WALMART RINGS.....

I don't see how an engagement ring can be a reflection of his love. How he treats you on a daily basis should be the reflection of his love.

Sarah...the fact that they were "very surprised by the quality" speaks volumes about our whole point. People don't expect quality from Walmart. They just don't. It's good to know that it can be found there, but I know that it isn't the first place people look for something of quality, and it would bother me if it was the first place DH went for a ring, knowing the general reputation of that store.

Any man who forces me to go to Walmart on a regular basis for any reason is a man who doesn't love me.

LMAO! I am reading this all to my FH and he said "be happy with what you get". He is just as amused as me by all this.

@faran now that I think of it the older woman I've come in contact with have very small or average sized stones...I think it's our generation and down that have come obsessed with huge diamond rings...interesting

I honestly wouldn't care. As long as it's a beautiful ring why does it matter where it was purchased? It's the thought that counts.

My FH had my ring custom made and sometimes I wish he took a cheaper route. It's a gorgeous ring, but that extra money in our house fund would be pretty amazing also.

I would care because it would be a waste of money for the quality, I work with my hands and my ring is along for the ride I just can't see it lasting longer than a year before something breaks or goes missing (I believe the ring should take the wear and tear of everything I do, it won't last forever but it should make it pretty damn far).

Nay0801 - As far as the big stones - I will say if I could choose again I would probably go a bit smaller.

I definitely would care if he went to Walmart. They don't have the best quality of jewlery so I can imagine how crappy the diamonds are.

I'm not materialistic at all however if it was from walmart id be sad. FH and I don't set foot in that store as he is union and feels strongly about it. It's not about the price, it's simply that I would rather have a cheaper ring from a reputable store with sizing and free dipping and warranties vs walmart. Nothing against it, but not my style

I wouldn't have cared at all. I wouldn't care how much it was or where it came from so long as it was my ring and my FH put thought into picking it for me!

I'm going to chime in on this.. I personally wouldn't care but it better be the best darn Walmart ring out there !

@KM its not necessarily supposed to be helpful, just to show that it could always be worse. At least he didn't propose to her in walmart.

@Nay dont get me wrong I LOVE MY RING. but accumulation of diamonds in it or more FH tastes & his preference. All of his friends are recently married or getting married in the nxt two yrs they've all been saving up together so im sure its something of a status symbol to have a FW w/ a big rock. Either way it makes me no mind and im just happy im getting married. When my FH first proposed after I said yes I could hear my family talking saying how big & shinny.. meanwhile im screaming "im getting Married! " bc thats what matters to me

Wtf. This sounds more like a post to give opportunity for certain people to ' humble' brag about where their rings came from.

I don't know anyone that leaves the tag on their ring, or has the box in their pocket to show where the ring came from..

Err... I would care only because mine's from zales and the insurance has been great with cleanings, re coating, and resizing (I lose weight in my hands first, so if I lose some weight my ring will be falling off before it even shows anywhere else) and the fact that they'll replace my jems if need be. Found out by accident my ring was under $300, I care more about the quality and the service post purchase.

My e ring is from Walmart bc I picked it out from their online store. I love it!! I was devastated when it went out of stock for a while and I told FH the minute is was back in stock. We don't have much money, but the Walmart rings are really pretty!

ETA. My e ring costed about 30 something, and is a white sapphire over diamond, I told FH when we were looking for my e ring (bc I had requested one for myself bc I didn't feel right wearing his mom's ring, I felt like it wasn't mine and it got caught on everything I was worried about damaging it.) I told him as long as it was pretty and shiny I didn't care where he got it

Depends on the person. I am not a person that goes for expensive things. I don't like to spend frivolously on material items. It just makes me uncomfortable, but it's just the way I was brought up from a lower income household.

FH on the other hand, loves to spend money, especially on the newest phone, game system, etc. So I will be honest. Part of me would be really sad if he got a cheap ring from Walmart. Not because I personally hate Walmart and their business practices, but because their stuff is always low quality (which is why everything is so low price, let's get real). So if FH goes out and buys the new Galaxy S5 and the new WiiU and PS4 the week they come out as he spent weeks leading up to that reading all of the press releases and doing research for hours about both, I would hope the same kind of thought would be put into the symbol that he wants to spend the rest of his life with me.

Not to mention that I have done countless papers in college while I've been with FH about how horrible Walmart is to minorities and women, let alone their general business ethics to their employees, so I feel like if FH went there (where we hardly ever shop for the reason I just mentioned) it would be a slap in the face.

I have NOTHING against people getting rings from Walmart, and I'm sure the rings are beautiful and I'm glad that the girls that got their rings from there are super happy with the result. My ring from where he got it from is not very expensive comparably (only because the one time he told me what he planned to spend I told him to cut that in half to avoid being in debt over it for 5 years). Just with my specific situation, I would be sad too.

I would have been happy with a twist tie from a loaf of bread to be perfectly honest! My FH waited till we were 5 years into our relationship before he proposed, at that point I was begining to wonder if he ever would. I even went so far as to buy a $10 ring (YES I SAID I BOUGHT A $10 RING) that I wore just to give him the hint that I was not a material girl. I get the whole service plan thing from a jewlwery store, but that isn't what makes the ring special. The simple fact that it is something he picked out and gave to me is all that matters. I represents our love for each other, not what Jane and Jon Doe in the conforming society say. Even if it would have came from a pawn shop I would have been fine with it (I would however request that it be blessed before he gave it to me, just to be safe). In the end my ring did come from a jewlery store which I'm perfectly fine with, as long as he picked it out and gave it to me with love i his heart Iis all that I ask for.

If she loved the ring before she knew where he purchased it from. It wouldn't bother me where the ring came from, it's more important who gave me the ring.

I don't love Wal-Mart and wouldn't really want ANYTHING from there, but I don't think it really matters where the ring came from/how much it cost/whatever. I think I know approximately how much he spent on my ring, and he absolutely could have spent more, but I had told him a number of times that if he spent too much, I'd say no. I know he's the right person for me because we have similar spending styles and financial philosophies (and 100 other reasons). Our financial priorities right now are me finishing my graduate degree, paying off student loans, and buying a house together. Other people's goals are different! But I don't think I'd care where the ring came from as long as it was in list price and quality wise with how we buy other things in our lives.