(((Zoo))) LOLOL girl! I'm usually the one that wants the practical stuff , and he will say, "that's not very romantic!"
Send him an email with a picture of a ring that you like and tell him diamonds are forever, and therefore have great "shelf-life".
Your man sounds like one of those real lineal thinkers, and in his defense--he's probably hard-wired that way, but it's still no reason to ask for a list and then veto the items on it.
