<prompt> Human: Hey everyone - Im 30 years old and am preparing to propose to my girlfriend next year. Weve been looking at rings and I know she wants something pretty significant. We make about 300k combined Im expecting to have a significant pay raise in the next few years and have zero debt. Our monthly housingbills etc not including food and extras is about 5k and we dont have cars.x200B;We will most likely be having a court house wedding with a small dinner held and paid for by our parents we have both discussed not be interested in hosting a wedding and are set on this. I want to get her something amazing, since this will be the emblem of our marriage. We run in a pretty successful circle of people, so I want to get her something at least on par with what her friends and my clients wives have which is at least 2 carats. I know reddit is going to annihilate me over this, but I think its necessary to bring up.x200B;Anyway, my question is - how much do I spend on a ring? Is something 20-40k ridiculous given that we wont be paying for a wedding and dont have debt? Will I seriously regret this long term? HELPx200B;x200B;  <response>: My ring is over 2 carats and was close to 20k many years ago, he offers to get me a bigger diamond all the time but I think they look weird and a bit fake when they get too big. I have my mothers 5 carat ring and never wear it. So if you can afford it and she wants one get her a decent 2 with good Cs. 