Woman brands boyfriend's £1,300 engagement ring too 'small'

You might have heard of a rule that stipulates a man must spend a month’s salary on an engagement ring.

Others say three months, while some say you should split the cost between you however much it is.

But if your man bought you a £1,300 engagement ring with his own cash would you be disappointed or thrilled?

One woman certainly felt the former as she took to the internet to criticise her boyfriend for spending £1,300 on an engagement ring.

In a post titled ‘AIBU [am I being unreasonable] to be disappointed with my engagement ring?’, the Mumsnet user said that her boyfriend had just proposed but that the “diamond solitaire in white gold” ring was too “small”.

“DP [dear partner] proposed and presented me with the ring he’d chosen – a diamond solitaire in white gold,” she said.

“I was so happy and excited to accept but was disappointed when I first saw the ring.

“The first word that entered my head was ‘small’.”

She explained that while there was nothing to dislike about the type of ring “per se”, it just wasn’t to her taste.

And most importantly, that the amount her partner spent on it was less than she expected.

“His salary is nearing a six-figure sum and he’s usually very generous,” she explained.

“Having seen the receipt I know he paid £1,300 for it – which is a lot less than I would have imagined he would have spent on such a significant piece of jewellery.

“He’ll be more disappointed in me for making a fuss over it when, in his eyes, it fits and there’s nothing actually wrong with it rather than being disappointed that I’m not truly happy with it.

“Someone at work apparently told him that “if she makes it all about the ring, then she’s not the girl for you”.”

The woman then said that really, she would have loved to have chosen a ring together and had a special day picking one they both liked.

“As it’s something I’ll be wearing every day and is such a special piece of jewellery I wanted to really love it and I just don’t,” she concluded.

“Has anyone else been in this situation? What did you do?”

Keep in mind that the average spend on an engagement ring in the past five years was £1,080, a good £300 below the Mumsnet user’s diamond.

But on the other hand, if the partner’s salary is almost £100,000, that’s three times the average UK male annual wage which is around £30,000.

Whether you think her criticism is understandable or totally out of order, it’s hard to be envious of accepting a ring you don’t like.

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