Weddings for under 4000 bucks? HOW? Don't rings cost 20,000?
Re: Weddings for under 4000 bucks? HOW? Don't rings cost 20,
One thing to consider is the new manmade diamonds.
The original ones(once the process was perfected) they made were so good, they found them by the luminensce of the rock.
Nowadays, It takes a REALLY good lab, like what they have at debeers HQ to tell the difference. Debeers has taken to etching their name and a serial # on all the new rocks they send out, it's the easiest way to tell if it's manmade or "natural"
As for the debate, here, good luck trying to have a wedding for four grand. You'll spend that much renting the hall. My brother wised up - when he got married, it was down in the Caribbean on a combo/wedding honeymoon that the resort filmed, and he distributed copies to everybody... He and my sister in law decided they rather have a house than throw a glorified party.
About rings. I always heard it was three months salary.
I thought something really mushy to do would be to make the wedding rings. I think a coupla hand machined and polished Titanium wedding rings would be certainly unique...
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The original ones(once the process was perfected) they made were so good, they found them by the luminensce of the rock.
Nowadays, It takes a REALLY good lab, like what they have at debeers HQ to tell the difference. Debeers has taken to etching their name and a serial # on all the new rocks they send out, it's the easiest way to tell if it's manmade or "natural"
As for the debate, here, good luck trying to have a wedding for four grand. You'll spend that much renting the hall. My brother wised up - when he got married, it was down in the Caribbean on a combo/wedding honeymoon that the resort filmed, and he distributed copies to everybody... He and my sister in law decided they rather have a house than throw a glorified party.
About rings. I always heard it was three months salary.
I thought something really mushy to do would be to make the wedding rings. I think a coupla hand machined and polished Titanium wedding rings would be certainly unique...
HTRN
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Re: Weddings for under 4000 bucks? HOW? Don't rings cost 20,
[quote="HTRN";p="493605"]As for the debate, here, good luck trying to have a wedding for four grand. You'll spend that much renting the hall.[/quote]
This is not always true... it really depends on the type of wedding you want, and where you live. We had a gorgeous wedding at a tiny private church for only $500 rental of the location. That included the ceremony and reception, plus the officiants fee. Of course food and decorations were extra, but that's incredibly easy to find inexpensively. There was another place we were considering as well that also was rather inexpensive... it was an outdoor location with the ceremony taking place on a bridge over a stream and beautiful trees all around. That location would've cost us $1500 for both ceremony and reception. If we lived in NYC (for example) though it's true it would've cost us a LOT more. Also if we'd wanted something more extravagent (or larger... we were wanting 50-75 people at most) it, of course, would've cost more as well.
If you are willing to make compromises in some areas (number of guests, private hall vs. hotel ballroom, etc) then you can (in most areas... like I said, NYC is a no go) find ceremony/reception locations for a VERY reasonable cost.
This is not always true... it really depends on the type of wedding you want, and where you live. We had a gorgeous wedding at a tiny private church for only $500 rental of the location. That included the ceremony and reception, plus the officiants fee. Of course food and decorations were extra, but that's incredibly easy to find inexpensively. There was another place we were considering as well that also was rather inexpensive... it was an outdoor location with the ceremony taking place on a bridge over a stream and beautiful trees all around. That location would've cost us $1500 for both ceremony and reception. If we lived in NYC (for example) though it's true it would've cost us a LOT more. Also if we'd wanted something more extravagent (or larger... we were wanting 50-75 people at most) it, of course, would've cost more as well.
If you are willing to make compromises in some areas (number of guests, private hall vs. hotel ballroom, etc) then you can (in most areas... like I said, NYC is a no go) find ceremony/reception locations for a VERY reasonable cost.
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Re: Weddings for under 4000 bucks? HOW? Don't rings cost 20,
[quote="vixendrop";p="493615"]it was an outdoor location with the ceremony taking place on a bride over a stream [/quote]
I would NOT have wanted to be the bride in that wedding.
I would NOT have wanted to be the bride in that wedding.
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I know a number of people who were married in the yard of one of the sets of parents or even in a park ... nothing wrong with that. My parents were married in my grandparents' living room. The ceremony was performed by my mom's uncle, the guests all waited outside in the yard (since the house wasn't big enough) and my parents' parents and siblings were the witnesses.
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My engagement ring is three needlepoint thick bands of silver and gold wound into one band. Its really light and elegant. It cost him about 40 bucks. I love it more than any of my jewelry. Including a real pearl necklace. I find its the thought that counts and the fact he went out and did it himself. If you get an expensive ring.. its likely you badgered him for it, His mum did or the jewelry sales attendant did. Yeah thats great.. if you were marrying yourself, his mother or the woman behind the counter.
Heh, I inherited my wedding ring, though I will demand the guy pay for resizing the band to fit my finger. I think that's fair, as I already love the ring itself (a nice saphire eye with four tiny, tiny, diamonds surrounding it), and resizing shouldn't cost all that much. I think. 
Bleh, diamonds are ugly anyway, alexanderite is the way to go!
Bleh, diamonds are ugly anyway, alexanderite is the way to go!
You can get a nice diamond for about 1k USD..
I remember talkign with MB a while back, and he mentioned that he had read somewhere that most of the world's diamonds are in storage for price fixing. In fact, rubies, and emeralds are far rarer than diamonds, and you can get them for a fraction of the cost.
As far as solitares go, while some women like them, they are very impractical, as they stick out so far from the ring, so a channel setting is more practical.. Anyways, here is the engagement ring that I gave my fiancee.. It has 3 diamonds and 2 saphires from a mine that ran out of saphires back in the 1800s.. and it didnt cost anywhere near 15k.
If a girl really wants an expensive ring, she isnt worth it, and will just drain your savings the first chance she gets.
I remember talkign with MB a while back, and he mentioned that he had read somewhere that most of the world's diamonds are in storage for price fixing. In fact, rubies, and emeralds are far rarer than diamonds, and you can get them for a fraction of the cost.
As far as solitares go, while some women like them, they are very impractical, as they stick out so far from the ring, so a channel setting is more practical.. Anyways, here is the engagement ring that I gave my fiancee.. It has 3 diamonds and 2 saphires from a mine that ran out of saphires back in the 1800s.. and it didnt cost anywhere near 15k.
If a girl really wants an expensive ring, she isnt worth it, and will just drain your savings the first chance she gets.
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Re: Weddings for under 4000 bucks? HOW? Don't rings cost 20,
[quote="amlthrawn";p="493619"][quote="vixendrop";p="493615"]it was an outdoor location with the ceremony taking place on a bride over a stream [/quote]
I would NOT have wanted to be the bride in that wedding.[/quote]
Eek! Okay okay... it's fixed now! ~laughs~
I would NOT have wanted to be the bride in that wedding.
[/quote]Eek! Okay okay... it's fixed now! ~laughs~
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Man, I wish I could harness the power of popular conception to the degree that the DeBeers syndicate has.
... Of course one of the things I'd do with this is get rid of this silly notion they pushed on the collective unconscious of "expensive diamond wedding rings", and then work on "omg lab diamonds are inferior to natural ones for the sake of that, despite all other measuring sticks, especially plebian ones!" ...
.... God it cheeses me off when people buy into that stuff.
... Of course one of the things I'd do with this is get rid of this silly notion they pushed on the collective unconscious of "expensive diamond wedding rings", and then work on "omg lab diamonds are inferior to natural ones for the sake of that, despite all other measuring sticks, especially plebian ones!" ...
.... God it cheeses me off when people buy into that stuff.
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I've dated quite a few guys in the higher salary range, some above 6 figures even. If any of them had ever followed the 2 (or is it 3 now?) month 'rule' I would have been walking around with far more on my little finger than I would probably spend on a car. I would consider anything over 5,000 insanely overpriced, and anything over 1,000 I really wouldn't feel too comfortable carrying around. I would much rather the money go towards getting a house together or something equally more rewarding. I'm much more interested in something a little less common and traditional than the 142354ct rings that are circulating around. The lab produced ones that I've seen have been very lovely, and even something colored would make me happy.
But if they have the money to throw around, and want to do it because they want me to have 'something special', and not because they think that I want it, I wouldn't throw it back in their face. I think it's more about the person knowing what I like, and giving me that. I would much rather have a ring that cost 10 dollars and was in my favorite color/design/style/whatever than a mass manufactured 10 million dollar one that I don't like but wear out of a sense of obligation.
So in short, if you propose to me Emma, I don't want or expect a fancy ring, but if you think I deserve go right on ahead!
But if they have the money to throw around, and want to do it because they want me to have 'something special', and not because they think that I want it, I wouldn't throw it back in their face. I think it's more about the person knowing what I like, and giving me that. I would much rather have a ring that cost 10 dollars and was in my favorite color/design/style/whatever than a mass manufactured 10 million dollar one that I don't like but wear out of a sense of obligation.
So in short, if you propose to me Emma, I don't want or expect a fancy ring, but if you think I deserve go right on ahead!
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[quote="Deacon";p="493597"][quote="Smaointe";p="493550"]As far as size[/quote]
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[quote="mikehendo";p="493665"]As far as solitares go, while some women like them, they are very impractical, as they stick out so far from the ring, so a channel setting is more practical.. [/quote]
Channel settings are generally for multiple stones, I think you probably mean bezel or "rubover" settings, where the edge of the stone is enclosed.
True channel settings are not as secure as other settings, I'd never buy a channel set solitaire unless I had good insurance
[quote="Jezebel";p="493788"]So in short, if you propose to me Emma, I don't want or expect a fancy ring, but if you think I deserve go right on ahead![/quote]
Duly and enthusiastically noted!
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Yeah, whatever. I have never professed to be perfect. My grammar often sucks, but frankly, I really don't give a toss.
HEY EVERYONE! I RELY HEAVILY ON DICTIONARY.COM! I'M NOT A VERY GOOD SPELLERER!
In fact, I checked dictionary.com TWICE for this post alone! I'm so pathetic!
I also count on my fingers because I can't add up in my head, I only take photos with really flattering lights and angles, I never replace the toilet roll, I chew with my mouth open, and I have really, REALLY ugly feet. My front teeth are chipped, sometimes I don't shave my legs for weeks, I chew my nails, I failed a subject at uni, I couldn't read HHGTTG because it was fucking dull, I swear, I eat pickled onions out of the jar with my fingers instead of using a fork. I say "was" when I should say "were" and I say "is" when I should say "are".
THERE.
Now that all of my horrible secrets are out, now that the mystery is gone, we can move on.
[quote="mikehendo";p="493665"]As far as solitares go, while some women like them, they are very impractical, as they stick out so far from the ring, so a channel setting is more practical.. [/quote]
Channel settings are generally for multiple stones, I think you probably mean bezel or "rubover" settings, where the edge of the stone is enclosed.
True channel settings are not as secure as other settings, I'd never buy a channel set solitaire unless I had good insurance
[quote="Jezebel";p="493788"]So in short, if you propose to me Emma, I don't want or expect a fancy ring, but if you think I deserve go right on ahead![/quote]
Duly and enthusiastically noted!
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