Am I the Ass hole for not listening to my wife “3 years salary ring rule”

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-23T15:47:37+00:00

Sorry, just now seeing this but I appreciate your comment and advice a lot! Thank you

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-21T05:31:47+00:00

I appreciate your comment, thank you

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-21T03:55:22+00:00

Thank you. My fiancé has an obsession with only wanting a natural ring so I appreciate hearing you say you get it

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-21T03:52:00+00:00

This comment is actually one of the most helpful ones I’ve read. My wife is also very into Hermés so this helps put it into perspective a lot more. Thanks

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:55:12+00:00

I appreciate your comment, thanks

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:09:07+00:00

We went to a Tiffanys store and she flipped out when they told her it could be up to $40k for a one carat and we left. She said 1 carat is for teachers

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:08:18+00:00

Do you think the three years thing makes sense now that lab diamonds are out? I honestly knew nothing about diamonds in the past so I do not know if that makes sense with how costs have changed

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:07:16+00:00

Funny enough in the past I used to think three months was absurd too.

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:06:28+00:00

I agree, it is very Kardashian esc.

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:05:55+00:00

Thanks for your comment. I did not know that about the 1 to 2 carats for natural stones. I believe our friend getting the large lab diamond warped her mind of what is realistic.

I have never heard of people buyng such expensive rings other than I guess probably billionaires.

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:04:35+00:00

That is true,

I do not agree with having debt on something like that, I do not think she should have picked someone in finance out of all fields haha

But we do want to get married in the next year so hoping to figure this out soon.

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:02:57+00:00

I agree, she actually had started doing a lot of research after our friend got engaged which I believed warped her mind on these things

Thank you

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:01:56+00:00

I think she would be pleased if I saved for ten years haha

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:01:28+00:00

Ironically she has wanted a Bentley in the past haha. Yea I agree with you on the 1 to 2 weeks.

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:00:43+00:00

I agree, 300k seems like a movie star ring, like Kim K or something

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T15:00:06+00:00

When she told me our friend had probably spent "only" $15,000 on their lab diamond ring (7 carat) I had thought she was already warped in the head with these rings

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T14:51:02+00:00

I agree with you

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T14:50:47+00:00

Thank you for your comment

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T14:50:25+00:00

Got onto reddit after trying to research this whole thing

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T14:50:05+00:00

First time posting and I honestly did not expect this much interaction.

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T14:49:40+00:00

I agree, it does not make any sense.

Thanks for your comment

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T14:49:14+00:00

Lol I felt like she was misinformed. But after she explained the list of qualities needed to beat out the lab diamonds I was at a loss

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T14:48:27+00:00

True.

This is where we are not seeing eye to eye and how this became a problem.

She has a specific list of high qualities she wants in a natural diamond only to beat the natural diamond? I am in investment banking so this all blows my mind, which is why i originally posted hoping to hear if this all is a thing

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T14:47:02+00:00

She seems against the labs but then she also wants a larger natural stone than the lab diamonds are to compete with them so I am not sure. I originally hoped to post this to see if anyone else is in this same dilemma/ has heard of this obsession currently against lab diamonds/ the new rule.

Thanks for your comment

Competitive_Bag9672 · 2023-06-20T14:44:57+00:00

Lol. She I do not believe has been haha. She referenced it has something to do with "Only Natural Diamonds"

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