text: how many people don't get engagement rings? i've heard of couples with really cheap wedding/engagement rings or just none at all... yes, it happens.  but i've found the "cheap" rings usually mean more than the expensive ones.  when my husband and i got married, we were poor college students with no jobs so he couldn't afford an engagement ring.  on our honeymoon, we went to a small antique store and saw a beautiful ring -- it was bright green crystal set in sterling silver -- and it was $10.  the man we bought it from warned it was expensive.  since my husband had $10, he got me the ring and to this day we refer to it as my "very expensive ring".  although he now has a good job and we are no longer poor, i love that ring and will never get another one.  for me, it is worth more than all the gold and diamonds in the world.