Mangagement Rings: Engagement Rings For Men [POLL]

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Would You Propose To The Man Of Your Dreams With A Mangagement Ring?

Remember when girls would wait and wait and wait for their guy to get down on bended knee with that tell-tale jewlers' box in hand to pop the question?  Seems that more than a few got sick of being patient and decided to take matters into their own hands. Enter the new-fangled "mangagement ring" - the masculine bauble for any gal who wants to fast-track the marriage thing.

These "mangagement" rings are popping up among couples with a forward-thinking outlook on relationships -- and guys who don't mind announcing that they're "taken" to the world. 

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Indeed, a browse through a few jewelers' sites yields a vast selection of men's diamond engagement rings, some featuring wide bands with discrete gems, others feature diamonds of ice-rink proportions.

But some analysts maintain that this trend may be fabricated by the retailers themselves. Chris Easter of TheManRegistry.com told Details magazine in 2009 that he is skeptical: "We're in a rough economy. The groom's engagement band is just a sales tactic invented by jewelers to trick young couples into spending money."

"I don't think we've reached the point where we'll be seeing a man showing off his shiny new engagement ring to his buddies," he said.

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This is an interesting point, and one that most definitely deserves a poll. So what do you think? Do you know anyone who wears a mangagement ring, or do you think it's a flash-in-the-pan marketing ploy? Cast your votes below.