This expectation-loaded "rule" has been circulating since the Great Depression, but it shouldn't be a pressure point for 2025's soon-to-engaged set. Here's what to follow instead ...

Most jewelers agree that the "three month's salary" rule for an engagement ring no longer applies. This guideline would indicate that if you make $100,000 a year -- barely enough to afford a house ...

While engagement rings are a pricey investment, the usual cost tends to be below $10,000, with a national average of $5,500, according to The Knot's 2023 Real Weddings Survey.

I tried an engagement ring from Quince, the online direct-to-consumer brand. Its center stone is a three carat lab-grown diamond set on a simple gold band.

Just 306 said they felt rings were unnecessary - less than the 507 who said they would spend more than £5,000 on a ring. 'Two months? It's nonsense - here's what many people do instead' ...

US Court rules on alleged cheater who kept $70,000 engagement ring in case that challenged state law The couple started dating in the summer of 2016 and were first engaged in August 2017 ...

In doing so, justices overturned decades of precedent and threw out a rule requiring a determination of who is “at fault” for the engagement ending in figuring out who can keep an engagement ring.