I read in the newspaper yesterday about the engagement ring the footballer Joe Cole bought for his fiancee. It cost £50k.
My first thought was that was an obscene amount of money to spend on a ring.
My second thought was that he was a miser.
The reason? The article mentioned that his weekly wage is £80k. Traditionally, a man should spend the equal to a month's salary on the ring. I don't know if this is before or after tax and NI contributions as the OH has asked me before, but either way Mr Cole's spending falls well below that amount.
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Here, they tell us it's TWO months' salary. ha!
I should feel sorry for men, having to live up to such a public yardstick, but then women are constantly subjected to impossible measures -- we're never thin/young/fabulous enough...so they can just deal with it!
Two months! If I do ever get engaged perhaps it would be worth doing in the USA and insist on following the local custom.
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