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Guarantee you that cat will cost more in the first year than a ring from a fancy jewelry store
Cost? Yes.
But WORTH! Also YES!!! 🐈
You severely underestimate the cost of jewelry. And every cost also multiplies by 400% if you put the word "wedding" in front of it.
In some cases, you can get around that by just not mentioning the whole 'wedding' thing.
And the ring is one of those cases. Just go to the jewelry store, pick one out, and never mention what it's for. No reason for any price surcharges -- a ring is a ring.
In other cases, though, you really shouldn't take such shortcuts. That is, if you're particular about how you want your wedding to go.
Take the florist for example. For a regular (regular price) order, if you've ordered 100 yellow roses for the table settings, but they're out of yellow roses, they'll just substitute in 100 white roses instead and call it a day.
But if you're particular about 'your special day' being perfect and you must have the yellow roses, that's when the florist needs to know that it's for a wedding, specifically. And no matter what happens, they'll do their damnedest to make sure you get the yellow roses you ordered, no substitutions. And that extra mile of effort is what the 400% price surcharge is for.
Photographers is the classic example of where you don't want to cut corners. Even if you cheap out on rings, you can always buy different rings later on. You only get one day to get the photos you want.
Wedding kitten as well?
Yep, the vet has a 4x charge to treat pets that are symbols of marriage
Oof, I'm glad we went to a local silversmith and had her make some basic, silver bands. She was great and probably didn't realize we wanted them for our marriage.
Go to Amazon and search for "Cubic Zirconia ring". Find one you like and order a pair in the appropriate sizes. If you want something less traditional, drop this cubic zirconia part if the search.
That can easily get you a pair if wedding rings for less money than I spend every year testing my cats' poop.
Sure, but you can also spend 15k on a ring. On the other hand, you can also spend 15k on a kitten.
I can never tell when someone is just arguing for the thrill of it or if they're genuine...
As someone who's had five dogs and three cats + been married, divorced, and remarried pets cost more just in terms of money. I bought real wedding bands & engagement rings from a proper jeweler for about $1,500 USD per ring. On the other hand I spent between $1500-3000 in vet bills alone for almost every pet I've adopted just in the first year; not to mention the toys, food, etc that comes along.
I suspect you're gonna say "oh, well some people spend tens of thousands on wedding bands" which is true, but those are also the types of people who spend five-figures on purebred pets and doesn't apply to the average experiece.
Wow, either your pets have been extremely unlucky, or you live somewhere VERY expensive. Considering those are dollars, I can guess it's a probably at least a bit of the second.
My Dutch vet has a "kitten package" which is 550 euros for spay/neuter, first year of (three rounds of?) vaccines and one seperate checkup. I probably spend something like 500 euros on food/grit per cat. Maybe a bit less, it's cheaper if you have two. That doesn't include complications of course, or food/toys.
On the other hand, my wedding ring doesn't exist because neither of us like rings, so it's never going to beat that.