Another Word For "Kind Of Engaged" Is Dating

As someone who has been engaged even more times than I have been married, I consider myself an expert on what defines being engaged and what doesn't. If there is a ring on a finger, then there is an engagement. If there is no ring, then you are dating. Oh sure you can call it a relationship or you are going to get engaged or talked about getting married and he or she is the one, and blah, blah, blah, but until there is a ring, there is no engagement.

As a guy, I wanted to avoid having to buy that ring because once you get into double digit times buying a ring, you will look for any excuse not to. Promise rings are great because they can be $5 and it is considered cute, but it doesn't make you engaged.

Well on the red carpet last night, Kimora Lee Simmons told Kneepads that she and Djimon Honsou were "kind of" engaged. When asked if she had received a ring, she said, "not quite."

Well, then you are not engaged. When Djimon decides he wants to give up his masculinity and marry Kimora then he will buy her a ring. Until that time which I hope never occurs, Kimora will just have to face the fact that she isn't engaged and that while she might be thinking "kind of" in her mind, Djimon is thinking, "hell no."