Does it matter if your ring is real or fake?

@Ryan S - just because it's a CZ doesn't mean it's set in cheap metal that will ruin your finger. My CZ is set in 14k white gold.

Don't listen to people like that. My ring is real, it's a solitaire (it's no $4,000 monster like little miss princess there, but I love it). I showed it to some people I know and a person I know looked at my ring and said, "that's it? Why didn't he get something fancier?" I just said, "He gave me the ring, not you. I like it and that's all that matters." People are going to bitch and complain about everything you'll ever do with your life, just for the sake of bitching and complaining. Just ignore them. What's important is the relationship you have and who you share your wedding with. If you love your ring, then be happy with that. Your ring has a really nice design to btw

@MrsJoseph I think it's officially nowhere because when I graduated they weren't together and after I graduated a friend from school told me that she had to go to her ex's funeral and said he killed himself (which I felt really bad for her for that fact....)

My ring is actually in sterling silver, if I took it somewhere they could take the CZ stones out and set it in a white gold? and it'd look exactly the same?

My #1 rule is I never discuss the cost of my ring with anyone. It's nobody's business. More important than the value of the ring is what it symbolizes. Your classmate's comments suggest that only people who can afford an expensive engagement ring deserve to get married and that is certainly not the case. Love knows no boundaries. Keep your ring and cherish for what you know it to mean & represent. And then if/when the time comes, you can take that same setting to a jeweler and have diamonds put in it.

Its not what its made out of its what it represents that matters.

FH got me a ring off of ebay... I know that it was fairy cheep, its real, but flawed... I dont care. Its beautiful and I love it and he was really apologetic afterwards saying that I deserve something better, bigger and fancier... I told him that it did not matter and it doesnt. My hands are smaller and wouldnt want anything bigger either. Plus, more expensive the better chances of it getting stolen and would also need to insure it. I love him and would marry him if he asked with a bolt or something. lol

It's refreshing to see all the support in response to the question raised. Maaturity is a state of mind and obviously your classmate is not mature enough to keep petty comments to herself. Unfortunately, in the world we live in one must always be prepared for catty, irresponsible comments or actions. Like you, it's about the man I love and our life together. Just remember "to each his own" the next time your classmate has something catty to say. That 4000 ring will be being paid for for a couple of years unless that gals SO is independently rich!

Its not the cost or type of ring that matters. What matters is your love for each other and what the ring represents. It shouldn't matter what other people think, you like it, and at the end of the day, that's the important thing.

I think its smart not to break the bank. My FH and I keep having conversations about the cost of our wedding, we want to keep it low budget, as we would rather put our money towards buying a house, than a fancy wedding.

That's a beautiful ring! Who cares what people say. I found the exact ring that my FH knows I like on ebay, but it's not real. I told my FH about this but he insists on getting me the real thing. Needless to say, I still don't have an engagement ring because the real one is WAY out of budget... But I guess there's over a year until we get married...

You and your fh have your head on your shoulders!Why go into debt over an overpriced piece of jewelry that is instantly worth 2/3 what you paid for it? Put your $$ towards a home. Wish you guys a very happy marriage!

My business is between, me, FH and God!

It's funny that you say this because one day I was watching Tyra and there was a young couple on there that was talking about the same issue. The guy proposed with a piece of foil (then bought a plain silver ring later) and after I watched that episode I told FH about it and said "If you asked me with foil, I'd still say yes". Long story short, when he proposed he wrapped my ring in a piece of foil and he pulled it out of the foil to show me my actual ring. The funny thing is, as much as I absolutely adore my ring..the piece of $.10 foil vs. my $10,000 ring DID NOT CHANGE MY REACTION. I was speechless either way..the cost of my ring was not important when the man of my dreams was on his knee asking me to marry him. I think your ring AND man are both great. Don't doubt yourself

No it doesn't matter. I work in a jewelry store and I had a couple come in looking for an engagement ring & she said she didn't like diamonds. So, she ended up taking a gorgeous ruby ring instead.

Charlotte that's too funny, I worked in a jewelry store for 3 years! It's a blast huh?!

It doesnt matter, real or fake, as long as your happy, a ring like that could cost around $6000 depending on the metal and the carat size which looks to be about a carat for the center stone. If you do ever want to get a real diamond, for a cheaper price, you could always go into one of those "we buy gold" stores. They sometimes sell diamonds, and they can sell you just the stone and then you could pick the setting that it goes in or even use the same setting you have now. But really it doesnt matter, as long as ya'll are in love.

@Heather - That's so cute!! I never saw that episode of Tyra but I love watching her show..I'm gonna look it up online now.

@Heather:Reaalllly cute!!!!"(hehehehhe - in my little grl voice)

I wouldnt care if it's real or fake and as a matter of fact my FH was proposed to(he accepted NO I DIDNT HAVE A RING) then he proposed to me with my 10k gold diamond ring...a few months later...But all materialistic things aside whether I knew what my ring cost or it's weight it doesnt matter it's worth means nothing once the sacrament of marriage is sealed..Will hospital personel care (lord forbid) if your FH is on his death bed?No!That was so juvenile and tackless of her to say...ugghhh

You guys are so funny, keep me entertained work is soooo slowwwwwww

Good for you for having your priorities right!! It really doesn't matter what others thing about your ring being "real" or not...you love it and he did what he could to be with you for the rest of your life...and that's all that should matter. I commend you Krystal

As long as you are happy with it that's all that matters.

My ring was a ring that he was going to give to is ex before he left her. Its beautiful and I love it.

Oh gosh. DEFINITELY NOT. My FH gave me a promise ring from Wal-Mart when we were in high school. My promise ring meant so much to me for the longest time because I knew it was a representation of his feelings for me. When he proposed the ring was significantly more expensive..... Which actually does not make me feel any differently about this ring than I did the promise ring he gave me! I'm so excited that he picked me to spend the rest of his life with. I'm so happy that it's ME who will put that wedding band on his hand and have the honor of calling him my husband. The ring? Who freakin' cares. I think my wedding band will mean more to me than my engagement ring. And it's a lot less expensive and flashy!