Originally Posted by axemansean
Given that marriages end faster than an Enzo reaches 60 I'd be weary about spending that much on a ring. Personally its a status symbol, if a woman wants to be with you she won't give a crap if its a $200 ring or a $200,000 ring because its the concept of togetherness that counts.
I can see it from the other side too. If you love your gf as much as you claim, spending a huge chunk of change on her will be no sweat. If you are all about the concept of being together, then you should be together for a long long time, and a nice ring will only compliment that. I think it would be insulting both giving or recieving a 200 dollar ingagement ring.