buying the wrong ring?

[ducatiz]

On a side note i sold my 2003 Ducati Monster 800 dark to buy my wife here ring...I feel better getting that off my chest.

you are a real man, hope she appreciates your sacrifice!!

[Jarvicious]

you are a real man, hope she appreciates your sacrifice!!

+1  I couldn't do it (not for a ring anyway)

Anyone ever read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?  It's a case of the "classical" vs. the "romantic" thinker.  I went to school for design so I always equate the way I think to my buddy, who's a mechanical engineer.  Engineers (classical thinkers) think logically so there's generally little room in their mind for something that doesn't make absolute, functional sense.  I.e.- cost of ring vs. cost of home.  OBVIOUSLY to a clasical thinker, a home is much more valuable (more function, more resale value) than a ring so why spend all that money on a a pice of silver/rock that has maybe a hundred or two dollars worth of materials invested. 

The romantic thinker tends to lean more towards the emotional side of things.  I don't need a house, or a bike, or a fancy car.  Give me a moderate apartment, a honda civic, and a really nice titanium/carbon/diamond ring that has more meaning than just materials or cost.  It's a symbol of design, creativity, and the love ot two people. 

I'm not generalizing about designers or engineers, it's just the personal example I could come up with.  My parents got married in 1975.  Both of their poor quality gold rings cost a cumulative sub $100and they got married in my dad's parents living room with a few guests.  Granted they were poor as dirt back then, but I have no doubt in my mind they would have done the same thing if they'd have made millions.  Later on, my mom got the birth stone of mom, dad, me and my sister set into the same ring for a grand total upgrade cost of around $500.

A ring is technically nothing more than the cost of the materials involved, but its meaning is so much more than that.  I personally think ONE months salary would be too much, but YMMV   Kudos to the incredible family, btw.

[Popeye the Sailor]

A ring is technically nothing more than the cost of the materials involved, but its meaning is so much more than that.  I personally think ONE months salary would be too much, but YMMV  

It really depends on what you make, and what's important to you. Some people, two months salary is $2,000. Others, it's $20,000. But, just because you make a lot, doesn't mean you have that much to spare, know what I'm sayin?

Kudos to the incredible family, btw.

Thanks!