Pay Dirt July 08, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Alekon pictures/Unsplash. Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? Send it to Kristin and Ilyce here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Pay Dirt, I just got engaged to the love of my life, and I’m so happy. The proposal was perfect. He proposed with a cute plastic ring, and the next day we went shopping for rings at my favorite jewelry store. Before that visit, we had talked about a budget of $10,000, which seemed like a huge amount of money to me to spend on a ring. All the rings we were shown were in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. The ring I ended up falling in love with was $7,000. I love it so much and can’t wait to wear it. (It’s getting resized.) But a few nights ago, we were at a bar with his sister, and I was s