I dunno, maybe my wife and I are not that traditional, but I enjoyed taking her out and seeing her face light up when she tried on a ring or two. Maybe it wasn't because of the ring since she didn'...

That's what I was thinking. Take her ring shopping so she's not totally thrown off guard (and so you know what kind of ring she likes) and then just don't give it to her for a while so she kind of...

Yeah defintely. The anticipation plus the suprise factor

and it woudl be the worst thing ever to buy her a ring that she totally despises...

hmm yeah. I mean she and I have so little in common and so much in common. Its weird. Like we get along so well and its just one of those weird things. Anyways she probably wont get the ring till n...

You could start dropping hints and asking questions now (like does she like gold or platinum, what cut would she prefer, etc.), and so she'll think it's coming up soon. Then you could still have th...

yeah well so far i know she doesnt like gold. Neither do I. Gold reminds me of the 1980's and Scrooge McDuck.

what about platinum? platinum rings are gorgeous!!! i don't like gold but there's something about platinum that can make any ring look gorgeous!

platinum is very nice, but very expensive. if you are on a limited budget or would rather spend the $$ on a bigger diamond, consider white gold. also, find out what shape of diamond she likes-may b...

This is a good point. My husband got me platinum, and spared no expense. But when I went to get his ring, I was on a slightly tighter budget than he was. So I went with white gold. You really can't...