Don't you just love how you can ask a question about getting a ring and have a bunch of know-it-alls tell you what you should really do with your life?
My advice, go look at rings and prices, get something you can afford, that you can still give with pride. A nice lady will accept because of how she feels about ~you~ not the ring :~)
Yeah, I thought parts of this thread look more like Dr Phil or Dr Laura...and in someparts...the Pat Robertson relationship hotline, (if such a thing existed)
I was just wanting advice on the the ring friends. LOL