forget that crap. You are paying to much on a engagement ring now. I am telling you they are a rip off. The one I got my wife was $1000. I could afford way more but there was no need. We wanted things like a house and a car more than a $6k-$8k engagement ring.
Oh she picked out the $1k ring so I know she was happy with it and I never told her a price I just told her to pick out what she wanted. She and I both think it looks better than any engagement ring any of our friends have and they have spent from $2k-$10k on theirs. In fact the $10k ring was just like the one I go my wife but was set in platninum instead of white gold and they were certified flawless diamonds. Besides that they look exactly the same to the normal person but mine was much less