Girl... not every woman is the same.

My partner proposed to me on the spur of the moment during a profound and spiritual LSD trip.

He took his silver ring off his finger and gave it to me, and it fit perfectly.

We hadn't planned it, but it felt right. And almost 6 years later, it still feels right. That was the night we realised we were soulmates. It was incredibly special and beautiful. Big rings and cliches not required. We were rainbow metaphysical god and goddess, recognising each other again after lifetimes. No diamond can compare to that (to me).

I think the reason that you think people are jealous of you, is that when you go and show off an expensive ring it does come across like bragging. So then people will respond to that by talking up their own proposal and how happy they are with it. Nobody is going to respond to your proposal story with "wow that's so much better than what happened in my relationship". Not because they're lying, as you suggest, but because they are happy with their lives and they resent the implication that your relationship is somehow better than theirs.

I'm happy that you got the proposal of your dreams. That's wonderful for you. I also got a proposal that ended up being perfect for me. Neither of us have a "better" proposal than each other, it was just suited to us specifically and we have different wants and desires. Because we're different people.