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<h2>Weddings are getting pretty over-the-top these days.</h2><p>Between the dresses, the venues, the bachelorette/bachelor parties, bridal showers, and gifts--everyone has to be prepared to fork over a decent chunk of change whether they&#39;re getting married or just attending.</p><p>So, when a student shared their awkward conversation concerning what is acceptable to spend on an engagement ring on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/cpcy8h/aita_for_calling_this_womans_expectations_for_an/">reddit,</a> the internet was ready to discuss.</p><h2>&quot;AITA for calling this woman&#39;s expectations for an engagement ring gold digging?&quot;</h2><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m taking a law class. My professor was talking about conditional gifts, and was using engagement rings as an example. He asked the class, &quot;Does anyone know how much a typical engagement ring costs?&quot; This lady next to me said &quot;three months salary&quot; without any indication she was joking.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I don&#39;t know much about weddings or engagements, but that seemed like such a disgusting number. I was pretty repulsed. I looked at her and said, &quot;Three months salary!?</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>That&#39;s not an engagement ring, that&#39;s shameless gold digging!&quot; A few people laughed pretty hard, but I wasn&#39;t joking at all. I come from a poor background, so that just sounded like straight up greed.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>When the professor went back to lecturing, the lady tapped on my shoulder and then flipped me off. My girlfriend agreed that three months salary is insane, but said I probably should&#39;ve kept quiet.</p> </blockquote><p>Clearly this person didn&#39;t know that three months salary is the standard suggestion, but it still isn&#39;t right to embarrass someone in class, especially since this person wasn&#39;t demanding her partner spend three months salary.</p><p>Most people agreed that the OP was wrong in this situation...</p><h2>&quot;punfull&quot; wrote:</h2><blockquote> <p>The question wasn&#39;t &quot;how much do you think a ring SHOULD cost&quot; it was &quot;how much do you think the average purchase is?&quot;. You jumped on this person for answering the question AS ASKED.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>&quot;justanotheracct33&quot; wrote:</h2><blockquote> <p>Exactly this, 100% YTA. Like, if the prof asked &quot;How much is the US federal minimum wage?&quot; and the student answered $7.25, would OP have accused her of supporting corporate greed and income inequality?</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>She has no say in what the standard is, she was just correctly answering the question as posited without allowing her personal monetary grievances get in the way of her judgement. For this, she will be a good lawyer, and OP will not.</p> </blockquote><h2>&quot;Trogdor_elBurninator&quot; wrote:</h2><blockquote> <p>3 months salary is a ridiculous number that the jewelry industry pushes. I don&#39;t know a lot of people who can (or should) give up a quarter of their annual income for a piece of jewelry!</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>But still YTA because of you basically calling your classmate a gold digger. She was answering a question with what has (unfortunately) become a conventional answer to that question. Doesn&#39;t mean she personally is a gold digger.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>&quot;GreatKentuckyChicken&quot; wrote:</h2><blockquote> <p>You&#39;re not wrong that that&#39;s an insane amount, but her answer is the generally suggested standard amount and she isn&#39;t a gold-digger for saying so.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Her answer was correct and you were out of line for shaming her for it, especially as you yourself admit that you dont know about the matter.</p> <p>Diamonds are a rip-off, but that&#39;s not her fault.</p> <p> </p> </blockquote><p>The original poster eventually edited the post and apologized:</p><blockquote> <p>Ok. The overwhelming consensus is I was a prick. I agree, and will apologize the next time I see her. I could&#39;ve worded my thoughts better, or just not said anything.</p> </blockquote><p>When it comes to weddings and all wedding-related events, it&#39;s best to keep judgment to yourself.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Guy asks if he's wrong to call woman 'gold digger' because of engagement ring.

Weddings are getting pretty over-the-top these days.Between the dresses, the venues, the bachelorette/bachelor parties, bridal showers, and gifts--everyone has to be prepared to fork over a decent chunk of change whether they&#39;re getting married or just attending.So, when a student shared their awkward conversation concerning what is acceptable to spend on an engagement ring on reddit, the internet was ready to discuss.&quot;AITA for calling this woman&#39;s expectations for an engagement ring gold digging?&quot;  I&#39;m taking a law class. My professor was talking about conditional gifts, and was using engagement rings as an example. He asked the class, &quot;Does anyone know how much a typical engagement ring costs?&quot; This lady next to me said &quot;three months salary&quot; without any indication she was joking.  I don&#39;t know much about weddings or engagements, but that seemed like such a disgusting number. I was pretty repulsed. I looked at her and said, &quot;Three months salary!?  That&#39;s not an engagement ring, that&#39;s shameless gold digging!&quot; A few people laughed pretty hard, but I wasn&#39;t joking at all. I come from a poor background, so that just sounded like straight up greed.  When the professor went back to lecturing, the lady tapped on my shoulder and then flipped me off. My girlfriend agreed that three months salary is insane, but said I probably should&#39;ve kept quiet. Clearly this person didn&#39;t know that three months salary is the standard suggestion, but it still isn&#39;t right to embarrass someone in class, especially since this person wasn&#39;t demanding her partner spend three months salary.Most people agreed that the OP was wrong in this situation...&quot;punfull&quot; wrote: The question wasn&#39;t &quot;how much do you think a ring SHOULD cost&quot; it was &quot;how much do you think the average purchase is?&quot;. You jumped on this person for answering the question AS ASKED. &quot;justanotheracct33&quot; wrote: Exactly this, 100% YTA. Like, if the prof asked &quot;How much is the US federal minimum wage?&quot; and the student answered $7.25, would OP have accused her of supporting corporate greed and income inequality?  She has no say in what the standard is, she was just correctly answering the question as posited without allowing her personal monetary grievances get in the way of her judgement. For this, she will be a good lawyer, and OP will not. &quot;Trogdor_elBurninator&quot; wrote: 3 months salary is a ridiculous number that the jewelry industry pushes. I don&#39;t know a lot of people who can (or should) give up a quarter of their annual income for a piece of jewelry!  But still YTA because of you basically calling your classmate a gold digger. She was answering a question with what has (unfortunately) become a conventional answer to that question. Doesn&#39;t mean she personally is a gold digger. &quot;GreatKentuckyChicken&quot; wrote: You&#39;re not wrong that that&#39;s an insane amount, but her answer is the generally suggested standard amount and she isn&#39;t a gold-digger for saying so.  Her answer was correct and you were out of line for shaming her for it, especially as you yourself admit that you dont know about the matter. Diamonds are a rip-off, but that&#39;s not her fault.   The original poster eventually edited the post and apologized: Ok. The overwhelming consensus is I was a prick. I agree, and will apologize the next time I see her. I could&#39;ve worded my thoughts better, or just not said anything. When it comes to weddings and all wedding-related events, it&#39;s best to keep judgment to yourself.

Weddings are getting pretty over-the-top these days.  Between the dresses, the venues, the bachelorette/bachelor parties, bridal showers, and gifts--everyone has to be prepared to fork over a decent chunk of change whether they&#39;re...