Woman Demands Boyfriend Spend $20,000 on Engagement Ring, He Calls Off the Wedding When He Realizes How Materialistic She is: ‘We have different values’

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    r/TrueOffMyChest ⚫6 c Physical-Bus6025 Called off my engagement with my fiancée after her reaction to the engagement ring
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    The diamond ring I bought for her was lab grown, $2400. A few days after the proposal, everything seemed fine until she somehow discovered the price of the ring. She told me she felt hurt that I would spend so little on her, claiming it reflected her worth and the seriousness of our
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    future marriage. When I asked what she had expected, she said the ring should have been at least $20,000. Granted, I sat her down and explained that, while I could certainly afford a more expensive ring, we needed to manage expectations. There's also a wedding to plan, and we might be covering most of the costs
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    ourselves since neither of our parents has the means to help.
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    I pointed out that there are smarter ways to use $20,000: paying off a car loan, putting it toward a down payment on a house, investing, or even funding her business idea—something we had talked about before. As someone who didn't grow up with financial stability, becoming financially secure and literate is a
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    major priority for me. But despite the conversation, she insisted she would still feel bothered if I didn't upgrade the ring.
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    Gentlemen: the price of a diamond ring should never dictate the quality of your marriage. I don't need to be married to know that. I've been a supportive and committed partner (otherwise, she wouldn't have accepted my proposal). Her response shocked me, and after a lot of reflection, I ultimately decided to end our relationship.
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    These past few days have been rough, full of emotions and reactions from loved ones and friends, but I chose to trust my gut on this one.
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    We clearly have different values, and I realized this isn't the kind of marriage I want. It hurts-I won't lie-but a price tag on a shiny mineral shouldn't define the foundation of a partnership.
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    Youaremysunshi... • 6d ago • Dang if she doesn't want it someone else will eventually. Glad you called it off she needs to get her priorities straighten out
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    mgh20 • 6d ago • I proposed to my wife with a $100 swarovski ring, it was during the pandemic and I didn't have a job. She was the happiest as can be. I eventually got her a 1 ct lab grown diamond ring as a wedding gift 3 years later even though she insisted
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    she didn't need one, but it was worth it to see her smile.
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    coyotecanyon1 • 6d ago • My brothers ex wife would always insist that I shouldn't accept a proposal from my then boyfriend (now husband) unless it was a real diamond, no matter how many times I told her I didn't want a real diamond.
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    She always said if it wasn't a real diamond it wasn't good. enough. I am perfectly happy with my $900 lab grown moissanite and silver ring thank you very much!
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    Rumbleg 6d ago • You dodged a bullet.
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    nispe2 6d ago • I doubt you need to hear this, OP, but a wedding is not a marriage. Good choice.
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    scarlett_rebellion • 6d ago • Dodged a bullet. $20,000 for a ring? And not even a ring that was forged in the fires of Mount Doom, meant to rule over Middle Earth, and make you invisible.
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    To your point: that's a car, a good chunk of a down payment on a house, or a really great trip to Europe.
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    Some people do value the material goods and price tag above everything else. If that is their jam, then cool. Just something they everyone needs to be on the same page about. I'm sorry that you found out so late in the relationship.
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    MasterOfMasks... • 6d ago • My wife apparently still has the twist tie I proposed with. Married almost 11 years now, six kids.

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