Are the couple teenagers?
That's a small ring, isn't it, by American standards?
Forget that struggle diamond.
FlowerHair are rings in sweden just bands? I saw some richie rich fashion blogger just got engaged and her ring was just a band.
Yes, I would say 90% of all rings here are just bands with no stones or just inserted flat stones so to speak.
There's another difference here too - we splurge on the wedding ring as opposed to the engagement ring. When we get engaged, both the man and the woman get a ring (plain rings). At the wedding only the bride gets a ring (usually a nicer one, sometimes with a stone, but most often without).
Men of wealth usually have very heavy, solid and thick gold bands. Women's rings are perhaps a tad bit more decorated. White gold or platinum seems to be the in thing right now.
Actually, the ring in the OP looks very similar to a ring I wore when I was engaged once in my youth. But my ring was more than twice as thick and the stone was larger. He wasn't Swedish, so I got a non-traditional ring.
I know broke men who get their GFs better rings than that.
When I was graduating college, our school handed out a book on life so to speak with lots of advice. The book said an engagement ring should cost 3 months worth of your salary.
I'd tell him to put it back in the vending machine where he found it.
I'd tell him to put it back in the vending machine where he found it.
This.
Is that thing real? Seems like you could buy a better one at Walmart. If money was really an issue, we're young and getting on our feet, just give me a band.
It really isn't about the size but is that the best he could do?
It's not the size but what is that? A diamond booger? I'd be offended actually because my SO just bought an expensive Rolex for his birthday in May. Like, what? His wallet costs more than that ring. The funny thing is I am not a jewelry person but that ring is offensive. A band would have been nice.
You guys are WRONG and funny as heck!
What's even more interesting is how we are correlating the size of a stone with the size of the love/commitment to someone. Dang!
But still...I"m laughing....Am I too brainwashed? *gulp*
ITA, I would be offended by the ring depending on the circumstance and the type of man he is. If you're in high school or college and broke, then, yes it's the thought the counts. But if I know his arse makes six figures and will spend money Ferragamo's and a Lexus, but gives me a ring like that, she needs to leave ASAP. Because that shows he's selfish and won't spend money on you for any reason, shoot that's probably a " let me shut this chick up with all this marriage talk ring"
This.
Is that thing real? Seems like you could buy a better one at Walmart. If money was really an issue, we're young and getting on our feet, just give me a band.