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"Rock on!\r\nAfter 16 years and more than one breakup, Kristi Gibson said &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot; to Bret Michaels&amp;apos; marriage proposal on Monday night&amp;apos;s finale of Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It.\r\nBut there&amp;apos;s one hitch: Gibson, 39, has been sporting an enormous rock from 47-year-old Michaels (father to their daughters Raine, 10, and Jorja, 5) since last Christmas.\r\n\r\nBack in July, the Poison frontman explained the ring to UsMagazine.com. &amp;quot;[It&amp;apos;s] a &amp;apos;promise ring with benefits,&amp;apos; It&amp;apos;s a promise of an engagement but without a date,&amp;quot; Michaels said, noting that it was a &amp;quot;beautiful moment&amp;quot; on Christmas 2009 when he gave the gift.\r\n&amp;quot;We realize that we already have the children; we&amp;apos;ve already got that done,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;If you love and respect someone, and Kristi and I do, I think that one day it will be right for me to make an honest woman out of her,&amp;quot; he said, laughing.\r\n\r\nAt the time, Michaels explained that the &amp;quot;promise ring&amp;quot; would serve as Gibson&amp;apos;s engagement rock as well.  &amp;quot;That was a hefty ring!&amp;quot; he told Us. &amp;quot;I said &amp;apos;that ring is going to encompass a friendship ring, promise ring, and engagement ring.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nHefty, indeed: Sources tell Us that the couple designed the 4-carat platinum cushion-cut ring with micro pave diamonds at a cost of over $200,000.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s been very patient and strong,&amp;quot; Michaels told Us of Gibson, who stood by his side this year throughout his scary brain hemorrhage and subsequent stroke. &amp;quot;It just made our bond for each other that much stronger. It gave us a bond that&amp;apos;s unbreakable.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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