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‘I feel like the worst person’ says woman who found & HATED her engagement ring…but people claim her man is in the wrong
The ring was the total opposite of what she told her boyfriend she wanted
A WOMAN has come under fire for admitting she hates her engagement ring, even though her boyfriend hasn't even popped the question yet.
Taking to social media, the woman confessed she found the ring and wasn't too pleased with what she saw, since she'd already discussed what kinds of rings she'd like with her husband-to-be.
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"I found my engagement ring. I hate it," she said.
She explained that when they first started talking about tying the knot she told him she would never want anything worth over £500, since wearing something so pricey would stress her out.
The woman said she even recommended that her boyfriend should get the ring from Etsy, to help keep costs low.
But much to her surprise, he ignored their chat and forked out £8,000 on the bling from a posh jeweller.
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But the disappointment didn't end there for the woman, who said he even got the style of the ring totally wrong.
"I like yellow gold. As in I ONLY wear yellow gold. All of my jewellery is yellow gold," she said.
But the posh ring she found was platinum.
The stone wasn't to her taste either, since she had her heart set on a colourless stone, and not even necessarily a diamond.
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But her boyfriend opted for a blue sapphire instead.
"I like solitaire angular shapes," she continued, but again her beau missed the mark and forked out for an oval shaped ring with a halo setting.
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"I feel like the worst person in the world, what do I do?" she asked fellow social media users.
A lot of people defended her for not being happy with the ring, despite the fact she looked when she probably shouldn't have.
"People can shame her for being picky about a ring," one person commented, £but I think the fact that it’s opposite of what she liked in every way is really sad and shows she’s not in a relationship where someone listens to her at all."
A second agreed: "If my partner doesn't listen to me enough to get me a ring that suits what I want after literally telling them what I want, I'm not accepting it and not getting married."
And another wrote: "I would be incredibly upset in her shoes too, 16 times more expensive and it's not even to her taste? Whose taste was he bothering to consider?"
"My engagement ring was like $200 custom made from Etsy and EXACTLY my style.
"I'd be heartbroken about this too as it's much deeper than just the price, it's a complete lack of understanding."
But some pointed out that she had no real way of knowing if the ring was even for her.
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"Plot twist: this isn't her engagement ring. It's a ring for his other secret girlfriend that likes all that stuff," one said.
"That's what you get for looking when you know you shouldn't," someone else slammed.
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