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.
Here, they tell us it's TWO months' salary. ha!
ReplyDeleteI 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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