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Should I get my girlfriend a promise ring?
That is one of the hot romantic gifts this year.
She says she wants one, and how romantic they are.
You do realize a promise ring is a pre-engagement ring. Or a cheap man’s engagement ring.
She saw it in some movie and thinks they are great.
Some of them mean you are promising to marry her. In others, they are a promise not to
have sex before marriage.
Oh. I wonder which one she wants.
Parents can even give their children promise rings, so they have a permanent reminder not
to have sex before marriage.
That gives a new meaning to the guy slipping off his ring before he talks to a girl in
a club.
I’ve heard the argument that promise rings are what teenagers give each other when marriage
is light years off.
But it is no more tacking than giving them heart shaped jewelry, where both sections
form a perfect whole.
There are people who give it as a placeholder for an engagement ring, but it can be a simple
love token.
Something that lasts a little while longer than chocolate, which melts on the dashboard
or solidifies on her thighs.
I’m sure there’s an interesting story about that.
The time I hid chocolate roses in her car, and they melted when she simply turned on
the heater before getting in the car.
We’ll know promise rings are a big deal when someone lands on Judge Judy, saying the
ex-boyfriend owes her half the stuff they bought together because they had a promise
ring.
That’s about as sad is saying we were engaged for eight years, had three years, give me
all the legal protection of marriage.
Women want the commitment of a great guy. A promise ring is romantic if it is a sign
of that.
And if it isn’t?
Buy her a pretty pendant necklace instead, without all the strings attached.
No, just the credit card bill I get to pay off.