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[quote=Anonymous]Probably a troll, but I'll play.

When DH and I got engaged, I insisted on a ring. A nice ring, which I defined as an excellent quality, one carat diamond in a simple band. Mine cost about $5,000. That was within the rang of what DH could afford and it showed me he was serious.

Prior to DH, I had dated and "been engaged" or near engaged with previous steady boyfriends. None of them took the step to buy an actual ring, and with the hindsight of maturity, I can see we were really just playing pretend. Marriage was never really on the table.

So to me, the ring, and not just any ring, but a ring that required a little sacrifice (but not too much), showed me that the marriage talk wasn't just talk. That was important to me.

That said, these days the unmarrieds seem to be a lot more honest with each other about what they're looking for when they date, which is a really welcome change. I'm not sure my experience is really all that informative given today's social norms.[/quote]

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