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Football Player Roy Williams Mails Ring And Wants It Back

Ellie Wilkinson
Posted on July 7, 2011

These days, finding a genuine, handwritten letter in your mailbox is romantic—but what about an engagement ring?

In a Valentine’s Day care package to his girlfriend of nearly a year, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams mailed a taped marriage proposal, $5,000 for school and dental bills, a signed baseball for her brother and a ring worth $76,000.

The snail mail proposal did not woo his sweetie, 2009 Miss Texas USA Brooke Daniels; she promptly turned him down. But she kept the ring.

When Williams asked for the ring back, Daniels refused to return it, saying she had lost it. The football player then filed a lawsuit.

Daniels’ father, Michael Daniels, has since admitted that he has the ring and plans to return it to avoid further legal hassle.

What do you think? Answer our poll and share your thoughts in the comments below.

It’s Wedding Season …

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  • Mo

    If you call off the engagement you should give the ring back, if he does and it isn’t a family ring then you should keep it. If its a family ring no matter what it should be returned to the family.

  • Mo

    If you call off the engagement you should give the ring back, if he does and it isn’t a family ring then you should keep it. If its a family ring no matter what it should be returned to the family.

  • Mo

    If you call off the engagement you should give the ring back, if he does and it isn’t a family ring then you should keep it. If its a family ring no matter what it should be returned to the family.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1097112939 Cheryln Kurz

      I agree with this 100%!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1371128311 Susan M. Bell

    She should have returned the ring. I have always thought that if the woman breaks the engagement, she should return the ring and if the man does, the woman should keep the ring. In this case, she didn’t even accept the proposal, so it was in very poor taste for her to keep the ring. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1371128311 Susan M. Bell

    She should have returned the ring. I have always thought that if the woman breaks the engagement, she should return the ring and if the man does, the woman should keep the ring. In this case, she didn’t even accept the proposal, so it was in very poor taste for her to keep the ring. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1371128311 Susan M. Bell

    She should have returned the ring. I have always thought that if the woman breaks the engagement, she should return the ring and if the man does, the woman should keep the ring. In this case, she didn’t even accept the proposal, so it was in very poor taste for her to keep the ring. 

  • Johncyn70

    The ring was not given as a gift just for her to keep. The ring was given to represent an agreement if she accepted. She didn’t accept the proposal, so she shouldn’t keep the ring.

    • http://www.facebook.com/robynjenna Robyn Rodgers Klein

      I agree with this statement 100%.

    • http://www.facebook.com/robynjenna Robyn Rodgers Klein

      I agree with this statement 100%.

    • http://www.facebook.com/robynjenna Robyn Rodgers Klein

      I agree with this statement 100%.

  • Johncyn70

    The ring was not given as a gift just for her to keep. The ring was given to represent an agreement if she accepted. She didn’t accept the proposal, so she shouldn’t keep the ring.

  • Johncyn70

    The ring was not given as a gift just for her to keep. The ring was given to represent an agreement if she accepted. She didn’t accept the proposal, so she shouldn’t keep the ring.

  • Bri

    I’m more amazed this man would send cash and something that valuable through the mail and not just take some of that outrageous fortune to book a flight and propose in person. Sounds like a gold digger to me. Keep the ring & the cash?? Yowzer. She of course should return the ring, but he should pick better candidates for wife material. I hope they both learned a lesson. 

  • Bri

    I’m more amazed this man would send cash and something that valuable through the mail and not just take some of that outrageous fortune to book a flight and propose in person. Sounds like a gold digger to me. Keep the ring & the cash?? Yowzer. She of course should return the ring, but he should pick better candidates for wife material. I hope they both learned a lesson. 

  • Bri

    I’m more amazed this man would send cash and something that valuable through the mail and not just take some of that outrageous fortune to book a flight and propose in person. Sounds like a gold digger to me. Keep the ring & the cash?? Yowzer. She of course should return the ring, but he should pick better candidates for wife material. I hope they both learned a lesson. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1097112939 Cheryln Kurz

    I think it was very selfish for this woman to keep the ring and then lie about losing it.  Anyone with half a brain would know that a woman would never lose a ring like that, even if she said no!  Since she said no, she should give back the ring and the money.  She probably was going to break up with him anyway, but probably knew he was going to propose/give her money, so she waited.  I hope he finds someone better!

  • Anonymous

    I’m pretty sure the ring is his legally.  Even if it weren’t I think it bad manners not to offer to return the gift.  I was brought up to offer to return any gifts of a dissolved relationship.  It makes for a clean break.

    Especially an engagement ring (or any engagement gift) is given as a vow of the pending marriage, if the vow is not fulfilled the item can be returned.