Ken, I find your generalization ludicrous. Mark, I think you're right. Afterall, I agreed to marry my husband without any ring at all (at first, anyway).
Honestly, when I was proposed to it didn't even dawn on me to get my then-fiance anything. I know, shame on me. And believe me, I'm not the traditional type. Something about proposals and weddings makes them a lot more traditional than one would expect. Since I had NO idea my boyfriend was...