I just wanted to know if i am the only one in this boat. My H2b asked me to marry him last month after spending a week on a lads holiday it was all a bit random but not to much of a surprise as we have been talking about it for months (its true what they say you defo know when you have found the "mr right") so he proposed with no ring just a promise and i must admit i did at the time tell him i wanted to choose my own ring.. after spending a day in Birmingham jewellery quarters i found a ring a loved but it was nearly 2 grand. so that was out the question as we are both students and he keep reminding me that "if he had the money he would" that was all it seemed to be in every shop .. so i have now said that he has to pick one for me that its clear why women dont pick there own rings because its just depressing hahahahaha .. i just wanted to know how people felt .. has anyone ever been disappointed with their engagement ring.. did anyone ever had a long term stand in ring untill you found the right now sorry for the long message just am so confused!!! xxxxx
CommentAuthorJenna
I picked mine... its second hand from a little jewlellers it cost a wopping £295! we also paid on a new credit card with six month interst free on purcheses... so spreading the cost. Lots of bigger jewllers do interest free payments if you wanted but i would look at small family ones and second hand rings, there was a good site i once found when googling but cant remember it now!
CommentAuthorMrs Alsbetty
Hi, we got engaged 23rd dec 2008 it was out of the blue but lovely, i only got my ring this year in feb on my 30th birthday, i wasn't bothered if i had a ring or not we knew we were going to get married and said we would save the money instead so it was a massive surprise when i got mine, i don't know how much it was but i know he wouldn't have gone mad as we aren't like that, it's the token of the ring and what it means that counts, like our wedding rings we ordered yesterday they were £35 each from argos white gold they look lovely xx
Enjoying being a wifey!!
Currently baking a small person at last, took a while :)
CommentAuthorRoxii
I had to wait 3 months for my ring to finish being made and delivered, but it was soo worth the wait.. Kev picked it, and I love it (pics on profile) Maybe you can try an online jewellers as you get more for your money.. Ebay have some fab shops that sell gorgeous rings.. And you're only paying for the ring, not the upkeep of the shop and staff wages.. so works out cheaper! Also it's not what the ring looks like, how much it costs.. it's what it means that counts.. hope you find the right one soon though xx
CommentAuthorMrs Alsbetty
he knew what sort of rings i liked and picked the perfect one pic is on my page x
Enjoying being a wifey!!
Currently baking a small person at last, took a while :)
matt brought me a ring to suprise me which was gold but he knew i really wanted a white gold one so he had it on order but didnt want to leave me without a ring so thats why i had the stand in one till the real one was made and arrived xx
Met Matt at 10 years old
Marrying him at 27 years old
I can't wait to be Mrs Eminson on the 8th June 2013
CommentAuthorlittle_88
thanks guys.. means a lot.. i found a lovely ring on ebay.. its was 450 because i wanted a yellow stone.. but it was a size n.. and because it has stones down the side it just wouldn't work so say going form a N to a i lol .. i dont want him to spend lots of money and i tried to be really good.. but i guess you cant help how you feel .. when something just feels right.. wish he just got me a haribo ring now hahaha
CommentAuthorRoxii
I have a haribo ring! :) We happened to have some haribo.. and afterwards i said I'd have a haribo ring.. and he's saved it! :) soppy I know, but "sweet" lol xx
CommentAuthorfee21
my H2b asked me to pick my ring before we were engaged but we had spoken about it before!! and it was £250 but a stunning ring he also took out a 5 year insurance on it... he then proposed to me on the 30th november 2007 unexpectantly!! and he cooked me a lovely meal bless him it was lovely.
He did tell me he was going to wait till xmas day but he said he couldnt.. aawww he is so sweet!!
xx
CommentAuthorRoxii
My ring was £200.. but it couldn't be more perfect for me! :) xx
CommentAuthorMrsEminson2B
my first ring was £45 and my second one was £1459 which is quite alot for an engagement ring but it is 18 ct white gold and 1.5 diamond i'm always frightened to loose it tho xx
Met Matt at 10 years old
Marrying him at 27 years old
I can't wait to be Mrs Eminson on the 8th June 2013
CommentAuthorwelshcerys
My ring was Mike's grandmother's engagement ring and I love it! Cost him £35 to have it altered and it got valued at £700 (which we could never have afforded so everyone's happy lol)
CommentAuthorKaya
H2b proposed with a ring he picked himself and it's perfect :-)
Now Mrs Cobb!!!!!! :-D
CommentAuthorjenniebean
we just decided to get married january been together 10 years this month and just decided it was time now we have our children and our house my h2b built my ring he bought the diamond and the setting i liked and built it it cost us £1000 but has been valued at just under £6000 so we did well he will be making my wedding ring too as i want diamonds in the band
CommentAuthordebs x
My H2b proposed on Christmas day 2008 and he had picked the ring himself and its fabulous probably better than I would have picked myself x
CommentAuthorMrs Rebecca Hossfeld
We picked my engagement ring together, it cost over $2,700 roughly £2,000 equivalent. I bought him an engagement ring too, £89.99 from H Samuels.
I just found the perfect wedding ring too, £100 from beaverbrooks, need to put a piccy up though, but will put the link onto my wall & I found a lovely Tungsten ring for him as he works with harsh chemicals.
Even though I have a pretty expensive ring I would have been happy with anything he bought me, but I was completely bowled over by the ring I have, same with my wedding ring, even when I looked at others I knew those were the ones for me.
I have a bracelet from Birmingham Jewellery Quarter given to me by a very good friend & it is excellent worksmanship, so I can understand why you would want that one you have seen.
Try other places, even second hand maybe, you never know what you might find!
Trying places like H Samuels & Argos will help if you want to get like a Bridal Ring Set (engagement & wedding ring) & then when your first anniversary comes up maybe by then he could buy a more expensive eternity ring maybe??
Good luck :D
CommentAuthorGem
my engagement was a complete surprise but I had looked at rings that I liked and was absolutely shocked that my H2B chose something perfect and exactly what I would have chosen...£1800 but I'll never want to change it and I think its so much more special that H2B chose it for me
CommentAuthorLynz_9
I gave my h2b a nudge in the right direction with the style of rings i liked, but he chose the perfect one :-) x
CommentAuthorKesha
my h2b picked my ring himself, he studies all my jewellery for months and looked a the types of rings that I currently owned to help him choose lol. He picked spot on and I love my ring, its not the standard solitaire ring that is a typical engagement ring, which is fine with me as Im not 100% keen on them. it cost £200. Enough to be special, but not enough for me to be petrified of even washing my hands with it on lol.
CommentAuthorStevie_Dee
When I was 18 I got engaged, the guy (my ex) took me shopping for a ring he said he had £100 for a ring which although wasnt a lot I was too excited to care. Then he found a pair of shoes he had to have! We went to McDonalds for lunch....all the time I was thinking the £100 was besides the money hed already spent. By the end of the day he had just under £30 left and he picked me a ring for £24.99. I felt very deflated! Needless to say my current boyfriend and h2b has put a lot more effort into buying my ring. xx
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CommentAuthorDaffy
H2b chose mine :) I love it !!!
Daffy
CommentAuthorannalambchop
We played the "diamond game" for months and months and we seemed to agree on what styles we liked. However, in the end it was a complete surprise....he had taken ideas from different rings which we liked and had one designed and made for me by a local independant jeweller.
CommentAuthorlittle_88
put a link of my page to both rings in case any one fancied a look xx
CommentAuthorMrs Rebecca Hossfeld
I can see the first one but the second link does not work (added the h at the start too)
I like the ring..it's a size N but I think you said you were a smaller size?
Anyways, I've posted a link for you on your wall to have a look at.
CommentAuthorden1se
we chose mine together. i wanted the best diamond he could afford so we settled on 1ct f colour vvs1 clarity set in platinum. darent say how much its worth lol. ive been engaged couple of times before, the first one was about £500 and the second by ex husband was £750. i dont think it matters what the price is as long as you love it, i've loved each one ive had. i love standing at jewellers windows gazing at the rings - am i sad or what ha ha
CommentAuthorGoff
We chose mine together too. I knew i wanted a purple stone - that was it.
We managed to find a tanzanite one in a jewellers on a white gold band and it wasnt expensive at all.
We've since been told its quite an expensive ring!
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CommentAuthorFordie
I guided Iain to mine lol...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before he proposed, we started looking at rings whenever we were in town, and I would tell him what styles I liked and didn't like, and then eventually he would tell me which ones out of the selections he thought I'd like. Then he finally got me to actually go into a shop and try on a couple of rings, so I picked my top 3, and tried them on, then narrowed it down to 2, giving Iain the final choice. I didn't know when he would be buying it either!! His fave was a much bigger version of the ring I have, and although I loved it, I thought the smaller diamond ring was better suited to me as I am just a mummy, and not a posh girl haha....now I've got used to weraing a ring, I secretly wish I had let him have his choice.....even though I still love love love my ring! We'd been together 7 years the night we got engaged, so you can imagine how long we've been 'researching' whilst saving up lol xx
CommentAuthorShell
My H2B picked my engagement ring for me and it was exactly what I would of chosen too :) He is quite good and things like that, he obviously listens to me when im blabbling on about these sort of things, lol xx
CommentAuthorMrsNorton-Cuthbert2B
I havent been dissappointed in my ring as its been passed down through my family and is just beautiful x
CommentAuthorPennylane
My h2b picked my ring and I love it! I secretly looked it up online - not to see the price just to check what cut etc honest!! And it cost £1175 which is way way more than I ever thought he's spend but I think he paid it up interest free for 6 months or something x
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CommentAuthorShellster90
My h2b chose mine (pics on profile) and I love it.. I wouldn't have chosen it if I had the choice thats why I love it even more if you see what I mean :) Everyone always comments on it saying how beautiful it is..
If your not liking doing it the way you are they why don't you tell him to choose and surprise you in the near future just give him tips and hits for what you like :) xx
