Study: Expensive engagement rings, more likely to divorce

[Baitball Blogger]

Keep it under $1,000

The study found that men who spent between $2,000 and $4,000 on an engagement ring are 1.3 times likelier to divorce compared to men who spent between $500 and $2,000.

Say “I Do” with a Barbeque

Couples who spent $20,000 or more on their wedding were 3.5 times more likely to divorce than couples who paid under $10,000 on their nuptials. The average cost of an American wedding is $28,858, according to The Knot. Spending less than $1,000 on a wedding even further decreased chances of a divorce.

Looks aren’t everything

Partners who rate looks as an important factor in the decision to marry are associated with a higher rate of divorce. Also, couples with greater age and education differences experience an increased rate of divorce, according to the study's results.

Honeymoon + lots of guests = Marriage bliss (maybe)

There’s your perfect wedding formula for a long lasting marriage, according to the study. is Forever’ and Other Fairy Tales” found the more couples spend on wedding related expenses the less likely the marriage will last.



http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-expensive-engagement-rings-associated-with-higher-divorce-chances-20141008-post.html

[Kalidurga]

1. Well people who have resources

are more likely to bail when things go south. People who don't have a lot to begin with are more likely to want to keep what they do have splitting up is expensive.

[Yupster]

3. Very true

Divorce is expensive.

[lumberjack_jeff]

2. Of course. n/t

[Warpy]

4. That explains why my best friend and her hubby are still together

The reception was covered dish and the party fueled by a few cases of really cheap champagne.

[brooklynite]

5. Well I'm completely safe...I never gave my wife an engagement ring.

[Nay]

7. We're safe! I never got either ring, and we've been married 32 years. I hate rings.

[mcar]

6. This is interesting

DH couldn't afford an engagement ring but my parents gave us a wonderful wedding. I rarely wear my wedding band bc my skin is so sensitive to metal (even good gold) that the area gets all itchy and swollen.

We'll be married 30 years in March.

[Egnever]

8. Thank god

20 years so far spent 8k on our wedding and the engagement ring was an antique we found on ebay for $800

We should be good for another 30 years at least!

[betsuni]

9. No rings of any kind, no wedding -- been married 24 years.

Not because of no money. No interest. More fun to take care of business down at city hall and then casually tell people months later, oh, by the way, I got married. It was unsettling when everyone started addressing me as Mrs. (husband's name). I had sent letters to relatives with my name on the return address, but they decided I was now Mrs. Completely Other Name. It's like the times you get gifts from people you think know you, and it's something you wouldn't wear even as a joke, like a hot pink polyester blouse. Makes you wonder.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

10. I spent less than 2k on the engagement ring and way under 20K on our wedding.

We used our money for one hell of a honeymoon and on our house. We could afford a divorce and to live comfortably independently, but this probably has a lot more to do with income of the couple than what they spent on rings and weddings. That would be a more interesting study. Perhaps the very well off are much quicker to marry someone than middle or lower class.

[Generic Brad]

11. And that is why I have remained married for 30 years

That little diamond chip friendship ring which was all I could afford worked like a charm!

[SheilaT]

12. I got one of the more expensive wedding rings

but had a very thrifty wedding.

Married 25 years, then he met someone else he decided he'd rather be with.

I don't think the cost of the ring or of the wedding was a factor in our eventual divorce.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. I went the other way.

Big, but gauche wedding and a small ring. Now hubby is ready to give my ring to my son when he's ready to propose and buy me something bigger. I'm not sure what kind of ring I want. Is yours a solitaire?

[SheilaT]

14. Mine is an oval dark blue sapphire

about 1.5 carats, with two square cut diamonds, one on either side Each diamond is about a quarter carat. And I got married before Charles gave Diana the sapphire and diamond ring.

I really like it, still have it although I almost never wear it these days. If either of my sons ever marries I'll offer it to them to give to their intended.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. That sounds nice.

Good taste.

[SheilaT]

16. It is. It's a bit larger than average, but not gaudy, and I've

always gotten lots of compliments on it.

[gollygee]

17. Does not surprise me in the slightest

It's about priorities. For some people, it really is all about the big wedding, and the status symbol ring. For me, it was the relationship, so I told my husband I didn't want a ring, and we had a tiny tiny wedding.