When did the ring become less a symbol of eternal devotion and more of a monetary one? The symbology of the ring is that of the circle is never ending like the love of the two people. If that is tarnished with greed or lies then what does that say of the love symbolized with it?

When I gave my ex-wife her ring I gave her a simple gold band. I told her I am but a poor man, which I was, and that the ring that I give her is as simple as I am. I told her that even though the ring I gave her was not adorned for royalty, that I would pledge myself to making sure that she would always be treated as royalty none the less.

The ring was a symbol of my love and devotion to her.

But then again she cheated on me and we got a divorce, so maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic that should have bought her a diamond.

nahhhhhhhhhhhh she would have cheated never the less.........hmmmmmmmmm diamonds are making me all dizzy right nowwwwwwwwwwww

I paid a lot of money for my ex-wife's ring. After we separated, she sold it for drug money. The story I heard was that she got ten bucks for it.

I won't get married again, and I seriously doubt if I would ever buy anyone a ring again.

4989 and counting..

lex..........ya need to get a better attitude........geeeeeeeeeeeezuzzzzzzzzzz

Ok, so he either is too cheap to get you a ring that you deserve, or he's planning something like give you a fake one and then planting a real one for the real moment...but i doubt that...If you had communicated that you mean business...NO MAN would EVER try to pass off a fake engagement ring. If you two are truely in love, perhaps I wouldn't go all crazy on him and stuff but i would at least approach him and be honest...tell him you feel a little hurt that you appreciate him and his commitment to spend the rest of his life with you, but the ring was a bit of a dissappointment. Tell him that if he really loves you that he should buy a real ring...one that you truely deserve. All women should get a diamond ring....it's the one posession that you can flaunt around and say...this is the most expensive thing I own! and it's probably going to be the ONLY expensive thing he'll ever buy for you. It's been studied that a man should buy a ring that costs ABOUT what he earns in 3 months...so if he earn about 45,000-50,000 a year, a very GOOD ring...assuming you have a reasonable financial situation, should cost about $10,000...no honestly that's a lot of money, but most women would settle nicely for a 2 ct. diamond for about $7,000-8,000.

Even for about $2,000, your man should be willing to spend that much for the one piece of jewelery that symbolizes your commitments to each other. I'm 21 and have been with my man for 3 years now. We've been talking about engagements too and we both agree that a good ring, when you've had a job for a few years, should be at least $2,000.

Good luck! Best Honest, be deserving.

Why do I need an expensive ring??????

Oh, I know why, so I can pay for it myself after the wedding.
This has not happened to me, but I have seen it happen. Myself, I would rather have a cheap ring or no ring as to start a marriage in debt. I already have enough necessary debt.

However, I would rather have a cheap real ring as opposed to a fake ring. He can keep a fake ring!

If he told you it was'nt real- then there is'nt anything wrong.
Perhaps he can't afford a real one. My opinion- its the thought
that counts.

If its fake and he tells you its real- or leads you to believe its real... Well that would be a problem! Liar...

A simple band is good enough for me- I do not need a diamond
to tell me someone loves me...

Wear a big rock and see how long it takes before someone mugs
you...

I guess my epectations arent that nigh because when i got engaged....I didnt evern GET A RING!!

nigh=high..sorry

wouldn't give a fake ring

Yeah, I agree with what the other people said about the thought. It's the thought that counts, unless he was trying to deceive you...that's not good...but like i mentioned before...if a nice ring, or a real ring is a priority to you, then I would talk about it with him. If it's something important to you, he should make it important to him.

I'd actually prefer the ring to be cz not a diamond, first off I'm not a fan of spending an incredible amount of money on piece of jewelry, second.. if something where to happen to it I'd feel like crap.. third.. there are many more important things that we could use the money towards.

Real, whatever it is. I dont want a green finger, thank you very much. Or a cloudy princess cut diamoglass, or a glassOruby, or a flawlIKE pahearl...

if that is the case, I rather use a soda/beer top tab..

Material things mean nothing to me if he and his love were real that would be enough for me.

i agree with freshmountainaire,if loves true a ring is just metal ,,but then also the one guy said tell truth if ya broke ya broke, but the loves still true and if its gotta be expensive then it sounds like golddigging to me and will not last anyway cause when moneys gone they are gone = f that

fake or not it really shouldn't matter.but you should be honest and tell them.as long as they love you they will accept it.

cheap sheila. What a tightwad.

itsjustmelli said it better than me.