That was us. Our wedding bands were about that all in, and I got their engagement ring for about $125.

I think everything we did for our wedding, rings included, was around $1500. The majority of that was booze.

Surely a second hand wedding ring must be cursed or something right? Why was it available in the first place? Did they die? Get divorced? Lose their hands and or fingers in some fetish play gone horribly wrong?

Better to just avoid the whole situation and get a cat.

Those types sometimes care more about the ring than the partner.

I have heard of them, "he hasn't proposed yet so I left him" kinda thing. That guy was probably happy with things and completely unaware she expected anything to change.

I do find it odd that when I have looked at posts about it before the vast majority of weddings seem to be super expensive or super cheap. Very little in the middle. Like 3 digits going to a pub for food or 5+ getting fucking everything.

Thinking that 50 percent of women are shallow gold diggers seems a bit high. There are plenty of men who have superficial feelings about how they want their wife to look, but it's nowhere near 50/50. Usually those gym bros and trophy wives pair up so they're not really hurting anyone normal with their expectations.

Personally, I wear a silicone ring. So does my spouse. Our rings for our wedding were a hand me down and a band with a non diamond stone. That said, it's fair to want a ring. It's fair to want the tradition, and it's fair to be comforted by the idea that your partner has been thinking about asking you to merge lives for longer than just today. A ring used to mean more when women weren't allowed their own bank accounts (actually very recently, in the scheme of things), but it's still meaningful in a society where we're taught (incorrectly) that men value non commitment, and don't want to get "chained" to a "nagging wife."

Funnily, it's guys who make comments like you (that it's a total toss up whether any woman has an ounce of substance to her or if she's a total bimbo who only cares about money) that make women afraid that men are not going to fully commit which is why things like a big unnecessary time commitment before the proposal seems romantic and reassuring

Honestly, propose to me with a new Akrapovic Slip-On exhaust for my Hornet 750 and a small ceremony near the water in the country with a moto camping trip as the honeymoon and I'd be in biker girl heaven.

Could get away with the whole shebang for under $10k

To be fair, that exhaust probably costs as much as most wedding rings anyway lol.

men are like that more than women

"We both know that this cat only lives if you say yes"?

The circumstances of the proposal are meant to be the surprise, not the answer.

If I’m spending 6 months salary on silicon, it better at least run Doom.

They really aren't, De Beers just had a cartel on the diamond industry and artificially restricted the supply to drive up prices. They have massive deep storage vaults filled with gem quality diamonds just so it can maintain pricing.

Gem quality materials are overall "rare", but among gems... diamonds are practically common.

I saw that when i was like eight years old and apparently you're the only other person in the world who saw it because nobody acts like anything on the internet could ever be fake

At least in the US the marriage contract gives a massive ton of legal access to shared things, discounts, medical decisions, and a bunch of other stuff. You can kind of come close by spending a bunch of money on legal documentation, but still not exactly the same.

And a ring isn't necessary for said contact.

Wulfgar is an amazing name for a cat.

It's weird to fixate on the eventual death of an elderly cat when you've fully neglected to mourn all the furniture that kitten is going to massacre

The wife or the cat?

Wedding kitten as well?

I can never tell when someone is just arguing for the thrill of it or if they're genuine...

As someone who's had five dogs and three cats + been married, divorced, and remarried pets cost more just in terms of money. I bought real wedding bands & engagement rings from a proper jeweler for about $1,500 USD per ring. On the other hand I spent between $1500-3000 in vet bills alone for almost every pet I've adopted just in the first year; not to mention the toys, food, etc that comes along.

I suspect you're gonna say "oh, well some people spend tens of thousands on wedding bands" which is true, but those are also the types of people who spend five-figures on purebred pets and doesn't apply to the average experiece.

Go to Amazon and search for "Cubic Zirconia ring". Find one you like and order a pair in the appropriate sizes. If you want something less traditional, drop this cubic zirconia part if the search.

That can easily get you a pair if wedding rings for less money than I spend every year testing my cats' poop.