Realize though that if she is THAT picky about the ring and doesn't like it, I'd tread lightly. Love is so much more than a piece of stone and metal. I know people who went through something like this. Guy bought ring, girl thought it was too small or some other selfish thing, and they broke up.

I say any ring you can afford should be perfect enough for her.

Although I cannot talk since I got my wife a ring which cost me about 4 months pay

 

If you've been dating her for 4 years, I bet you know exactly what she wants, and you know whether she'll think its big or small. Nice ring, congrats, and I like the flight idea, but I hope your gf will like the embarassment, I know alot of girls who dont go for the "ballpark" engagement idea.

 

Smart guy. If she loves you, she will love the ring. If not, then maybe she's a golddigger who may be with you for questionable reasons.

It's just a material thing anyway and you can always get a bigger ring later when you're not worrying about catching up to housing prices.

 

believe it or not, that name was given to me by one of my teachers back in highschool. I wasnt paying attention in class but only talking to the girls etc....I was basically a slut...lol.

Im not the romantic type but, I'm able to come up with some pretty romantic themes if I must. Everyone has that in them. They just dont know it yet.

Lets see....4 months salary to save for a ring.
$16,800. Thats a brand new GSX-R with turbos.....

I really dont wanna spend more than 3g's. Its hard enough trying to save for a downpayment on a house.

My girl maybe spoiled but there was a point where I didnt have money and she never cared. She would pay for stuff etc.
Once I hit the lotto. ( dont worry it was nothing big ) she still stayed with me ( financially secure maybe) but, i havent spoiled her with buying her these expensive diamonds and stuff.

The most expensive thing i've gotten her is probably 5 coach bags in one shopping spree.
aside from that im basically a Jew when it comes to materialistic things that really isnt going to benefit our life.
A house is,
a ring is just to look nice.

if it was me i'd go to city hall and get married. lol

 

i thought about the ballpark idea but thats too common.
The plane idea will totally catch her by surprise. She will definitely start to cry and probably yell something like this

in her h0t italian loudself :
<while shes tearing> You assh0le you couldnt of waited till we landed. < wiping tears away>

 

so very true. My gf's co-worker had her fiance (now husband) return the ring and get her a bigger one after she had it appraised behind his back. If that was me I would have dumped her ass.

 

ring looks nice. and i agree that financially, it is a smarter decision to spend less on a rock and more on a house/investment..... BUT, i personally would still get a bigger rock than that h: the rock size that joeycaca got for lingabling is a decent size and its 1.25kt or close to that.

 

I didn't buy my wife an engagement ring, I was 29 at the time, and I paid barely a 100 for a wedding ring if I even got her one. I don't remember. We've been married now for more than 26 years. I don't think the size of the ring matters if her feelings for you are as strong as yours for her.

 

You should do like the "Wedding Singer" .........get up and excuse yourself (go to the bathroom or something), grab the in-flight mic and sing her a song, then pop out of first class and propose. haha

Edit: Ring looks real nice, by the way.

 

good luck!! it looks like a nice ring. as long as she will be happy then your job is done i suppose

if my boyfriend spent $3000+ on a ring for me i would slap him though for one thing i just dont like rings so i would never want him or anyone to spend that much money for something i wouldnt wear. i just cant understand spending even $1000 on something you wear... let alone just an accessory. and if i were a guy i would want nothing to do with a girl who cared so much about the size of the ring i bought her. i would rather skip the rings and the whole wedding crap, take the money everyone WOULDVE spent on that stuff, and take a nice honeymoon for a month