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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythago" data-source="post: 483557" data-attributes="member: 3019">The 'rule' was made up by DeBeers. In Japan the commercials say three months' salary, in Europe they say one month's. It's all a scam.From a woman, here are some suggestions:1) Estate jewelry. You can get beautiful, beautiful stuff for less than new, because it has "old-fashioned" styling (horrors!), people want new jewelry, or whatever. I have had one engagement ring and one wedding ring that are estate jewelry, and people are constantly asking me where they can get one just like it.2) Know your fianceé. Is she the sort of woman who would freak if you bought an expensive ring because you could have used that money on a house? (Believe it or not, some women don't even like engagement rings.) Then don't blow the bank. If she would really, really, really love a spendy ring, then you probably shouldn't go budget.3) Think about what the WEDDING ring is going to look like. Many times they are bought as a complementary set. You really don't want to get a pretty engagement ring that looks awful next to the pretty wedding ring.Good luck!</blockquote>