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Please help! I want to propose to my girlfriend, only this is proving very difficult.
My problem is we only have a joint account, I have a decent job in sales and my partner is a full-time house wife (we have 2 kids) money is ok but my partner looks after money and therefore would notice money gone missing on an engagement ring. Especially the kind of money I have heard (1 months salary) I think she would notice that.
How can I buy a ring without it coming out of our joint account, and without her knowing the cost? We have a credit card too but again this is in joint names.
On top of this she is a bit of a funny one with money, for example last christmas a bought her a gift and she said I spent too much so for her Birthday I bought her some flowers and she seemed dissapointed. Women eh!
So I would like to get it just right, oh yeah she doesnt wear a ring either so I wouldn't have a clue what size to buy but maybe her mum could help with that.
I have considered asking her first and choosing a ring together, this would answer all my problems but i'm worried it will come across a bit tacky and like I haven't made the effort. I need to hurry anyway she has always said she wants to be married before she is 30 which is October next year
Please help!
My problem is we only have a joint account, I have a decent job in sales and my partner is a full-time house wife (we have 2 kids) money is ok but my partner looks after money and therefore would notice money gone missing on an engagement ring. Especially the kind of money I have heard (1 months salary) I think she would notice that.
How can I buy a ring without it coming out of our joint account, and without her knowing the cost? We have a credit card too but again this is in joint names.
On top of this she is a bit of a funny one with money, for example last christmas a bought her a gift and she said I spent too much so for her Birthday I bought her some flowers and she seemed dissapointed. Women eh!
So I would like to get it just right, oh yeah she doesnt wear a ring either so I wouldn't have a clue what size to buy but maybe her mum could help with that.
I have considered asking her first and choosing a ring together, this would answer all my problems but i'm worried it will come across a bit tacky and like I haven't made the effort. I need to hurry anyway she has always said she wants to be married before she is 30 which is October next year
Please help!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Why would it come over tacky proposing first and then choosing a ring together. I think that's a far better idea. She knows your financial situation more than anyone and if she is anything like me and she gets presented with a ring and she has no idea where the money has come from she will only worry about it.
A bottle of Champagne, chocs and flowers - Choose the approrpiate time and propose!!
A bottle of Champagne, chocs and flowers - Choose the approrpiate time and propose!!
When my husband proposed I was over the moon that he'd chosen the ring himself. I love the ring so much because of that. I wouldn't have chosen it probably but because he did. it means the world to me.
I would decide when you're going to propose and then be quick about buying the ring. She probably doesn't check it daily. She'll love it if you've chosen it for her.
Good look!
I would decide when you're going to propose and then be quick about buying the ring. She probably doesn't check it daily. She'll love it if you've chosen it for her.
Good look!
The people in the shop will help you. You can tell them what kind of person she is etc. e.g my husband knew I wouldn't like yellow gold or a sollitaire as everyone has then. Mine is white gold with three diamonds. It isn't what I'd have chosen but I didn't have to fib and say i liked it because i loved it because mr melon chose it for me. i cried and cried. soft get. x