I am just curious, mine didn't have a ring when he first proposed and honestly I didn't care. He gave me one later, and I was so happy he at least proposed and it was beautiful.
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First he proposed, then we went ring shopping together, then he picked up the ring and re-proposed, and then we announced our engagement.
He had a ring when he proposed, however we had discussed getting married and our future so much, I felt like we were pretty much already engaged, yano? I don't think it took any of the surprise or romance out of the actual proposal (on a frozen lake) but I definitely feel like we were psuedo-engaged before that moment.
@candy11: I wouldn't have care if he had a ring right then and there. Personally I jusat wanted the commitment and the excitement to start planning, but he wanted to get a ring which was okay with me ;) I love my little ring, it is perfect in everyway and I couldnt ask fr anything more :)
^this is him proposing :) Haha my face!!
^and here is my ring :)
He proposed with a ring, it was really impressive, he spent 6 months designing my ring and when the time came he got down on one knee and opened the box and proposed, I cried.
He had a ring but our house had just been robbed before he bought it and had no way of figuring our my ring size, which was a shame.
But I had no idea he had bought one - or collected it at the airport jewellers - so he gets huge bonus points for that.
@candy11: Before my fiance officially proposed, he would tell people that we were "almost engaged." Basically this meant that he'd purchased the ring, but was waiting for the "right moment."
So to answer your original question, he did have a ring when he proposed.
@Roxykitten: I love the look on your face in that picture! That's so sweet. 
Yep, he had the ring. I wouldn't have minded if he didn't though. It was the formal asking me to marry him that mattered.
He took six months to design the ring (I had no idea he was planning all of it - so oblivious sometimes to the world around me!) then planned a surprise weekend away to propose so yes had to ring when he got down on one knee :)
He proposed without a ring because he wanted me to choose. We got it about a month later.
He proposed with a pink sapphire band and then we picked out my official ring together
My husband proposed ring in hand. My engagement ring is a bit of a touchy situation. His mother talked him out of getting the ring he wanted to propose to me with, saying I would hate it.
He despises my engagement ring. He calls it his "failure" and whenever someone mentions it, he said he screwed up. It makes it terrible that I fell in love with it. It's tiny, delicate and pretty. I don't need fancy.
I finally agreed to have the diamond reset into a setting we both like, but we can't really afford it (A ring in general.) I still do not have a wedding ring, and I truthfully wouldn't mind if I never did at all. Right now, my engagement ring doubles as my wedding band, and I'm okay with that, except that it causes my husband so much anguish.
Rings are expensive and I can't justify dropping a few grand into another engagement ring and a wedding ring. We wouldn't go into the poor house for it, but I just don't see the reason why so much money needs to be dumped into little rings of pretty metal and shiny stones.
I haven't brought it up in a month or so. I'm kind of hoping he forgets about it. Not so I get to keep my engagement ring, but just so we don't have to shell out money for new ones. Call me frugal.
We had talked about getting engaged for a while, but I didn't want to know when he was going to do it so I made a list of the rings that I wanted. A while later, he popped the question with a ring in hand while we were on an anniversary trip in the mountains. Couldn't have asked for more. I love him so much!
He proposed with a family heriloom his mother gave him to propose with. [She knew he was going to propose before I even suspected it!]. I wore that for around a year until I figured out EXACTLY what I wanted for a ring. [I'm picky, and I change my mind ALOT]. So i got my real engagement ring most recently.
Yes, he proposed with my engagement ring in hand. I'll be the odd man out in the comments and say that it *was* important to me that he propose with a ring. He knew that going into it, no surprises, haha.
we were walking the dogs and having an intense discussion about our relationship that was sort of escalating into a fight. that's when he proposed, in that he declared his intention to spend the rest of his life with me and i guess he technically asked me to marry him.
i said no. =P
i mean, i was holding a baggie of dog poo for goodness sakes!!
but a few weeks after that, we bought a ring and then 3 months later, he proposed officially with the ring.
He did not propose with a ring. He did it in December, but he was planning to do it in February. Figuring out what I was going to wear forever was too much pressure on him, so that is why he proposed earlier, to get me in on it. He took me to the store on his next day off and showed me the sapphire he picked out and I fell in love with it instantly. It was so so so gorgeous! The band he picked out wasn't my favorite, but he was SO CLOSE! He found the mokume gane bands. He didn't know what setting either. So to wrap this up, I kept the sapphire he had on hold and just picked a slightly different band and picked a half bezel setting. I get my ring in Feb. and I can't wait!
My proposal was beautiful. It was on top of a mountain with snow. He just out of the blue proposed, and later we chose a ring together. Why? because he knew me well...I am fussy :)
DH did not have a ring when he proposed. He was not planning on proposing (I was 19, we had been dating for about 6 months), then one night we were sitting in his car talking about life/our future when he just plainly said "we should get married, will you marry me?". We bought a ring together after.
My FI proposed with a crystal ring, so that I could choose the ring I wanted... lovely man, he knew I would LOVE the ring shopping! Funnily enough, the crystal ring is so similar to what I ended up with!
Everything got done all out of order thanks to him having to suddenly move 500 miles away a few months ago. We're going ring shopping next month when he has a chance to come back to Tokyo since the store he wants to go to is here.
not really a proposal, morevof a discussion. Wentbring shopiping a month later, whn we found time, and gound a ring in about 30 minutes.
Mine proposed without a ring while we were travelling. I didn't mind at all, the proposal was a complete suprise and it was perfect. Then he bought me a CZ stand-in ring a couple of days later as soon as we found one we liked - I love it so much, it's really pretty and has a lot of sentimental value because we were both so excited. Then a few months later we chose the real ring together and he bought it for me. He proposed again with it when it finally came! So I got 2 proposals and 2 rings, what a lucky girl :)
ETA: I love my real engagement ring too, haha! It's so sparkly :)
my FI is pretty old-fashioned. he picked out a ring by himself, asked my dad, then asked me! :)
I voted yes... and he did have a ring. But the jewelry store accidentally ordered it in a size 3.5, and I'm a size 6.5! So I couldn't wear it for another two weeks. :(
He had a ring to propose with. We picked my ring out together (okay, I picked it out and showed him), then I did not get to see it again until he proposed, which I was not involved with.
@angelinthesnowxo: Haha thank you :) as you can tell I wasnt expecting it at all! Congrats on your proposal!
@candy11: The ring came a day later when we went shopping together. I didn't expect one because I proposed 
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@Hyperventilate: Frugal maybe, but a loving and understanding woman, definitely. Lucky guy!
Well there wasn't a proposal. We kind of just decided to get engaged and went ring shopping. He was going to pick it up without me and propose, but due to a double car breakdown I ended up going to the jewlery store with him. He ended up just putting the ring on my finger at the store and our jewler said congratulations. So no suprise or romantic proposal, but I do love my ring.
He just proposed Saturday without a ring. I honestly don't care at all, I'm just so excited that he wants to marry me! I should have my ring in a month or so though. :)
He proposed without a ring. We went out the next day and got a cz place holder until we can purchase the moissanite ring we have picked out :)
He proposed with a fake ring (which I couldn't tell was fake!) because he wanted me to pick a ring that I liked. So we went ring shopping together a few days later! He knew that we had completely different tastes in rings. :)
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