What percent of a mans income should be spent on his wifes wedding ring?

Answer 1

Wedding ring......I am not sure that there is a set perentage.........Engagement ring= 2 months salary

Answer 2

The stuff about it being a certain number of months' income is NOT tradition, it's simply marketing by the jewellery companies.
A man will spend what he can comfortably afford, knowing he'll have to still get a wedding band, and that the two of them still will have a lot of wedding expenses to pay. Lovely rings can be bought for just over 100 and up!

Answer 3

Whatever he can comfortable afford. He should not go into debt over a ring. I understand that it is a wedding ring, but no need to be paying on it for the next 5 or 10 years.

Answer 4

This question varies for each person. A woman cannot expect a glittery half a carat or more when her husband to be is in debt up to his neck. Women have to be reasonable. If you want a gigantic diamond then you may be barking up the wrong tree and I would question marriage to him. It isn't about just a ring but about a future life together. If there are problems now financially then there could be problems in the future. A man should spend what he wants to spend on his future wife. When I first got married we had bands and then we bought a modest set. After 18 years we upgraded and I am glad we waited. It is precious to me and it is worth every year.

Answer 5

Hmm, "recalls commercial" I think according to debeers (or however you spell it) I think its "Two months salary" so a little more than 20%, but I might be remembering wrong. That is of course if you are buying a diamond which I never freaking understood.

1. Expensive, very expensive why not put the money towards the wedding.
2. You buy a ring for several thousands of dollars.....and then your finance is afraid to wear it.
3. Real people died to get that diamond to America
4. Debeers is evil, really. They are the ones who have established the "diamond engagement ring" and other diamond giving occasions.
5. You can get synthetically made diamonds that at least didn't bring death and destruction to African countries.

Just think about what you and your future wife really want/need in terms of a ring. Spending lots would seem like the right choice, but would you actually notice the difference if you sent the ring out to be appraised one day and the jeweler swapped the rock for a cheap bit of Cubic Zirconium?

Answer 6

This really does vary where you live, some say 1 month (UK) others say anything from 1 month - 3 months salary. However, I am not one to believe it should cost a certain amount, I am more inclined to believe it should be affordable. I think it very selfish of people to demand a certain value of ring, as if the value of their ring equates to the depth of the person's love for them.

Answer 7

This question comes across as extrememly materialistic......this idea that an engagement/wedding ring HAS to be equal to a certain percentage of a man's salary is horse poop.

If I or my hubby had followed that rule, started by the diamond industry in a blatant attempt to sucker people who can ill afford it, into spending money I would have ended up with an insanely expensive rock that I would be in fear of my life if I ever wore it in public...besides it would be terribly gaudy....
.....so I told him I don't like diamonds....only as small accent stones.
...and the ring he proposed with is beautiful...both our birthstones, heart shaped, entwined in a swirl setting only accented by seven (for each day of the week he says) small diamonds...perfect for me........

Answer 8

Allegedly, it's 2 month's income. I think that's crap. A man should buy the ring that he thinks is the appropriate token of his affection. Any woman who rejects a man's proposal because of the ring has done him a tremendous favor.

Answer 9

If you talk to a jeweler, he will tell you one thing, if you ask me, it should be based on what you can afford, not what someone else recommends. When I bought my wifes wedding ring, I wasn't doing really well financially. I went to a discount jeweler and paid $100.00 (25 years ago) for the nicest ring I could afford at that time. Every year since, I have offered to buy my wife a much nicer, more expensive ring. Every year, she tells me that her ring is priceless, and could never be replaced at any price. What more needs to be said?
Buy the nicest ring that you can afford, on your budget, not on what somebody else thinks you should spend. It's not the ring, it's the promise that the ring represents.

Answer 10

you can't say a percentage...but the ring should reflect the current financial and life situation of the couple.

when I got engaged, I was still in college, my fiance was in graduate school. he made about $15000/yr. the ring i got was $1200, (it's a .5 carat solitaire, in fact i love it!). That's about 1 months salary.

now if he had a career and made a ton of money, a larger ring would have been more appropriate.

people that make more money can stash away a larger percentage of their pay (assuming they live within their means), but people that make less, can't stash away much, so the 2-3 months salary is a good guideline for people that have careers, but not a good one for students and/or poor people.

Answer 11

Well, I would hope as little as possible if you want to have money after you get married. Besides it is just a ring. A piece of metal that doesn't really symbolize what your individual relationship is really about. My husband and I decided what we wanted together and purchased the rings together...guess what we are still together...15 years now.