What are your thoughts on promise rings?

[Breanna_nonbinary]

Personally I think a promise ring is the step up from making a personalized playlist for someone. It says I love you but not enough to commit.

[berwise13]

Well I'm not sure here is my story. My fiance & I met while I was an active duty Marine in 1985 we dated a couple of years. I got orders for Japan I knew we were to young to marry so I got her a promise ring and told her I didn't expect her to wait but if she was still available we would marry. Well long story on what happened upon my return but we didn't stay together or break up. We communicated here & there we were both married she was in Texas I was in Georgia. We had not been in touch for 11 years when my wife of 25 years passed away. 3 days later I got a friend request from her. I told her my wife had passed. She told me she was divorced and her and her sister were driving from Texas to N. C. & wondered if she could stop in Georgia and buy me dinner. We shared stories of our lives & she mentioned she still had the promise promise ring. We talked & got along just like we were never apart in so I apologized for it taking over 35 years to fulfill my promise & ask for her hand in marriage & she accepted. We are getting married Nov 10th the Marine Corp birthday.

[InventorofWarp]

This was beautiful.

[berwise13]

Thank you

[Lliam]

It's as meaningful as giving someone earrings or a necklace. "Promise." LOL It's about as noncommittal as you can get.
It could easily be simply manipulative, playing on someone's hopes.
It also sounds embarrassingly adolescent.
"Look at that ring! Are you engaged?" "Well yeah. I mean kinda. It's a promise ring."

Sorry to sound harsh or judgmental. I'll clarify by saying that getting a ring is nice. There's nothing wrong with that at all. And rings are pretty. But I think calling it a promise ring is kinda weird. I don't even know that wearing it on your wedding ring finger is appropriate.

[JosyJosy]

I don't like it. First of all promises should be proven through actions, not some ring. One of us could still cheat and wear that same ring tomorrow, it wouldn't mean anything. During weddings they each say their vows, promise to be faithful in front of everyone with God as their witness but some of them still cheat. Vows don't need to be said... promise rings don't need to be worn... You either stay cheat or don't. Actions speak louder than words or a ring in this case.

[Subarugirl]

lol actually a promise ring is the opposite, it means that your intentions are to marry this person, it's like a pre engagement. You're promising to stay faithful and work towards marring this person.

[Breanna_nonbinary]

Right. But isn’t that called a relationship?

[Subarugirl]

Not necessarily. A promise ring is a physical representation of those of those intentions.

[InventorofWarp]

I've been wearing my purity ring for 15 years and have kept the accompanying promise ring for my beloved in my wallet the entire time. Kept me honest and not fucking around or cheating like every other guy I know.
Whoever and wherever she is I hope shell be happy I stayed faithful to finding her.
Ask away any other questions.

[Phoenix98]

They ain’t for me personally. If I’m gonna put a ring on a woman’s finger it’s gonna be an engagement ring then a wedding ring.

I don’t believe in alleged promises especially regarding commitment.

But at the same time if someone else wants to do it for their partner then power to em. I’m not gonna day they’re wrong for doing so.

[HighValue]

Not enough to commit? More like not enough to risk having half of his assets stolen.

[jamesgoldman]

If they're silver or gold, they have a place in my melting pot

Turn broken promises into cold hard cash

[Titanic1912]

I think it’s a small token to say we’re “going steady.”

[Jamie05rhs]

That particular phenomenon has never been a part of my culture. No one I know uses them.

[LegendaryIcon]

I think they're silly but I'm not a big fan of jewelry anyway

[NathanDavis]

what's the alleged promise with this ring?

[Breanna_nonbinary]

Exactly!!! What the fuck does it mean?

[NathanDavis]

" A pre-engagement ring, sometimes referred to as a friendship ring or promise ring, is a ring given as a gift to a romantic partner to signify a commitment to a monogamous relationship, often as a precursor to an engagement ring. "

sounds to me like just another accessory to spend on... marketing

[whosnumber1]

promise ring... ultra lame.

[EaterPeter]

I like them they must be good though.

[soe11]

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