At least in Australia, anyway...
[a href="vny!://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21754276-2,00.html"][span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-weight: bold;"]Men own the engagement ring[/span][/a]
WHEN wedding plans turn sour, unwilling brides should resist any urge to toss out the engagement ring, the NSW Supreme Court has determined.[/p] The court today dismissed an appeal by Vicky Papathanasopoulos against an earlier decision that had ordered her to compensate ex-fiance Andrew Vacopoulos $15,250 for the value of a discarded engagement ring. [/p]The court found that if a woman refuses without legal justification to marry her fiance she cannot keep and must return any engagement ring. [/p] By turning down the offer of marriage, Ms Papathanasopoulos had rejected the "conditional gift" of the ring, the court found.[/p]Full Story: [a href="vny!://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21754276-2,00.html"]vny!://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21754276-2,00.html[/a]
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Absolutely. I've never understood how it could be any other way. Women who think that if the man calls off the marriage that they get to keep the ring are simply displaying a side of their character that proves the man made a good decision.
Good court ruling. Only in Australia is there justice for men.