the £15 ENGAGEMENT RING from tescos????? would you accept????

Thats what i thought but then i wernt sure if i was being n bit mean by wanting something a bit more special, lol x

I suppose it's all relative. We're fotunate enough that my OH could buy me a lovely ring with some saving and it didn't bankrupt us. However, not everyone can do that so I suppose it enables some to have the ring without getting themselves into debt.

Personally I'd rather have no ER if we could only afford a £15 one but it's each to their own.

May be a bit hoity toity but I would not want that ring - fair enough if you have a budget and can't afford tons - but £15?! Doesn't help that I don't like it anyway! Like the pic?

I suppose its the thought that counts...lol

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That is really not to my taste. And other high street jewellers do some lovely ones for a budget too! And it looks £15 in that photo x

Am sorry but i would accept it and be quite happy with it - it might not be my choice personally but its the thought that counts and hell he's still asking me to marry him ?

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My thoughts exactly. I'd have been happy with an onion ring!! It's so easy to get up in the price tags attached to weddings but it's really not the be all and end all.

If you were proposed to with this ring you would still accept wouldn't you?

How would you know the cost if he never told you where he got it from and how much it cost??

For me the cost isn't the issue - I just don't like the ring. The amount of money my H2B spent on a ring wasn't the important thing, but getting something that I would actually want to wear forever is important. Whether it cost £15 or £1500 of £15000 I love the ring he bought me and I have never asked what it cost.

I would accept... It doesn't come with a receipt does it?? Mine is more expensive than that but still nowhere near the average price of an ER and I don't care! He proposed and chose a beautiful ring!!!!

I had my ring valued so that it could be properly insured. Imagine if I took the tescos one to a top class local jeweller to hear 'Sorry madam but the value of this ring barely paid the wages of the valuer and their paperwork'

In my opinion, an ER is meant to last, its an heirloom at the end of the day and I dont think this one would stand the test of time? I've not read the story so I'm unsure of its quality.

I don't think the ring looks too bad in the picture. Is it CZ??

I would have accepted it if this is what my OH had got for me (although I know he wouldn't of got anything like that) as I really wanted to marry him and was so happy when he propsed.

Oh I would have accepted too, like I would with an onion ring, an old washer, an old ring pull, a hair band or a Top shop number.

on the basis that the more longer lasting, proper one was bought eventually

What about your WR then? I personally don't see my ER as an heirloom, of course I want it to last but I wouldn't have wanted my H2B to spend a ridiculous amount of money on it. We'll all different!

Same here. Mine was more expensive than £15, but nowhere as near as some people spend on them. Although it has been valued at £7 x the price he paid for it though....dont know how he managed that lol. But i would have accepted anything. That £15 one is just not my taste. And also its yellow gold and i prefer white gold lol.

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It's actually silver plated with gold and a CZ stone. So the gold will wear off eventually. Howeveri if that's what someone can afford it's the sentiment that goes with it really. The problem for me would be if someone had a similar one with a real stone (big money) and everyone now thought it was a Tesco one lol.

sure, my wedding ring is too and it can be melted down and turned into something else but the ER cost about 6 times more than my wedding ring and it sparkles, and is the design that I put together and made for me so....... I know what i'd rather have passed down...

though I did tell hubby if we ever split up he could sell it on and buy himself a new motorbike, LOLOL.

Sorry I'm a bit clueless, how does this work? Did you know you were getting engaged or did you have the ring made after? Mine was a complete surprise and just the fact he chose something for me, even if it was from a high-street jeweller made it very special for me. I thought of having my WR designed but I found what I wanted ready-made ? I can design my eternity ring one day ?

I f it was all we could afford at the time then I would be more than happy to accept it. It can always be replaced in the future with something more expensive, but truly it is the thought that counts and as long as you love each other who cares about a piece of metal on your finger?

we had been discussing getting engaged once I graduated from uni but my best pal got engaged so we didnt want to steal their thunder. My finger had already been measured and we had been going round jewellers trying on rings but he hadnt proposed.

Best mate had had a jeweller make her ring so she suggested that i came up with a design to send to her jeweller, I put together some ideas and sent them to her for her opinion. Little did I know that my bloke and her were in cahoots to get a ring made in time for xmas, when he shocked the hell out of me by proposing on xmas morning with THE ring that I had designed. The ring had been sent to their house for safe keeping and my pal was texting at 9am with a 'Well????????????????????!!!'

so yes it was a surprise

yes i knew we would one day get engaged

and the ring was made without my knowledge.

Aww tis so sweet x

The ring is not to my taste, but I would definitely accept matter what, its the engagement thats the main thing as if I really hated it am sure OH could be persuaded to buy me another ?

Nothing to do with price but I don't think I like the idea of my H picking up an engagement ring on his weekly shop. Onions, Carrots, Potatoes, Ketchup, Chicken, Engagement ring......

You know what? Mine was even cheaper than that at a tenner We got it in a little antiquey shop in Mevagissey, Cornwall. I don't plan on wearing it after the wedding as I dont want cluttered fingers My wr was £12.50 in the sale at Debenhams. We plan to get each other a nicer longer lasting one in the future. To me, it's only a symbol and I would've gone mental if he'd spent even hundreds on a ring. I'd much rather we spent that money on having the best knees up in history on the big day

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I would accept the ring as it is what the ring means not a bit of bling on your finger. I would accept the proposal of marriage. Surely this is what getting engaged is about!? My ER isn't worth a silly amount, my OH planned for me to pick my own at a later date, but to me the ring is special because this is what my partner gave me when he asked me to be his wife. I'm not changing it for anything! I have some beautiful expensive jewelery, but I would give them all up to keep my cheaper engagement ring.

Completely agree Spinksy!

My engagement ring did cost mega bucks but the most important thing is, he chose it for me and that's what's special about it.

Yes I would accept it if it was silver (I don't wear any gold) but it isn't going to last long so for that reason I'd want another one.

My H did actually propose with a dress ring and then we went shopping for an alternative ring. My hubby wouldn't feel right giving me a £15 ring to start with but there isn't any way I'd turn around and say 'no thanks' because that's down right rude.

Our financial position doesn't allow for a ring worth £5k but we can afford more than £15 so it's all relative to each others situations.

I would totally accept it. To me it's the thought that went in to it and the fact that it was a surprise and that he sorted it all out on his own! (He bought a ring sizer and measured my finger when i was asleep...lol)

The price doesn't matter. I don't know how much my ER cost and i don't want to, although I know he got mates rates as his friend's Dad owns the jewelers.

I love my ring and the fact my OH chose it makes it even more special!

My ring is just like this ring and i love it except mine is real gold with a diamond and cost just over £1200! so i hope no one thinks its a £15 Tesco Value one..... Not that i would of turned my nose up at that in the first place, as its the thought that counts but i just hope no one mistakes it!!

I would accept it because to me when my OH got down on one knee he was telling me he wanted to commit the rest of his life to me, not say 'here i got you a ring, do you like it'

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I would definately accept it, obv some people can afford really expensive rings and others can't, but I really do think it is the thought that counts, as long as the pair of you are happy sod how much the rings cost!