re: Engagement ring shopping/valuation

Let this thread be a learning experience for you.

Once you are married, you will have this discussion over and over again.

You will ask "Why do I have to pay so much for X?"

X = a house in the right neighborhood, a private school, a new car for her, thousands of dollars in clothes she will never wear, your kids sports travel and activities, etc.

The key is to have your wife work to pay for all the extras herself. It's amazing how much more careful we spend when it's our own money. (Looking at you government)

I have avoid 99% of the chaos above by choosing a frugal wife who works just as hard as me.

Hope you are doing the same.