The great indian middle class marriage - 3R's

Outcome of yet another "crappy" discussion...
ps: Certain biases would be clearly evident... This is not a philosophical analysis, it's just a time-pass... so u're expected to do the same while reading this...
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Who is better off as a couple
a) A rich couple
b) A middle-class couple
c) A poor couple
The right answer is: d) none
But there are certain natural forces forced upon us wherein coupling is a part of the torture god's blessed mankind with... Let's quickly analyze who enjoys this torture the most with respect to the 3R's that're closely associated with couples. Ring, romance and restaurants

Ring: A medium that carries the expression of love

A rich couple: super-posh diamond ring: Beautiful, Precious, Captivating, Everlasting
The wife sees the ring and says "Oh! it's so beautiful, i love this"
If the ring in itself is being more beautiful, more precious and more captivating than their marriage, it's the ring that's of concern and not the marriage. Medium surpasses the expression

A middle-class couple: Plain gold with little or no extras: Memorable, symbolic, senti'mental'
The wife sees the ring and says "i love you dear"
The ring here is the hard-work of small sacrifices done by her husband over the past couple of months and it carries his message of love towards her in a perfect manner

A poor couple: A copper/brass ring with their names written on it: Shabby, non-lusturous, waste of money
The wife sees the ring and says "I asked you to get rice, now how r u going to feed the starving children". feel sorry for them! when life's all about fighting to stay alive in the race there's no reason to celebrate the win!
The expression fails to flow through the medium

Romance:

A rich couple: Exotic holiday at maldives, Sunbath at San marino etc., etc.,
Their idea of a happy romance is taught by books and TV channels. They fail to see that romanticity is subjective and customized. Their money and lifestyle lures them into doing such unromantic and stupid things.

A middle-class couple: Sitting together on the beach, Dinner on roof-top, Dancing together in the mid-night rain
The idea of romance is nurtured by their own fantasies and few cine-concepts. They've just enough money to replicate a setting and the rest is left for the mind to romanticize it to the max.

A poor couple: Having a good dinner, going to the local market etc., etc.,
The idea of romance arouses the fear of the future. "So far so good, but what do i do tomorrow." There's been a constant fear of the tomorrow that swallows the pleasentaries of the romance.

Restaruants:

A rich couple: They go to a nice restaurant, pull the chair back by holding it with the index, thumb and middle finger of the left hand, seat in an 80 degree angle, pull back the chair in two uniform swings, pick the napkin with index finger and thumb of the right hand and place it carefully on their lap. huh! i would starve to death rather than follow this schedule... and wait! the real thing starts here. The waiter appears.... husband likes macaronni with some pepperoni and bonguroni. Wife loves green salad with spinach leaves and lentill roots. Both order seperately, eat seperately and leave... what did they just do... "EAT"

A middle-class couple: With the savings of the week, they go to a decent place to dine and the waiter appears. Husband like chicken 65, wife likes chilly prawns (very spicy). They've finances for one starter and the sacrifice season starts. Wife sacrifices her prawns to her husband's chicken and husband reciprocates it by getting it done spicy. For an outsider it seems to be one spoiled up dish that fails to satisfy either. But for the husband having been touched by his wife's concern for his tastes, fails to feel the spice in the dish and the wife already being so happy for getting such a nice husband doesn't care whether it's chicken or prawns or sea-weed. what did they just do... "They had a sweet little spicy memorable experience"

A poor couple:They go to a road-side hotel where the ambiance is very bad. The food smelled burnt and tasted awful. There's been no chicken pieces to share in the chicken biryani and the veg manchurian tasted so awful that the husband ate all by himself since he didn't want his wife to taste one of the baddest things in life and the wife mistook the husband to be a glutton. All this at the expense of the money they've saved skipping lunch for the past week.... "One bad memory they'd rather not have"

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I am NOT a married person and still have a long way to go before i experience the rings, romances and restaurants and am also NOT in any hurry to experience these. Therefore, DO NOT make any stupid assumptions :P