Woman labelled greedy over disappointment with £1,300 engagement ring
‘As it’s something I’ll be wearing every day and is such a special piece of jewellery I wanted to really love it and I just don’t’
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Your support makes all the difference.A woman has been called greedy and ungrateful after confessing that she was disappointed with the £1,300 engagement ring that her fiance bought for her - but who is right?
“His salary is nearing a six figure sum and he’s usually very generous,” she wrote on Mumsnet, explaining that she would’ve expected him to splash out a little more on such an important piece of jewellery.
Feeling disheartened, she sought the advice of the Mumsnet community, asking if anyone else had ever been in a similar situation.
The response however, was far less comforting than she might’ve expected, with people expressing shock and horror at the bride-to-be’s reaction to the ring’s price tag.
“Blimey. I'd have been delighted; talk about being ungrateful,” one commenter wrote.
“£1,300 quid is a lot of money to most people (I don't give a sh*t how much he earns) and you sound like the worst person imaginable. I hope he dumps you,” another added.
But others however, were quick to offer their support, understanding why she’d expect her high-earning fiance to splash out a little more on such a significant ring.
“I don't think it's unreasonable to want to be absolutely head over heels in love with a ring you'll be wearing for the rest of your life,” one wrote.
The woman explained how in an ideal scenario, she and her fiancé would have chosen a ring together, so as to avoid a situation like this.
According to a recent study, couples in the UK are spending 19 per cent less on engagement rings than they did five to 10 years ago.
In fact, the average spend on engagement rings in Britain has fallen to just a little under what the Mumsnet writer’s fiancé spent - £1,080.
In the 1930's, leading diamond retailer De Beers launched a campaign suggesting people spend no more than a month's salary on an engagement ring.
With several of De Beers' rings now costing upwards of £20,000, it’s safe to say that their marketing strategy has changed somewhat over time, with some people going to extreme lengths in order to afford the luxury jewels.
An American man made headlines in April for starting a GoFundMe page to raise $15,000 (£11,583) to buy an engagement ring for his fiancee. He raised just $594 in one week and explained that launching the page was the ideal opportunity to “let everybody who loves us show us.”
How considerate.
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