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See... you'd LOVE the flat screen! Why can't she surprise you with it after you pop the question? It may be weeks or months later.
The female will have to know her "man" before she should step out and do something like that. Does it matter when? I'm sure for your B-day, Christmas, Just Because Day, Father's Day, you will want to receive something, right?
I know...let a man be a man, but sometimes...
Appraising the ring and all: He should know his female's taste. If she is expensive, then he knows what to do. He knows not to go to Sam's/ Friedman's and choose a ring full of chips.

With those, you can LOOK at it and tell it's not of quality.
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