Clearly you don’t know your target audience.[/quote]
I’m expecting answers of all kinds, which is exactly what I’m getting. You’re assuming that I’m looking for some particular set of answers when you suggest that I “don’t know my target audience.” All I did was ask a couple of questions. That you read something into this that isn’t there says more about you than it does about me.[/quote]
Where are you getting answers of all kinds? Did I miss a post where there was a married woman who said she wouldn’t have married her husband without an E ring? Was there a single woman who said she wouldn’t marry a guy without an E ring? These were the questions you asked.[/quote]
I’m seeing answers of all kinds regarding how the engagement ring issue was handled. Go back and re-read the posts. No, there’s not a single woman who has said here that she wouldn’t marry a guy without an engagement ring – despite this site’s anonymity, it would be naive to expect that level of honesty from many folks (if, in fact, that’s how they feel). And, as has been pointed out, this site is affected by adverse selection in this particular regard. So, all in all, the responses have been interesting, but they don’t surprise me too much.
Here are some interesting engagement ring-related statistics:
70% of women did not want their partners to propose until they had saved enough money to buy the ring of their dreams.
28% of women would turn down a proposal if the ring wasn’t to their taste.
