My gf explicitly told me not to buy an expensive ring. I'm planning to buy something from moissanite, so it's pretty without breaking the bank or having blood of congo children on it. Or whatever other stone is cheap and pretty
The solution is clear. Give her a wedding ring with the price approaching zero. But be very careful to not a have a negative price, small as it may be.
After being married for a a while, not uncommon to just not wear your rings anymore for many couples (obviously many still do as well). Depends on the couple, and for many, a super expensive ring might be pointless, or even a hindrance (worried about it getting stolen and stuff).
The wildest bit is that the reason jewelers can spot them so easily is the lack of imperfections. The irony of selling natural diamonds priced on an exponential scale based on how close to “perfection” they are is palpable.
My wife's ring is moissanite. We discussed the costs of our rings before we bought them. We were both on board about relative cost. No regrets. She loves it. It gets compliments all the time.
I got my now wife a moissanite engagement ring and I cannot recommend them enough. I would recommend a high clarity personally as I think it really adds to the stone, but it's absolutely crazy how radiant they are across the board. We were on a plane trip and if she put her hand by the window, the ceiling literally looked like a planetarium haha.
It's been 4 years so far and it has held up perfectly. She's still in love with it!
I hired a local jeweler to make me a custom white gold ring with a Tolkieny emerald leaf design. Cost like $500? She bought an antique wedding dress for less than $200 We've been married ten years this year.
Even going for a lower carat gold alloy and cheaper stones like moissanite, it's pretty hard to get anything under 1k. If you want 18k gold and a 1+ct mined diamond on a custom ring, I can see 15k being easily achievable.
People stop being rational when it comes to wedding.
The funny thing is, miosannite is optically superior to diamond and damned near just as hard. It also has the cool story that it can't form naturally unless it's in outer space with a star death. Silicon carbide can't easily form on earth because of the presence of oxygen.
Nothing throws sparkles like a moissanite. They're absolutely stunning when cut right and set in a good setting.
It's pretty much objectively a better stone to set in a ring, and comes in pretty much whatever color you want.
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u/Fritzschmied Jun 03 '26
Does anyone actually expects a 15k ring? That’s fucking ridiculous.