Hey! guys! I decide to propose to my dear end of this year. Anyone can recommend me any places where I can get a decent proposal ring or there is any other lobangs? Budget $1 - $2k. Please advice me.
Thank you!
I think rule of thumb is that the ring should be at least 2x your monthly income.
These jewellers really know how to make money.
$1k - $2k if get from mid range jewellery shop will be pi sai size.
suggest you go look at places like diamond industries
Better hope your girl is not the materialistic type.
These days, 1-2K can't buy you anything decent.
Yesiree, inflation is the shiitz.
too bad you no earlier propose, else can get from someone in the forum.
I dun wan to buy something that is too cheap or too expensive. Need the money for ROM treats, HDB and soo on.
HDB are getting ridiculously overvalued. Wah lao. Money not enough sia!
Originally posted by maurizio13:too bad you no earlier propose, else can get from someone in the forum.
Wah lau.
If the girl finds out it's second hand, all hell will break loose.
She won't listen to the "A diamond is a diamond is a diamond" logic.
Originally posted by SunZiBingFa:I dun wan to buy something that is too cheap or too expensive. Need the money for ROM treats, HDB and soo on.
HDB are getting ridiculously overvalued. Wah lao. Money not enough sia!
Half a million for a HDB flat.
You will be paying for it your whole life.
Yesiree.
Originally posted by SunZiBingFa:I dun wan to buy something that is too cheap or too expensive. Need the money for ROM treats, HDB and soo on.
if ur wtb oso think this way, then can seng ki lai the money for proposal ring lah
jus ask her wanna marry u or not
then can start the planning liao
who cares abt a proposal ring?
Originally posted by charlize:
Wah lau.
If the girl finds out it's second hand, all hell will break loose.
She won't listen to the "A diamond is a diamond is a diamond" logic.
she will never find out.
even if there are inscriptions (ah seng love ah lian), it will be meticulously polished off.
wah lao! $1 - $2k pi sai size. I saw one in Tiffany and co! One ring easily cost $20k and above.
By the way, If i buy the ring.. I only get to use it once or twice. MOST of the time, I will leave it in the house. I think what matter most is the wedding bands.. not the proposal rings?
erm. diamond industries. Any recommendations?
if you dear marry you must know your finances lor
so big or small, it's the thought that counts
what you can do is get bigger diamonds but compromise on the clarity and abit on the colour.
nobody is going to get a loupe to look at the clarity of the diamond
The ring is just a symbolic thing.
Substitute it with an onion ring also can.
At least you can eat the onion ring when you are hungry.
Originally posted by charlize:The ring is just a symbolic thing.
Substitute it with an onion ring also can.
At least you can eat the onion ring when you are hungry.
be sure to exact the same standards on yourself when the time comes.
sometimes easier said than done.
I agree with FIREICE
hmm..shall do some research. Hopefully can propose it in very romantic way where PROPOSAL RING itself become secondary. Hope my heart moved her to the max.
$1 - $2k ring or lesser will be enough ba. Save the rest for our new flats, honeymoon and ROM preparation!
if u need me to help u talk to her u can page me.
Originally posted by SunZiBingFa:wah lao! $1 - $2k pi sai size. I saw one in Tiffany and co! One ring easily cost $20k and above.
By the way, If i buy the ring.. I only get to use it once or twice. MOST of the time, I will leave it in the house. I think what matter most is the wedding bands.. not the proposal rings?
erm. diamond industries. Any recommendations?
Wedding bands can buy $1k-2k ones...but must splurge on proposal ring.
Why? Because proposal ring is used to show off to her mother, relatives, best friends, colleagues, secret lover/admirer.
If the proposal ring is ultra splurged, her mum & dad will be happier and more willing to marry her daughter to you. This is important cos you will need her parents to give you a lifetime of free advertising to their daughter, imagined if both of you quarrel in the future after marriage, she will of course run home to her parents, and which higher power do you think you need to help you to save your marriage? Her parents of course!
If the proposal ring is ultra splurged, you will make her and her parents the envy among her relatives. This will show her how much you cared for her and her family, and she will be happy, grateful, give you more love and might even be more willing to fulfill all your after wedding fantasies. This is important cos that ONE RING will grant you a second chance just in case you screw it up in the future. She is more likely to overlook your mistakes for the sake of that ONE RING. Treat it like a phoenix down in those Final Fantasy game ok? If you know what I meant.
If the proposal ring is ultra splurged, her best friends and colleagues will be sooo envious of her and she will be happy that you actually cared to give her FACE in front of her best friends and colleagues. Her best friends and colleagues might give you some help to reduce the magnitude of your future screw up and you can be assured that they will be talking about the legendary proposal ring that you have given her. This will help her to grow if not to maintain her love for you as time goes by.
If the proposal ring is ultra splurged, all her secret lovers/admirers will run far far away from her with their tails between their legs!!! Cos they cannot afford to shower her something that even came close to your SUPER RING, and those losers will most probably flood the Aunt Agony forum with all their kns topics. At least you will be worry-free and can confidently tell her you have faith in her even though you don't. Unless got some retarded guy want to splurge to win some housewife's love, that's is unlikely to happen to you unless all your neighbours are gay couples.
Anyway, guys who cannot afford to splurge on a decent proposal ring won't stand a chance with me. At least $30k for a proposal ring please.
But that's my opinion, clones and ginn-nars can go play arcade and playground...I won't entertain their post.
Originally posted by parn:Wedding bands can buy $1k-2k ones...but must splurge on proposal ring.
Why? Because proposal ring is used to show off to her mother, relatives, best friends, colleagues, secret lover/admirer.
If the proposal ring is ultra splurged, her mum & dad will be happier and more willing to marry her daughter to you. This is important cos you will need her parents to give you a lifetime of free advertising to their daughter, imagined if both of you quarrel in the future after marriage, she will of course run home to her parents, and which higher power do you think you need to help you to save your marriage? Her parents of course!
If the proposal ring is ultra splurged, you will make her and her parents the envy among her relatives. This will show her how much you cared for her and her family, and she will be happy, grateful, give you more love and might even be more willing to fulfill all your after wedding fantasies. This is important cos that ONE RING will grant you a second chance just in case you screw it up in the future. She is more likely to overlook your mistakes for the sake of that ONE RING. Treat it like a phoenix down in those Final Fantasy game ok? If you know what I meant.
If the proposal ring is ultra splurged, her best friends and colleagues will be sooo envious of her and she will be happy that you actually cared to give her FACE in front of her best friends and colleagues. Her best friends and colleagues might give you some help to reduce the magnitude of your future screw up and you can be assured that they will be talking about the legendary proposal ring that you have given her. This will help her to grow if not to maintain her love for you as time goes by.
If the proposal ring is ultra splurged, all her secret lovers/admirers will run far far away from her with their tails between their legs!!! Cos they cannot afford to shower her something that even came close to your SUPER RING, and those losers will most probably flood the Aunt Agony forum with all their kns topics. At least you will be worry-free and can confidently tell her you have faith in her even though you don't. Unless got some retarded guy want to splurge to win some housewife's love, that's is unlikely to happen to you unless all your neighbours are gay couples.
Anyway, guys who cannot afford to splurge on a decent proposal ring won't stand a chance with me. At least $30k for a proposal ring please.
But that's my opinion, clones and ginn-nars can go play arcade and playground...I won't entertain their post.
of course if she misplaces the ultra splurged proposal ring, she will be ultra depressed, then she will insist that TS buys her another ultra splurged proposal ring.
therefore ultra splurge leads to ultra debt.
ultra splurged ring but live in cardboard house want or not?
you are very down to earth.
parn's future husband can engage the services of fifi to talk to her.
afew high teas is definitely alot cheaper than $30k diamond ring.
Originally posted by maurizio13:
of course if she misplaces the ultra splurged proposal ring, she will be ultra depressed, then she will insist that TS buys her another ultra splurged proposal ring.therefore ultra splurge leads to ultra debt.
ultra splurged ring but live in cardboard house want or not?
you are very down to earth.
parn's future husband can engage the services of fifi to talk to her.
afew high teas is definitely alot cheaper than $30k diamond ring.
Ya lor...if I can see that he cannot afford me, then I will bring him to my friend's marriage agency, see if can get him a either viet-con, mainland, anyo-hasayo wife or not.
If still too classy for him, then I will bring him to some maid agency lor....nv yong also makes good wives and mother.
Parn. Wah lao! 30k can do plenty of stuff leh. You think 30k rupiah ah! I can pay off my hdb initial desposit with it.
hmmm..if ur bf that you love very much cant afford 30k proposal ring, What will you do? Dun marry him???? or jus remain single all the way.
I guess you are single ba. If you had a partner, you will think differently.
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Originally posted by SunZiBingFa:Parn. Wah lao! 30k can do plenty of stuff leh. You think 30k rupiah ah! I can pay off my hdb initial desposit with it.
hmmm..if ur bf that you love very much cant afford 30k proposal ring, What will you do? Dun marry him???? or jus remain single all the way.
I guess you are single ba. If you had a partner, you will think differently.
Then again, I don't think Parn wanna live in HDB.
SunZiBingFa: 1 - 2k really too little le
parn: i honestly feel you're being too materialistic liao 30k on a ring? your hubby must be drawing 8k a mth probaly dun mean to flame you but i really believe that $$ shouldn't be the issue to salvage a crisis in the marriage in the future
Woman: HOW DARE YOU SLEEP WITH ANOTHER WOMAN?!
Man: Oh hun cool down.. say, why not we go for a shopping spree tmr? everything you get tmr, i'll pay *smiles*
Woman: Oh sweetie tts nice.. *grins end to end and forgets about everything* (looking at the 30k ring at the same time)
charlize is right, the standard is at least 2x your monthly salary .... though some would say 3x to be on the safe side .....
unless, of course, you happen to be earning singapore minister like salary, in which case you can just get a van cleef and arpels ...
or you're getting an MOB ? ...
And I thought I was the only materialistic person in this forum.
Somebody else wants a 30K ring.