MemberEnglish bee here! Fiance proposed and then we went and picked out a ring together. He knew roughly what I liked but wanted to make sure we got the right ring – damn good thing too as I ended up picking something totally different than what I told him I wanted. 
MemberAmerican/Frenchie together with a Norwegian here: We’d already discussed getting married, so the proposal was on the sofa with no ring 😉 We later went to the jewelers together, and picked out the diamond and setting since he wanted to make sure I was 100% happy and it would be my forever ring.
The size of a half carat diamond was a mutual choice considering in Scandinavia and a lot of Europe engagements rings are a bit more uncommon. My Norwegian didn’t really understand what an e-ring even was since no one in our friends group or in his whole family has one. Not even on my mam’s French side!
MemberIn my experience the proposal is without a ring and then the couple goes shopping together afterwards to pick the rings (men and women wear an engagement ring)
MemberBritish Bee. We had discussed getting married and he was very adamant that I adore the ring I was going to be wearing forever. So we designed it together with the jeweller and then I left the rest up to him.
I am a bit intrigued to see what he would have come up with on his own… But I am obsessed with my ring.
MemberMy SO is English. Initially he thought it was traditional for him to pick the ring without my input, then a phone call to his father changed his mind.
His father said, ‘let me give you a bit of life advice. Never buy a woman jewellery without their opinion.’
MemberI`m British, we discussed getting engaged, because I have chubby fingers I knew it woud be difficult to get a ring from the shop so my fiance gave me a budget and told me to pick a ring I loved which I did. He did still go down on one knee when it arrived and proposed properly before we announced our engagement.</p>
<p>I know if it hadn`t had been difficult to find a ring in my size that he would have did it the traditional British way and bought the ring, then surprised me.
MemberI’m an EU bee. I didn’t have anything to do with the ring, he picked it himself.
MemberYes. We’re both from NI.
I am fussy and didn’t know what I wanted so after he mentioned getting engaged, we designed a ring and had it made by my friend. When it was ready a while later he proposed.
Once we left the jewellers shop after ordering I stepped back so everything was up to him from then on.
im glad we did it that way because whilst I’m fussy I’m also indecisive so it took a while to figure out what I wanted.
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MemberI’m British born and live state side. I married a German. We never went ring shopping. My hubby custom made something quite unique in Germany!