My fiance and I have been engaged for 7 months - I actually sort-of asked him. We tried going to look at rings a couple of times, but money is a little tight for both of us right now and I am very picky about jewelry. We haven't found anything in our price range that I like. At this point, we're halfway to our wedding, so is an engagement ring a requirement or is it acceptable to forgo the engagement ring for a more ornamental "engagement-like" (with diamonds) wedding ring with no separate wedding band?