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today's first story comes from the Am I Wrong subreddit from a throwaway

account which says, am I wrong for spending way less than planned on an engagement ring that met

her wants? So, I've been with my fiancé for about four years, living together for two. About five

months ago, we had a talk around timeline and decided 2024 will be the year we

get engaged. She told me she wants me to pick the ring, but gave me some style she likes.

I picked a ring that was my favorite of the type she sent me, and to my surprise, it was a lot

cheaper than expected. In my head, I budgeted about 10K, but it was only about 3,500. Thank you, Lab Diamonds.

The jeweler I bought it from has a great reputation and has been around 40 years. So it's not like

I cheaped out with a sketchy store, by the way. She absolutely loved the ring and has been

happy to show off to her friends who have also good feedback.

A couple of nights ago she asked me what it costs and because we're going to be married and finances are so important, I told her.

She expressed a lot of disappointment, which is weird to me because it resembles exactly a type that she sent me.

I just didn't get it from that brand

because they had bad reviews. The same ring could have easily cost 6,500 from that company,

or if I went with a mine diamond, it would have been about 12K. She just said she expected me to spend

more based on my income. 160K.

She said while she didn't expect me to go to the dated three months pay route,

she was a little disappointed that I basically spent less than one total paycheck.

Aside from this, she's always been very fiscally irresponsible and thrifty,

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