[Erin Pavlina]

I don't have any women in my circle of friends who would care what size, cut, color or quality my diamond was. If I had friends like that, they wouldn't be friends. Does your soon to be fiance have women in her life who would judge her by the quality of her ring?

I like the idea of proposing without a ring and then asking her what she wants. I went ring shopping with Steve after he asked me. We decided not to get an engagement ring at all and just get one ring that would serve as my wedding ring. I don't really like the whole solitaire on a small band thing and I also don't like the whole welding the band to the engagement ring thing. So we just got one ring (to rule them all... sorry couldn't resist).

My wedding ring was, unfortunately, stolen, so today I wear my grandmother's wedding ring that I inherited. It's so beautiful, I am just in love with it. It's antique.