It will be interesting to find out how females and males respond to this. (4)

I am assuming that it's not the thing/gift but the thought or the gift showing how much a person cares what the other person would like.

Brian and I were shopping for a birthstone ring for my daughter's birthday. There were promise rings on display and Brian had already popped the big question. I showed him the cheapest promise ring, and said if I get an engagement ring, just make it something like this. Brian knew what style I liked and surprized me with the promise ring I liked best. It was not the ring that surprized or made me happy, it was his surprize of learning and caring about what I liked.

P.S. If some of you are thinking "yeah it's a diamond and it's costly." The ring cost less than 300$. To me it represents Brian's thought behind it. He cared about what I liked.
Because of the story behind the original ring my mother got from my dad, I could not feel comfortable with flashy and bigger. My father bought my mother many real diamond rings later in life, but my mother always prefered the original ring. Maybe it's because of all the years of watching my parents and their relationship, the ring brings up their history and love they had for each other.