In theory, a groom to be is to spend 2-3 months worth of salary on an engagement ring.  This is before the wedding band purchase.  That’s nuts!  And don’t try to not spend an arm and a leg on the ring or your lady is likely to go from Bruce Banner to The Hulk in about .05 seconds.  At the very least you’re looking at the next great Facebook smear campaign.  A wise man, however, will watch Bridezilla and avoid matrimony altogether.  Few things are less attractive than the bride to be spiraling out of control into a whirlwind of self-absorbed pity and angst.  No woman is worth pawning off old comics.  Don’t do it.  Give her dad a few goats and be done with it.