engagement ring

[n_spinner06]

hi folks, I need your help...I'm looking for an engagement ring. I've saved up for it for a while now and I won't go broke but I feel that the money could better be used later on to jump start our life together once we get married. Sooo, is it worth it? Don't know kung nagkukuripot lang ako kasi pakiramdam ko luho lang talaga. I mean, she can't really wear it that often baka mahold-up pa and all that(she doesn't have a car so she commutes to work). Bale roughly 1 month salary equiv and roughly 3% of my net worth. I know may sinasabi na dapat 2-3 months salary's worth pero I feel that is too much already considering may wedding and honeymoon expenses pa. What do you think?

[sirkosero]

^buy what you can afford.

Umpisa pa lang yan. Mas malaki gastos sa wedding prep and dont get broke trying to impress her relatives and friends

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[makelovenotwar]

Para sakin, mas sulit na gastusan yung wedding and/or engagement rings kaysa other wedding stuffs like damit, flowers, lights, etc.
Yung singsing kasi, araw-araw niyo na suot yan for the rest of your life.
Magiging part na siya ng image mo.

[jick.cejoco]

engagement ring is the start of the suffer ring

[Vodka]

You don't really need it. Its the social pressure that says you need it---that's why the guy thinks he needs it, the girl thinks she needs it. But if you really think about it, for what? To announce to the world that you're engaged? Isn't it kinda mababaw? C'mon, its really a marketing ploy by the diamond industry---De Beers to be more specific (yes, they own most of what the commercial world has to offer).

I just think that a person should not spend unnecessarily. The relationship is all that matters. That money (6k or 600k) will go a long way if the couple plans wisely for their life together.

haha yep it's all marketing BS

it's all just a money making industry from big CARTELS who keep prices artificially high w/ some very very unethical business practices

so by subscribing to this marketing ploy you're just telling your soon to be fiance that you're just a gullible kid who doesn't know that diamonds are NOT forever

[mina_nuka]

haha yep it's all marketing BS

it's all just a money making industry from big CARTELS who keep prices artificially high w/ some very very unethical business practices

so by subscribing to this marketing ploy you're just telling your soon to be fiance that you're just a gullible kid who doesn't know that diamonds are NOT forever

Well placed. Most Filipinos are materialistic, gotta have name brands, gotta have flash. Practicality almost do not exist until survival mode.

[Altis6453]

hi folks, I need your help...I'm looking for an engagement ring. I've saved up for it for a while now and I won't go broke but I feel that the money could better be used later on to jump start our life together once we get married. Sooo, is it worth it? Don't know kung nagkukuripot lang ako kasi pakiramdam ko luho lang talaga. I mean, she can't really wear it that often baka mahold-up pa and all that(she doesn't have a car so she commutes to work). Bale roughly 1 month salary equiv and roughly 3% of my net worth. I know may sinasabi na dapat 2-3 months salary's worth pero I feel that is too much already considering may wedding and honeymoon expenses pa. What do you think?

Go with what you can afford...not with what tradition or whisperers in your circle dictates.

At the end of the day, your lives won't be focused on how much your engagement ring costs but how you enjoy married life together. The wedding, the honeymoon trip all blows by so fast.

[badkuk]

i'm inclined to agree with the others here.

i suppose you can view is as an investment, but when time comes that you do sell it:
-- most likely it will be appraised based on the worth of the gold and stones. The buyer may like the design and be willing to pay a premium, but it's a subjective thing.
-- most likely there will be some sentimental attachment to it, so you would not be willing to sell or pawn it
-- if you do sell/pawn it, i'm guessing the pawnshops will gouge you(i.e. babaratin ang appraisal)

[n_spinner06]

haha yep it's all marketing BS

it's all just a money making industry from big CARTELS who keep prices artificially high w/ some very very unethical business practices

so by subscribing to this marketing ploy you're just telling your soon to be fiance that you're just a gullible kid who doesn't know that diamonds are NOT forever

Yup. This I understand. Couldn't say the same for my gf though. Last time i pulled the 'practical' card, why not go all the way and have a civil wedding daw. So what i'm really looking for is the sweet spot. Yung compromise where everybody is happy in the end...

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[makelovenotwar]

IMO, give her an engagement ring.
Ask your female friends and relatives why.
I doubt if your girl wants the best one...just a good one (that you can afford).
Men here are often on the practical side when giving but sometimes tend to spend more than they should on clothes, watches, cars,
sunglasses, gadgets, etc.
Oh the irony...