I bought my wife a one carat diamond ring and a pair of half carat diamond earrings last year for less than $200. They were purchased at Stauer.com, and they are real diamonds, just not the ones dug out of the ground and controlled by the DeBeers thieves. They are diamonds made in a lab. Exactly the same as naturally mined diamonds, but even more perfect, with no faults or inclusions, and more importantly, without the blood of Third World slave miners attached to them.
My wedding ring is a stainless steel band with a 24 carat ribbon of gold down the center. It was about $200 at a local jeweler. The ring I gave her for marrying me is a White Gold ring with 7 small diamonds channel set in it, bought at the same local jeweler. The more recent ring was because I love her and she deserves as much jewelry as she wants. I also bought her a genuine pearl necklace because she thought it was pretty and it was a gift for the 20 years we’ve been married.
She bought me a hundred dollar 1933 Graves replica watch for our 20th Anniversary. It and the pearl necklace were purchased from Stauer.com. I refuse to buy jewelry anywhere else.
I don’t believe in that three paychecks worth at least BS. Good jewelry can be had for a good price if you are a smart shopper.