https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:41:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880804 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:57:31 +0000 Mrs D 880804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: I third the insurance comment...I panic all the time about it but at the end of the day if something happened we can be taken care of for the small fee of $11/mth </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880698 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:59:34 +0000 LindsayInNY 880698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Modern Daisy: Do we know each other?! You basically just described my ring ;) I had a male attorney in his mid-70s today ask me if my ring was insured - mind you, this was during a deposition and he's the plaintiff in the case. Little awkward! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880683 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:52:36 +0000 Modern Daisy 880683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: My DH and his friends bought our e-rings within a couple years of each other and all of us ladies got the same exact center stone - round brilliant around 2 carats. As my girlfriends get engaged, they all get the same thing it's actually kind of funny how no one ends up even with a different shape!</p> <p>If I were to pick out my own ideal e-ring today though the center stone would be just below a carat. I think that's the perfect size.</p> <p>@Arden: Yup, it's all about insurance! Every time I get a new piece of jewelry it gets added to the policy too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880656 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:40:48 +0000 sunny 880656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: Insurance is what keeps me sane. Otherwise I wouldn't wear it out of the house. Paying for the insurance is annoying though :-P</p> <p>@TurtleDoves: Haha! Too funny :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880623 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:27:14 +0000 nana87 880623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the center stone was a family heirloom that dh had reset. the new setting was just under 2k, if I remember right, but the whole ring is worth more than twice that with the center stone </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880605 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:20:51 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 880605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babyjmama: oh, I know! My husband thinks budget means: "stay well below this #". To me, a budget means "spend UP TO this number, but not above"<br /> Men have a silly way to them ;p bahaha. Oh whatever, I try to justify it with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880568 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:07:51 +0000 Arden 880568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy... I would vomit if someone told me I had to be responsible for a ring in the tens of thousands. </p> <p>How do you guys not have panic attacks all the time? </p> <p>P.S. My ring is an antique, small diamond, exactly what I asked for. Under $500. I like it that way. I'm not scared of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880556 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:00:30 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 880556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Modern Daisy: Wow! Wish I was in your circle! I looovveeeee bling.</p> <p>My center stone is JUST below a carat it and it is the largest out of any of my friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880552 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:59:41 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 880552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$4500 or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880542 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:55:50 +0000 Sweet T 880542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Free, it was my grandmother's ring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880540 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:55:02 +0000 mrskc 880540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was around 3500. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880537 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:53:41 +0000 MamaBehr 880537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only had to pay for the setting, which was around $500 ( I think, seems like a million years ago) and that includes the wedding band. My diamond is my Grandmother's, and it has gone through one whole marriage that made it to more than 50 years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880533 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:51:18 +0000 Penny Lane 880533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Less than $900. 1 carat set in palladium. Thank you moissanite!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880527 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:48:40 +0000 HLK208 880527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5k...it was all he had at the time. He had only had his "real" job for less than a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880296 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:36:45 +0000 MamaMoose 880296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarbear: Ditto on the "expensive enough to make me feel guilty"! We put 20% down on our first home purchase and could have doubled that to 40% if he hadn't bought me my e ring... But we both really truly love my ring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880257 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:26:50 +0000 Mrs D 880257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dont know what DH paid but I know its appraised for a lot bc I handle the insurance for our family. I love it and I dont think DH regrets the amount he spent at all. I had told him beforehand that I did not want an upgrade in a few years (as some of his friends have planned to do) so I told him to wait until he could get it right and boy did he ever!</p> <p>@mrsjyw: Yay - we got engaged right after closing when we went to walk through our home for the first time as homeowners! Talk about an overwhelming 24 hours huh? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880253 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:26:32 +0000 heffalump 880253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>free. its a family ring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880239 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:24:27 +0000 sunny 880239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Expensive but I love my ring! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880231 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:22:07 +0000 SweetiePie 880231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Really expensive and neither of us regret it :-) Its the only jewelry I wear (plus wedding band) and it makes us both smile when we look at it. It's classic but not common, has great memories associated, and he's proud of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880194 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:12:36 +0000 GrapeCrush 880194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my e-ring and wedding band are expensive enough to make me feel guilty :/ he says he doesn't regret a single penny he spent on them and I love my ring! but....I still feel guilty!</p> <p>@prettylizy: oh, i'm the same way after mine are cleaned...i'm like 'ooh, best money spent, ever!' lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880106 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:47:36 +0000 prettylizy 880106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Expensive, and I love it but I sometimes think we should have gone cheaper. Then I get it cleaned and those thoughts go away! lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880101 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:47:12 +0000 Modern Daisy 880101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't mean for this to sound snobby at all, but I think the poll should have wider ranges especially much higher than $14K since in my circle $10-$15K is like a starting point for just the center stone, then it can get much higher depending on the setting or any side stones.</p> <p>That said, although I love my 'blingy' 2 ct. diamond if I had to do it all over again I would have gotten a much smaller center stone. After wearing it for 4.5 years I've realized that I'm just not that flashy of a person. But I still love it and think DH did an amazing job picking it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880076 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:41:46 +0000 littlek 880076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't want to know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880059 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:37:25 +0000 LindsayInNY 880059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was $14K+. We insured it under a separate policy since the value was too high for a rental/homeowner insurance rider. I don't regret the purchase price... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880054 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:35:36 +0000 mrsjyw 880054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>expensive. dh bought the rock then designed the set himself. it's the first thing we insured after we closed on our house (he proposed the night before closing) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880040 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:33:11 +0000 anonysquire 880040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Expensive enough that I hide my hands when I am in a shady part of town. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring/page/2#post-880035 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:31:27 +0000 lamariniere 880035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Free! I have no rings at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring#post-879914 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:55:49 +0000 SupernovaJ 879914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i agree with a few of the PPs - it was very expensive and i wish i didn't know. at the time i was just in love with it, but over time it's unnecessary and my tastes are always changing. also, i think where we live (tri-state), people have a tendency to over-value and over spend on these things. would love to pass it down to a future DIL or something one day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring#post-879809 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:26:58 +0000 teamjse 879809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't want one, but my wedding band cost as much as an E ring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-was-your-e-ring#post-879804 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:24:58 +0000 hilsy85 879804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: Pretty much the same! DH bought the diamond and then had the ring custom made. </p> <p>He completely surprised me with it; he did a great job :) </p>