How much for engagement ring rule?
3 month’s after tax is about 2 month’s before tax. So either 2 or 3 month’s before tax could be fine depending on your situation. I think the guidelines are a bit different depening on what socio-economic background you are from. for example a school janitor getting married to a woman from a similar background would really make a statement even with a $300 engagement ring (even though he might make about $1 k a month), someone making about 30-40 k a year would be fine with a 1 ct solitaire (2-6 k depending on cs – not the 7-10 k warranted by 3 month rule) and could even present a 0.5 ct if he is marrying a woman that does not have higher education or a decently-paying job. But if you are doing pretty well yourself and wanting to marry a girl that has a good job/good education or comes from a well to do family (i’m not mentioning unearthly beauty, because if you don’t think the woman you want to marry is gorgeous *regardless of how others see her* then why are you wanting to marry in th
