Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

3 months salary on your ring...

  • 29-08-2011 10:19am
    #1
    Musicman2006
    Closed Accounts Posts: 124 ✭✭


    I've heard before that the rule of thumb for the suggested cost of an engagement ring is 3 months salary...which personally I think is a load of gick!

    But are people still applying this mentality in these (and I hate this phrase) 'recessionary times'..? Wouldn't really matter for me though, 3 times fu(k all is still fu(k all!!


Comments

  • #2
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Some people are just stupid, it's the way of the world.


  • #3
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Was there not a thread on this three months ago?


  • #4
    bluto63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭bluto63


    What if you're unemployed? Are we off the hook?


  • #5
    later12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭✭later12


    Larger in the USA afaik.

    In Britain and Ireland we generally go 1-2 months. Seems reasonable imo.

    Or if you prefer, just wrench some quasi-gem from your mother's paw and pass it off as an heirloom, rejection of which would be of serious insult to the family.


  • #6
    later12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭✭later12


    bluto63 wrote: »
    What if you're unemployed? Are we off the hook?
    €188 x 12 = €2,200

    That would buy you a very decent engagement ring, although probably not in gold.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    Musicman2006
    Closed Accounts Posts: 124 ✭✭Musicman2006


    Sorry if they're was - didn't see it. Dont really care either..


  • #8
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    I got a vintage ring from the states for $1200. Got it valued here at €9k, so yeah, pretty much 3 months net salary.


  • #9
    Rocky_Dennis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭Rocky_Dennis


    Musicman2006 wrote: »
    I've heard before that the rule of thumb for the suggested cost of an engagement ring is 3 months salary...which personally I think is a load of gick!

    But are people still applying this mentality in these (and I hate this phrase) 'recessionary times'..? Wouldn't really matter for me though, 3 times fu(k all is still fu(k all!!
    Unless you are with a cnut of a woman, I don't think it should matter how much you spend on the engagement ring.


  • #10
    we'llallhavetea_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭we'llallhavetea_old


    some women are cnuts and some men are fools. *shrugs*


  • #11
    Eroticfishcake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Eroticfishcake


    ...ouch, what did you do to it?


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=670


This discussion has been closed.
Advertisement