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"Some of you have been waiting (semi-) patiently for a ring for a while now, so I&amp;amp;#8217;m wondering ...Flowers aren&amp;amp;#8217;t going to cut it, buck-o. Would you ever say: &amp;amp;#8220;I want to be engaged by the end of summer [or whenever] or I&amp;amp;#8217;m out.&amp;amp;#8221; On one hand, I wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t want a proposal that I basically had to beg for. But on the other, I wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t want to waste my time waiting around for a guy who was never going to put a ring on it. I think the most important rule in ultimatum-giving is you actually have to stand by your ultimatum. (Otherwise you&amp;amp;#8217;re setting yourself up for a lifetime of not being taken seriously&amp;amp;#8212;no fun.) But that can&amp;amp;#8217;t be easy. So let&amp;amp;#8217;s hear it: Is anyone toying with giving her guy an ultimatum? Do you think it&amp;amp;#8217;ll work? Has anyone issued an ultimatum before? Or had a friend demand a ring? How&amp;amp;#8217;d it go? More pressing wedding-related questions: * Will You Practice Your Kiss Before Your Wedding? * Has a Bride Ever Made You Buy Shoes? * Are There Signs He&amp;amp;#8217;s Going to Propose? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Jupiter Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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