Tiny Engagement Ring Has Bride-To-Be Fuming

There's a long history of newly engaged women taking to the internet to publicly shame the less-than-extraordinary rings their betrothed proposed to them with. And in most cases, their criticism doesn't receive much support, because people typically tend to be of the belief that it's not about how big the ring is, but what it represents.

She posted a photo of the simplistic ring online, along with the receipt which revealed what her groom-to-be paid for the piece of jewelry.

"His salary is nearing a 6 figure sum, and he's usually very generous," she wrote. "Having seen the receipt I know he paid $1,674 for it — which is a lot less than I would have imagined he would have spent on such a significant piece of jewelry."

"Be happy to even get a ring," one person wrote, while another added, "My rings are from the Wish app. Total of 25 dollars. I don't care. Our love is more important than the cost of a ring."

Someone else said what was perhaps on everyone's mind when they wrote, "If he makes six figures perhaps he bought her a small ring to test her true colors and make sure he wasn't going to marry a materialistic gold digger. Seems as though she didn't pass the test."

However, there are some instances where the ring is just so shockingly small that the good people of the internet can't help but agree with the insulted bride.

The post went up on the subreddit r/weddingshaming on Monday after someone came across this disgruntled bride's engagement ring photo.

As the caption goes, this woman's partner of eight years saved up to buy her this admittedly simplistic ring, and she's feeling pretty insulted about it.

Even if you think ring size doesn't matter, I think we can all admit this is a super small piece of jewelry.

That "rock" looks more like a fleck of glitter, and it definitely wasn't what this bride-to-be was expecting from her man. Hence, her posting a photo of it online to see if anyone else agrees that it is unbelievably small.

A quick scroll through the comments shows plenty of equally insulted users who don't think this bride is being unreasonable.

"I'm not materialistic when it comes to things like this but if my man proposed with THAT I would be full on insulted," one user wrote. "There are nicer, more substantial rings than that for $200. He went out of his way to find the cheapest possible option; which to me says that he's probably like that in every aspect of the relationship and will probably be like that in every aspect of their marriage."

"While I have no idea what this costs, it doesn't look like a ring one would need to save up for," a user wrote, while another added, "Honestly I feel like he's probably lying about saving up for that ring."

However, the difference here is that theirs still mange to look significantly better than the one this bride-to-be ended up with on her finger: "My ring was $75 and it is the most beautiful thing I could have asked for. There is no excuse for the one in the pic."

"I kinda like her ring," one person wrote. "It's very modern and sleek looking. I'd wearing that in a heartbeat."

"It's totally the kind of ring that I'd wear," someone else chimed in.

While my minimalist heart can appreciate his jewelry taste, I also think it's fair to say he should know what his own bride-to-be's taste is. And judging from her reaction, he was way off.

"This will hopefully lead to a budget discussion and set priorities," one person wrote, while another added that if they were the bride, they would gently tell the groom they weren't impressed with the bling and then join them at the jewelers to pick out something they both love.

"My husband bought some jewelry for me that wasn't my taste," one person wrote. "I wanted to have an engagement ring I absolutely loved, so we picked it out together. We got engaged almost three years ago and I still stare at my ring every day because I absolutely adore it."

Even a few men agreed with this tactic, with one person saying he let his girlfriend pick out her own bling "because I knew I wouldn't get the one she wanted and I knew she'd be the one wearing it forever."

Dropping an absolute truth-bomb into the Reddit thread, this person wrote, "When the ring is the issue, the ring is not the issue."

Yikes. No comment.