D Wade proposes to Gabrielle Union, gives her a million dollar engagement ring

Source - Every kiss begins with ... an engagement ring that costs MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE MAKE THEIR WHOLE FRICKIN' LIVES -- if you're Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade, that is.

Dwayne popped the question Saturday night with an 8.5 carat cushion cut diamond ring (pictured below) made by go-to celeb jeweler Jason of Beverly Hills ... and TMZ has learned it goes for nearly 1 million bucks.



I am ignorant so I seriously don't know the answer to this. Do women continue to wear their engangement ring after they get married? Or is it just a filler until the wedding ring? If that is the case I feel like this is setting the bar waaaaaaay too high. Think of the other things you could get for a million dollars. Wouldn't you two, as a couple, benefit from using that money on almost anything else than on a ring she will lock in jewelry box on the dresser? It's not a pissing contest, Dwyane.

That being said:

I'm pretty sure the engagement ring is three months salary. So I guess in reality D Wade is a cheap mother fucker more concerned with piling up his bills than making his woman happy.