> It's too expensive to buy a diamond and promise marriage just to string your girlfriend along [...] Q: Is it just me, or does that statement sound like it fe

> It's too expensive to buy a diamond and promise marriage just to string your girlfriend along [...] Q: Is it just me, or does that statement sound like it fell out of the 1950s through some kind of wormhole? In no particular order: * If the girl asks the guy to marry her, are we to understand that he should expect to receive a diamond ring from her, to somehow seal the deal? * Why should it be the guy "promising marriage" to the girl? * Why should it be based on "guys" marrying "girls" at all?