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can you remember how much your engagement ring and
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sandra rogers | Report | 7 Mar 2005 21:54 |
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hiya my engagement was £25 and wedding ring £ 16 he got me on the cheap lolx |
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Unknown | Report | 7 Mar 2005 21:59 |
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Never had an engagement ring. Seemed a bit silly after 'living in sin' for 13 years before we got married. First wedding ring was about £10. On our 10th wedding anniversary we bought posher ones, mine was about £100, he was going to buy the £200 one, but it was 18 carat gold which is too yellow for my skin tone, I settled for the 9 carat and blew the rest on a new handbag and a picture for our bedroom. nell |
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Carol in Rochester, New York | Report | 7 Mar 2005 22:03 |
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My engagement ring was 75 pounds and my wedding ring 50. Good old H.Samuels. Lol |
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Claire | Report | 7 Mar 2005 22:05 |
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DH got away lightly ;o) My engagement ring was a family heirloom and it cost him £50 to have restored. We ran off to Gretna to get married so our wedding rings were 'off the peg' (again, good old H Samuels) and cost £70, and £80! (which I paid for as I had the reay cash at the time)! Claire xx |
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Annie | Report | 7 Mar 2005 22:07 |
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my engagement ring was £25 but the wedding rings we havent bought yet. going shopping for them on saturday =0) annie |
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Jennifer | Report | 7 Mar 2005 22:07 |
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1964 engagement ring 19 pounds 1966 wedding ring 12 pounds |
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Unknown | Report | 7 Mar 2005 22:10 |
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We got our rings in H Samuel too. My mother-in-law bequeathed me her engagement ring. I had it valued for insurance purposes and was told it was made in 1911. since she got married 1949, it must have been 2nd hand and I have often wondered about its history. nell |
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sandra rogers | Report | 7 Mar 2005 22:34 |
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hiya girls thanks my to were from h samules x |
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Janette | Report | 7 Mar 2005 22:47 |
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my engagement ring was about £49 and wedding ring about the same both brought at a little local shop called spieldhalze in penzance, nicer service you could get, thats why we got the rings there,went back 4 yrs later for wedding ring |
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Unknown | Report | 7 Mar 2005 23:43 |
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1983.. engagement ring cost £85, a whole 2 wks wages for him!! It now resides in the bottom of the Tyne!! Karen |
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Bobtanian | Report | 8 Mar 2005 00:05 |
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1957, H Samuel heart shaped engagement ring 13 1/2 guineas, as an apprentice, was nearly three weeks wages.unfortunately due to a metal allergy, she cant wear metal jewelery but I have hers saved, in a musical box I bought her, for her 17th birthday.... Karen, is the Tyne tidal? I'll fetch my metal detector.......LOL |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 8 Mar 2005 00:14 |
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1954 - engagement ring £15, 1956 £5 for 18 carat plain band Ann |
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Unknown | Report | 8 Mar 2005 00:20 |
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1980...mine was about £200...hers £600. still wear mine. bryan. |
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Sandra | Report | 8 Mar 2005 07:55 |
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HI 1st marriage 1978 engagement ring £25.50 wedding £8 2nd 1986 engagement £1000 wedding £ 50 3rd 1993 engagement £ 85 wedding £ 40 3 Divorces cost me about half a million, houses and business LOL Last 9 years very happy on my own no lost cost incurred LOL lol sandra |
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kylie from perth in oz | Report | 8 Mar 2005 07:59 |
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my first set was 875.00 for the engagement ring and 100 quid for wedding then i accidently threw them out so got new set 2 yrs ago engagement 625.00 and wedding 475.00 wedding ring better this time has diamonds on it |
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Jill in France | Report | 8 Mar 2005 08:06 |
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Hi to all; Husband number 1 Wedding ring £10 engagement £12(he spent the money on his car) Husband number 2 Wedding ring£82 engagement £400 and we are clocking up 20 years in Oct. :) Jill in France xx |
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Lily | Report | 8 Mar 2005 08:19 |
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Jennifer - we have the same dates! We got engaged in Spain and the ring was not many pesetas - must have been a disappointment to the burglar who nicked it 16 years later! White gold wedding ring survived the years of washing/cleaning etc but wouldn't have cost a lot at the time - we didn't have it! I now have my Aunt's engagement ring which I inherited and daren't wear it often as it's value makes it a liability rather than asset, it's beautiful.... Dilys! |
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Ramblin Rose | Report | 8 Mar 2005 08:24 |
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The first time round I married a title and he had a ring designed as a coronet for me.Central ruby and diamonds set on 'stalks' if you know what I mean.I have no idea what it cost and it went in a burgalry in Hong Kong Second time round - I had traditional 3-stone diamonds,Russian blues,family heirloom...Sold in the 80 when there was a slump and a lot of people including us were unemployed for a time. What was the good of a ring that lived in the bank.We sold it and are living in it-If you know what I mean. We both wear simple wedding rings,I think mine was about £150 - platinum -don't buy platinum it get sharp edges.and my husbands was £90 Tweny-four years ago. My platinumring became so uncomfortable to wear I replaced it with a £7 Samuels Silver ring. A few years ago on a visit to my beloved Wales my husband bought me a lovely silver band with a welsh inscription on it.I wear this a lot-I love it |
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Kym | Report | 8 Mar 2005 09:25 |
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Got mine in the set for $859 AU. Only got my engagement ring cause only got engaged 3 weeks ago. |
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☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy | Report | 8 Mar 2005 09:26 |
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My engagement was about £300 and the wedding ring is £165. His was on sale, so got it for £100. |
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