What I wrote, if you had bothered to read it, is that diamonds wouldn't be given nearly as often if they weren't monetarily valuable. Diamonds are given because it's the script. My brother played the script, I played the script, and my wife played the script. Admit it's a script. That's all I'm asking.
Cognizant dissonance is a wonderful thing.
So if you make 60k a year after taxes, I guess 10k is alright. They'd probably be better off putting that money on a house. Personally, I think the whole engagement ring business is bullshit. The fact that a man has to spend two months of his hard-earned salary to convince a woman to marry him is idiotic.