Good work - I'm not sure how my wife would have taken such a suggestion. Our whole friend group owns diamond engagement rings. The social pressure is still very real and that somehow seeps into the minds of even the smartest women I know.
Which actually annoys me, because if I'm being honest, I think people who go into debt for meaningless baubles are being foolish. I think our whole consumerist culture is foolish. Save your money, do what you want.
I guess my fiancee knows she's with a man who would never spend thousands of dollars on a shiny rock.
