it's all about what she likes
having "rules" about it is absurd.

I'd heard up to 3 months salary before. I could barely contain my laughter.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 15:29, 2 replies)

3 months? Good God!

( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Mon 9 Aug 2010, 15:33, closed)

through my experience of designing a ring and getting it made
for a reasonable cost (worked out about half a months wage in the end) I discovered how much of that cost was materials, which was quite a lot of it. Given that the craftsmanship was excellent and such, I can only conclude that really expensive rings are either A)covered in far more or larger stones than taste would allow me to buy B)made of some incredibly rare metal that is outrageously expensive, of C)extortionately marked up
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 15:37, closed)

1 Month? 3 Months?
Have you noticed that the people telling you how many months' salary to spend are... the diamond industry?!?

Personally I can't see the fuss over what is, or might as well be, a bit of sparkly glass.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 15:59, closed)

Bollocks to all this!
My mate Nelson knows a lovely tall black bird from sarf London who'll fit you up a goodun' with some stones. Keeps funny hours mind.

Failing that, there's always Lizzy Duke.
(Good old boy just like yer grandma!, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 23:49, closed)

That is easier if you have more money I suppose.
3 months isn't loads if, say, you could live of four months for a year anyway.
3 months is loads if you can barely live off 12 months.
but girls won't care about that, they'll still coo over the bigger amount even though the smaller one is actually the bigger sacrifice.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 15:37, closed)

good point
but even if I was totally minted I'd still have gone for the same sort of design as I did, which should really have cost about the same.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 15:39, closed)

I like this

( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 15:43, closed)

the only fishing my mrs did to find out the cost was comparing it in value to my most cherished guitar
the ring was slightly more expensive, but I didn't let her know that.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 16:05, closed)

Mrs and I chose together, and actually paid for on her credit card...
There was no way I was attempting to buy something for £XXXX that she would wear for the rest of her life without her input.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Mon 9 Aug 2010, 16:14, closed)

I spent some months subtly fishing for things she may or may not like in a ring
size of stone, style and such like. We've found we have very similar tastes for the looks of things over the years though, which helped a lot.

I designed the ring myself to make sure I got what I (and she) wanted.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 16:29, closed)