Here are a few persuasive statistics from various sources on women and engagement rings:
Interesting stuff, right?
Before I knew for certain whether or not I was going to propose to my girlfriend, I wanted to begin doing the research ahead of time so that I could be a bit more prepared when the day actually came. I think this had a lot to do with everyone asking me, “when are you popping the question?” over and over and over again after dating my gf for many years. Everyone was rooting for us, but I just needed the time to make sure it was right and know exactly what I wanted to propose with… not to mention how to propose.
Anyway, I began my process shopping around in stores in NYC. Intense to say the least. I felt descended upon by sales associates, though they were nice and had all the best intentions, I wasn’t so comfortable in that kind of setting. I did however, suck it up and invested weeks, if not a few months, into perusing various stores for “the ring.” I had many sales people really try and pin me with specific metals and precious gems, which I didn’t enjoy. The object of my search was to keep all options open, not to get things immidiately.
What I ended up doing was taking my research from stores ….to…. my computer, believe it or not. Online research ended up being my saving grace during my engagement ring endeavor. I truly, TRULY enjoyed perusing rings at my leisure, esp. without the looming presence of a sales associate.
I began by searching around for information on the different metals engagement rings are traditionally made out of. Below is the exact chart that I came across while doing my research – it is so simplistically laid out and allowed me to immediately decide what metal I was going to have my wife’s ring cast in.
