Right! A lot of people don't realize winning prizes in Contests sucks because of that.. You have to pay a fortune in taxes on it. A lot of people winning these outlandish prizes can't afford that. So yes it is most common when winning a big prize to just sell it.

I don't think it's a big step to assume your partner is planning to propose if they get an engagement ring.... Think that' like climbing a mountain and screaming "I'm planning on proposing!" But then they don't do it.. Yea I'd feel upset. Maybe he's not ready for marriage or they haven't discussed it, they could have, but either way you can't blame her for it putting clear ideas in her head. Who would not make that connection, I think the use of the word "assumption" is a little too condescending here because that is not an assumption. That's a clear 1+1=2 only only it didn't l, I'd be confused and hurt too. The bf should have made it clear he was not planning to propose if he let op find out about the ring.

To be fair though we dont know how long theyve been together for, for all i know it could be an overly attatched girlfriend or a douche boyfriend.. Maybe the ring wasn't even the prize he was after.

Could be that it wasn't the specific prize he was after, would be an odd random prize though. But yes that would be different. Though, Sounds like those contests they do for brides where they'll give you your dream wedding. It's meant for couples to enter. Of course there are people out there who'd just enter to sell of the prize and hell I'd sell it too. But it doesn't matter how long they've been together getting an engagement ring even attempting to win one, most definitely implies something.

He's a jerk for not buying her an engagement ring? I don't think so, honey. Just because you are with someone does not mean you want to marry them. I have dated people for years and had no intention of getting married or tying the knot. I had a guy ask, after a year together, and I turned him down. Unless he said to her "I want to marry you, I just need the ring" then she is at fault for getting her hopes up.

I agree with the just because... blahblah... But why on earth would you date someone for years if you don't see it resulting in marriage? You're wasting their time if you know all along you're not in it for keeps.

I am honest with people I date. Despite hearing me say these things, decided I was just playing and proposed, in front of our whole family. I turned him down and he broke up with me because of it. Which is fine, because after 20 or so conversations of "I don't want to marry someone I have only known a year/I am not going to marry until I am in my 40s, if I ever want to" he decided I would change my mind.