When our youngest son and his girlfriend became engaged they didn't have two pennies to rub together. Amy didn't particularly want an engagement ring and was lukewarm on a wedding ring. What they ended up doing was saving their pennies and going to a pawn shop and buying a beautiful antique "ring." It was neither an engagement ring nor a wedding ring. Just a pretty ring they both liked.
As someone already mentioned, go out to eat fewer times and put that money in a separate account, add to it the money you might spend on new "toys," etc. In no time, you'll have enough money to buy a nice ring or rings, if Jake wants a ring.
Buck and I know someone who couldn't afford a diamond ring and, instead, the lovely engagement ring has a CZ in it. Now, more than 20 years later, the CZ is still in the ring.
As someone already mentioned, go out to eat fewer times and put that money in a separate account, add to it the money you might spend on new "toys," etc. In no time, you'll have enough money to buy a nice ring or rings, if Jake wants a ring.
Buck and I know someone who couldn't afford a diamond ring and, instead, the lovely engagement ring has a CZ in it. Now, more than 20 years later, the CZ is still in the ring.