A lot of people seem to be getting upset more now-a-days over the size and price of engagement rings. It has always been said that the ring should cost the man about 3 months salary and should be big, flashy and sparkly.
I honestly believe that the "rules" that are put on engagement rings are completely stupid. To me, the ring is just a piece of jewelry. I say that it is just a piece of jewelry because you really only have it to show it off to everybody to show that you are getting married. You could do this with any piece of jewelry honestly. Why does it take putting a ring on your finger for you to tell everybody that you are engaged?
Did you know that some people can't afford a big flashy ring? The standards that are put on rings are crazy because why should a man put himself in debt (or close to it) just for a ring that could easily get lost or broken? Even though it is bad to say, how do you even know that the engagement is going to last? Some people spend all this money on rings and the end up breaking up.
The only thing that I always told my significant other was "I don't care what the ring looks like or if I even get a ring." There was a point in my life that I was perfectly okay with being proposed to with a ring pop. It is just a piece of jewelry that I will wear around just to have everybody asking me about it. It shouldn't take a ring for someone to ask about an engagement if you announce that you are getting married.
I believe that we need to take everything into perspective and see if a engagement ring is really worth it. Yes, I love my engagement ring with all of my heart, but I also don't care that it is not a big flashy ring that was super expensive.
It is just a ring.
