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She starts to cry and you cannot
understand why. After you calm her down, you laboriously
explain to her what your budget is for a ring. She still
thinks you are a miser, but you make the purchase.
This may be the end of it or it may not.
Some Russians Have Kitschy Taste. I know one acquaintance
that has purchased a wedding ring for his wife five times
because he keeps imposing a budget on his wife.
He went to Fast Eddie’s Discount Wedding Rings first.
His fiancé buys the biggest, gaudiest ring she can find
for the money, but she doesn’t like it because she keeps
comparing it to my wife’s wedding ring.
His fiancé buys the biggest diamond even though it is of
poor quality. My wife has excellent taste. I explained to
my wife when buying a wedding ring about diamond quality.
I told her about quality versus size.
She picked a beautifully designed ring and a stone that
was good quality and a reasonable size for the money. It
was a little more than I wanted to pay, but it made my
wife happy.
Her friend has somewhat kitschy taste. Big and gaudy is
better in her mind. Yet when she keeps comparing it to my
wife’s ring, she is unhappy.
She keeps pressing her husband to trade up. Eventually,
she will get the ring she always wanted. But it will end
up costing more in the long run than if he had just bought
the right ring in the first place.
Do not buy a wedding or engagement ring in Russia. The
choice is much better in western countries. Russians
don’t have a tradition of engagement rings so she
isn’t expecting one.
Wedding rings in Russia are simple gold bands. They do not
have diamond wedding rings as a rule.
Buy her a wedding ring when she gets to America. Let her
help pick it out so she is happy with it. Work within your
budget, but…
Don’t go cheap because she will see what other women are
wearing as soon as she finds her way around.
The general feeling that Russians have about westerners is
that they are cheap. This is because they are always
talking about money. Don’t reinforce her pre-conceived
notions by being cheap.
When Russians hear a foreigner complaining about expenses
all the time, they think he is greedy.
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