and worth every cent. The reality is that we spend money constantly to make ourselves happy, and I might as well spend a good chunk of change making her happy, it's more important to me. I know how and where I want to propose, and I know what ring I'm going to buy her, I only need the financial stability to do it all. I think the money I spend on that ring will carry a lot less regret than the money I spend on other frivolous things, my t.v. and computer included.

Cheers,
-Matt