Engagement Ring Advice for Grooms

I like this advice from Jonathan at mymoney on how much money to spend on an engagement ring:

So, how much should you spend on it? My answer is very simple - Spend whatever you can afford to make your wife happy. That means both time and money.

My only modification to this would be to spend up to an amount that you can afford to make your wife happy. X was willing to pay more for a different ring. But I love the ring that we've selected together. And my ring size is a 4.5 - I found out.

Gentlemen First

We put the cart before the horse a bit and bought X his wedding ring last weekend. It's a simple titanium band. The advantage of titanium is that it is very durable but extremely light. And since X types a lot at work, it was really important that the ring be comfortable. Some interesting factzillas about engagement rings:

• 74% of all brides receive a diamond engagement ring. Of those, 60% are involved in picking out their ring while 3% actually pick it out themselves.
• The average ring costs $2000

We also went shopping for my engagement ring at Green Lake Jewelry Works(which is actually in Northgate). We spent a little over an hour with a consultant and picked out a platinum band with filigree. We're not sure what the stone will be - either a brown or green sapphire, or brown or green moissanite diamond.