A wholesome relationship

Sorry to poo poo the wholesomeness, but you should not be selling your possessions to buy an engagement ring. You should be buying a ring that is within your income to afford. An engagement ring is definitely one of those "it's the thought that counts" purchases. If it is not, that is a massive red flag.

But they had a PS4, wanted an engagement ring instead and sold the PS4 for money they could use to buy the ring. Seems... fine to me? You don't have to hold on to everything you own.
- Completely agree. Plus, with a wife, who has time for Playstation anyway
- You don't have to spend that much for a ring if just wanting a ring is your concern. You can get a ring for like 20$ on amazon if having one is all you care about. If he didn't want the PS4 anymore why buy him another one?
I mean you shouldn't sell your car, but selling what amounts to a toy, in order to buy a bit nicer ring than you can afford, is a good way to get some extra cash AND show that you're in it to win it.
- Emm no. It's an empty gesture in a system that hijacked it to say "more expensive more love". Don't buy an expensive ring, period.
I mean it can be both right? Maybe the ring he could afford isn't the ring he wanted to give. And he regarded the ring higher than his own PS4. Could have been fully his own decision.

Now if she DEMANDED a ring of a certain value, of course... But I think we can look for the wholesome explanation here.
Yeah lol. I have two that I use and both together cost about as much as a single game. One is literally just steel.
Hell....skip the whole weird church and contract junk and just don't get married. Save the money completely. Have a BBQ with friends. Marriage does nothing but waste money
- Or get married at a courthouse for the tax breaks without all the overpriced bullshit of a "traditional" wedding
- I agree on the whole, but marriage was something from life I wanted to experience. Treating my friends and family to a great party was worth it. Although, mine was probably ten times cheaper than most.
- Marriage is more a contract than it is a religious thing
Agreed, I actually got my fiancee this bell as an engagement bell. She's really into cats and loves it.
- When you marry a Namazu
- can also double as an engagement ring too
In stable economies, for above poors.
This is weird take.
Fuck that. An engagement ring is something she'll have for the rest of her life. You will never be able to give her an engagement ring for the first time again. Stretch a little. Show her how much she means to you. Yes, it's materialistic, but it's also important to most women.
- We picked our own because we each have to wear it every day, might as well like it. Been together a decade, married for 6 years. Sometimes big sweping "romantic" gestures are for the movies.
- An engagement ring is something she’ll have for the rest of her life
  
  The rest of the marriage**

Little did she know that PS5 has been out for years

Should’ve got a PS5 to account for interest
The guy could've then sold that for a wedding ring

is it wholesome to make unwise financial decisions to conform to arbitrary social standards? feels more wholesome to enjoy playing together on the playstation instead, you can get really pretty oxidized titanium rings for basically nothing.

Maybe they just liked the ring? They're adults. If they wanna follow arbitrary social standards, that's their choice

That was financially wise of her. Getting an expensive wedding ring and waiting for the PS to drop in price.
But to be honest, it's wholesome that they both equally seems caring for each other, but not that they ruin themselves for luxury rings.

She couldn’t afford a ps5?

This is such a strange photo to attach to a tweet, though. The one on the left shows the husband's right hand in a unnatural position with the thumb all messed up. In the photo on the right, both hands look normal, resting on the game console box. His face is utterly blank. Could this be an AI generated tweet or post?

In the left photo he is holding his phone in his right hand close to his face, taking a picture of the gifts.
Also who writes "happy birthday husband" in a public tweet?

PS4 had PT on it, thats how he afforded the engagement ring.

Do they still make PS4s? I remember buying my PS3 about a year after it came out and the store clerk looked at me like I was insane when I asked if they had any in stock. They did have one - which I bought, but he said "if you want the latest playstation buy it when it comes out, this PS3 is a dinosaur, nobody is wanting PS3s anymore." I would have bought one earlier, I just didn't have the funds at that time.

Now I'm feeling guilty about not buying a PS5 which is already obsolete and yesterday's technology. Even though there's no games on PS5 I'm interested in. Honestly -- and I am really opening myself up here - my fave console is still the PS2, I love the games for it and still play them often.