My best guess is she's crying because the proposal went wrong--hopefully, this means her answer would be yes. Once she's calmed and you've gone back to the jeweler's for a lost/stolen ring, go back and try again!

I'm so sorry that happened. In the future, you can insure jewelry against loss, damage, or theft. I had to learn about that the hard way too after losing a $1500 necklace.

Where were you?? I'm not sure how it can get lost, but I'm sure she's crying because of how her only proposal in her life went. It represents the challenges in life. It's how you work through it together that defines your relationship. One day you both will laugh!

Is she crying because of the lost ring or that you think you’re good enough for her?

Either it wasn’t meant to be or that was a bad day for you

Who spends three hours crying instead of looking for the ring? Besides which, crying about an imperfect proposal? I know that in a story, the tale ends with the wedding, but a proposal is the real-life equivalent of a mid-game achievement, if not the starting tutorial. I'm sure OP knew his girl was this kind of person when he asked, but sheesh. Best of luck, man.

What is it about women and crying about every little thing? Shit happens, I know, and it sucks dick. However, crying about it for three ******* hours does nothing to fix the problem and just makes you look like the prissiest of little princesses.

You don’t say where you were when you lost it, but it’ll likely be within a 6’ max radius of where you were standing. Get ahold of a metal detector and find that sucker. $2k is too much to just blow off. Also, if your lady is the decent kind, she’ll give you another shot at it and in 20 years you both will look back and laugh about it.

Oh, if you have renters or homeowners insurance and still can’t find the ring, it’s loss may be covered under your policy

I hope you got insurance on it...can you follow up with her answer?