Well, we've already bought a house, have pretty much everything bought in it that we want, both have new cars, and relatively no debt (house mortgage obviously). I happen to have a pretty damn good job and make good money. On normal jewelry purchases, I wouldn't spend that much, but if you know anything about diamonds, there is a WIDE variety, depending cut, clarity, color, and carot (the 4 C's). For an engagement ring, you typically want to get a better rock, which means you're going to have to spend the money.

I guess different strokes of life take different things as impractical. Then again, when I was 20 or 21, if you would've told me that I was going to have to spend $10k on an engagement ring, I would've had the same reaction, but things change.

I do play Live, but not very often anymore. I play too much damn Guitar Hero 3.