Originally Posted by
Kai Winters
Bought my wife what she wanted though we discussed "our" budget.
If you cheap out on your wife it should be an interesting...though probably short hehehe...marriage.
LOL good luck, sounds like you'll need it.
Depends on the woman. Mine *insisted* that I not spend a lot since we were both broke at the time. I had specific orders not to get a rock. But she wanted something special. So I found a thin gold ring that would normally be used for an engagement band and had several garnets ordered in it with the biggest ones in the center of the ring. The whole thing was $350. She loved it then and still does.
She got me a silver ring with a tsavorite (i.e. green garnet). When we got some money, she thought about getting the same setting in white gold with an emerald, but I like what I have better.
We are not miserly. Rather, we spend where it makes a difference that we notice -- the cheapest of my 4 bikes would be worth over $2K new.