It doesn’t matter whether you’re a hopeless romantic or an Ice Queen, you’ve probably fantasized about the day the love of your life proposes. Maybe you’ve dreamed of being asked the question on top of the Eiffel Tower or as you and your beau float through Venice on a gondola. Your fantasy probably involves a sunset too! It’s a moment you’ll remember for the rest of your life, and, if it’s done in the traditional way, it’ll end with a ring being put on your finger…
1. You would think that most people would just accept the ring that they receive. Because you are marrying a person, and not a piece of jewelry. But everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
2. The anonymous woman explained that ‘There’s nothing to dislike about the type of ring per se, as a diamond solitaire would have been my choice, but it’s the whole thing.’
3. For starters she had issues with the color of the ring, the size of the stone and in her words the ‘relatively chunky shoulders.’
4. Then, when the anon found the receipt for the wedding ring, things took a turn for the worst. She was not too thrilled to say the least.
5. ‘His salary is nearing a 6 figure sum, and he’s usually very generous,’ she wrote. I guess she was expecting a little more out of the situation.
6. Since she has seen the receipt, she explained that she knew that after taxes he did pay a total of $1,674, but that was a lot less than what she was expecting to pay.
7. ‘[It was] a lot less than I would have imagined he would have spent on such a significant piece of jewelry.’ If she knew she wanted an expensive ring, perhaps she should have asked or told him sooner in the relationship.
8. For some people, $1000 is a lot of money! But I suppose there are also people who have the expectation of something a bit more lavish.
9. I’m not exactly sure how the male brain works, but I’m guessing this man probably just went to a jewelry store, and picked out a ring that he enjoyed and thought that his partner would enjoy as well.
10. Rather than taking to a public forum, this anonymous woman could have just spoken to her partner about the choice of ring.
11. There are even some couples who have their rings updated or sized up when the couple is making or has more money down the road.
12. ‘He’ll be more disappointed in me for making a fuss over it when, in his eyes, it fits, and there’s nothing actually wrong with it rather than being disappointed that I’m not truly happy with it.’
13. The woman was also seemingly jaded that her partner was told by a coworker, ‘if she makes it all about the ring, then she’s not the girl for you’.
14. She also said that ideally, she would have preferred if they had picked out a ring together. But what about the element of surprise?
15. After asking for help on the situation, it did not take very long for people to begin offering their opinions on the matter. One user wrote, ‘If you’d said you didn’t like the style I’d have been fairly sympathetic. But if it’s simply not big and flashy enough… It sounds like you’re more interested in showing off the ring than you are in him.’
16. To each one’s own! But If you were to ask me, I would say that this woman is probably thinking little too much about the materialistic matter.
