Wedding Bands: Does anyone else feel really guilty for not spending a lot?

Re: Wedding Bands: Does anyone else feel really guilty for not spending a lot?

• ocbride08 member

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  I think if its what he likes then you should't feel guilty. My husbands ring was less than 200 a lot less than mine and I don't feel guilty cause I got him exactly what he wanted

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• shortnug

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  It's not your fault, it's the industry. DH's ring was less than mine, but he loves it and wears it all the time. That's all that matters. I remember feeling that way though and I did buy him a nice TAG watch for his bday to kind of balance it out

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• dawnbeatty

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  I'm actually going to buy my fi a Tag watch and have my father give it to him when he is getting ready on our wedding day.  I will have it engraved with our wedding date on it as well.  This hopefully will balance it out a bit and it is a Wonderful gesture as well.  I think it will make him feel special too and I khnow his BOYS will make a big deal about it :-)  

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• julybm08 member

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  My FI wedding band was actually the same as my band but I still feel guilty that he spent all the money on the e-ring. He too wants a nice watch so I'm going to get that for him as a wedding present.

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• NillaWafers member

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  I really like the watch idea, that would probably make me feel a bit less guilty haha. What exactly is a TAG watch, I haven't heard of it (I've heard of brands like Citizen, Bulova, ect).

  

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• nikojamm member

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  Nilla:  TAG (TAG Heuer) is a brand that is medium to high-end $.  As Fi describes it, "classic but sporty."   They are REALLY nice and super cool.  You can google it and find them lots of places as well as in stores.  I know amazon had some good ones.  HTH

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• gmjpeach member

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  OMG!  I am not alone!  My FI picked out a Carbonate ring that was $35!  I told him that I at least wanted to get him a precious metal, so we kept looking.  We finally found one he liked even more, but it was still only $250! 

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• oceanbride001

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  I wanted to get my DH a platinum ring, but he wanted a $200.00 ring..I felt guilty and kept pushing him to get something more expensive in the end he found a ring at icing on the ring for $150.00...He is not a bling kind of person, he wanted something simple and light. I am okay with his decision, because I know he got the ring he was comfortable wearing.

  

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• julybm08 member

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  My FI wants a Citizen. They make some special watch for scuba divers that he's been drooling over.

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• Vans18 member

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  I think all fi's rings will always cost less than our rings. It's not our fault we get 2 rings! haha. Yeah, I don't think you should feel guilty at all. Also, I think they expect their bands to be less than ours.

  
  
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• NillaWafers member

  

  July 2009 edited December 2011

  So we ended up getting an ArtCarved Tungsten band, for 400 bucks! Thank god it wasn't 50, I am still considering getting him a watch, I'll have to look into the Tag watches, I was already considering citizen. I'm just glad the ring didn't cost pocket change haha!

  

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