lets stop with the Miss America answers already
EVERY WOMAN WANTS A RING THAT WILL WOW PEOPLE.
nobody is gonna go "WOW" at a 1/2 carat zirconia, a gold band from Wal-Mart or a peice of String around your finger until he can afford something better.
The ring symbolizes his love for you - not all of it but some of it. The time, the thought process of choosing the right one just for the lady he wants to spend the rest of his life with shows he loves you....the price tag on the ring shows how much he loves you.
If your man has no problem spending $$$$ on electronics, hunting trips, strip clubs, beer parties & weed (whatever his fetish is)...he should have no problem spending that dough when it comes to the lady he chooses to die with.
After I was proposed to, I went to the store to get it appraised and make sure it was real....U NEVER KNOW...