Swoon

By anonymous - 14/03/2010 05:04 - Canada

Today, my boyfriend said he wanted to marry me. Since he doesn't know my ring size, he asked for me to find a ring that I liked, and he would buy it and propose. The only problem is that he won't spend more than 200 dollars on it. Oh, the generosity. FML
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dudeitsdanny 9

It's about the love, not the ring.

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onnielief 4

$200 is way more than you should spend on a ring anyway. YDI for valuing the ring over the love!

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dynky 3

Why on earth would you want him to spend more than $200 on something whose only purpose is to sit on your finger and look pretty? You could do useful stuff with that money!

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ameonna_fml 0

Sorry, I don't think OP is being materialistic at all. For one thing, what a surprise-fail. Great proposal... But a $200 diamond is like a pinprick. As far as I'm concerned, $200 for any other gift is more than enough, but for a ring I'll be wearing the rest of my life that looks like I got it from a gumball machine? Ouch. Sure, if your boyfriend genuinely can't afford anything else, I guess it's okay... But he just sounds like he's being cheap. And besides. If he can't afford a liiiiittle bit more on an engagement ring... Can he really afford to be married? OP, I think this is your wake up call. I'm not saying leave him for the lack of money. Just for the lack of effort. Hell, If he honestly couldn't afford more than that, he could have at least put forth the effort to find out your ring size and surprise you with that pinprick diamond. Or if diamonds aren't such a big thing to you, he could find some giant gemstone solitaires for that amount.

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ameonna_fml 0

Also >-> I'm not saying I want my boyfriend to drop like $3000 on mine when the time comes, I'd definitely be thrilled if he kept it under $1000 just because that's a looot of money that could be spent on our mortgage payment or something. But $200 is still pathetic, sorry. I mean crap, I saw a decently sized halo ring a while ago for $700ish. For THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, that's really not so much to spend. And there's awesome stuff for less too - usually it starts around $400 though.

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samhat 0

my boyfriend wanted my help to pick out a ring becasue he wanted it to be something that i liked and would wear. I liked that becasue it showed he cared about what i thought. $200 is a lot for a ring. You can get some gorgeous stuff that doesnt look like it came from a gumball machine.

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papi2fly81 0

NOW I AINT SAYING SHE A GOLD DIGGER BUT........ NAH F THAT YOU A GOLDDIGGER!!!

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Rickyretardo 0

u dirty bitch that's why most chicks will marry u so they can divorce u and take ur stuff plus the girl is greedy

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BeatNik169 3

Okay, OP's being materialistic. But hey, who knows whether her boyfriend works at a lofty job? Maybe he's getting paid minimum wage.

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JanisEvans 10

He's clearly better off not marrying you... Bitch.

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johnnyexpl0sion 0

i agree with the general consensus that you are a materialistic bitch. F your boyfriend's life for wanting to marry a **** like you.

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jennie0202 0

i think you should settle on the cheap ring. since i think its safe to assume your going to bend the poor guy over and assault his savings with your demand for a "generous" wedding for yourself. eff.

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chicken_is_good 2

For a lot of people in this day and age, marriage is part love, part money. A lot of people marry to combine incomes... Some women solely marry for money... Honestly, a 200$ ring is way better than no ring. Talk about materialism.

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Thisbe_fml 0

In this day and age?! Marriage has been about combining incomes and improving one's social stature since the dawn of time. Only recently has marriage been about love. That is also why divorce rates are so high: marriages based on love are less stable than those based on money.

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Thisbe_fml 0

OP, you should not, everyone seems to be urging, be so grateful that someone wants to marry you that you should accept any piece of jewelry from the vending machine. You don't need a husband to validate your existence, and if you dumped this guy you could find another that is willing to marry you without being such a jerk about it. No need to be grateful for anything -- he isn't doing you any favors just by proposing to you. I would think really hard before marrying such a cheapskate. The OP is not a gold-digging bitch because she wants a ring that costs more than $200. I own very few pieces of jewelery because I don't have a lot of money and I hate wearing low-quality jewelry with dingy, microscopic stones. I would rather have no engagement ring than a $199.95 one that is less likely to remind me of the love that my husband and I share than how pathetically poor we are. Even if she doesn't want a diamond ring, it is still impossible to find a decent ring made with any other stones under $200.

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yoyo724 0

Haha. I love this comment. And completely agree with you. Too bad all the comments who say the girl is right in not wanting a crappy $200 engagement ring are "buried due to too many negative votes"

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Cinn_fml 22

It is a bit of a shame that the girls who mention they want an expensive ring get blocked, but you know, the majority vote wins in this case. However it might be because they imply that all rings that are $200 are crappy, ie something about the way they say it. However not everyone can afford expensive jewelry and not everyone wants expensive jewelry either, be it engagement ring or just a nice pair of earrings for special occaisions. So if a girl wants an expensive ring it should be a balance of what she likes and what can be afforded. Personally I'm more annoyed by the lack of effort on her boyfriends part, however something tells me that if he'd gotten her a "cheap" ring she'd have complained anyway, but as I don't know the OP I can't comment that accurately on what could've happened.

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Cinn_fml 22

Also @Thisbe it is not impossible to find rings with a stone in for under $200, I've seen rings with amber in them for £50, and they were perfectly nice. I guess it depends exactly what you define as a stone, but I'm fairly certain amber is one. (I meant to put this into my last comment but the edit thing messed up, so apologises for the double post)

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purple91 8

He's being wise and trying to save some of his money for when you two get divorced, which will most likely be in the near future after your wedding. Congratulations.

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