Everyone has a different defintion about a promise ring.. i jus want to know wat does it mean to you???
2007-01-25 03:52:42 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
I agree 200% with TA. In all honestly i think a promise ring is bull$h!t & a waste of money. When I was in high school (graduated in 01) I saw so many people give promise rings because they're too young & immature for that kind of commitment. My youngest sister is only 16 & her bf had given her one. Here's the funny part of all of that, NONE of those people stayed together! If anything I think I knew ONE couple I graduated with who actually got married & that was just a year ago. For the most part, a person basically gives it cause they claim that they are going to marry the person someday but in all reality they are just doing it cause they're not ready for the commitment. It's also just a tool to get laid & keep the person faithful to you so that you're guaranteed to get laid whenever. I've seen numerous guys give a ring to a girl (promising he'll marry her someday) just for that purpose & she's faithful alright but while he's getting it from her he's also out screwing other girls in the mean time. If a person HONESTLY wants to marry their significant other then the cheap@$$ needs to keep the money they were going to use for a promise ring, save up a little more & buy a real engagement ring!
I actually had an ex (when I was 20 & we were still together) tell me he wanted to get me a promise ring. I flat out told him not to waste his money & gave him my honest opinion on what I felt about promise rings. Needless to say, he agreed & didn't get me one....and it's a good thing too cause we were only together 6 months! I broke it off cause it just wasn't working, we were better friends than "lovers", he was being distant & a jerk after a while & there was a hint that he may have cheated.
2007-01-25 04:20:41 · answer #1 · answered by §uper ®ose 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i gave my ex a promise ring and i asked for it back because we had always talked about marriage. a promise ring is a symbol sorta like an engagement ring of your love for each other just either your to young or your thinking that you might want to be with this person but still are not sure if they are the right one. me we where to young and im glad that is all she got was a promise. usually after the promise comes the big one.
2007-01-25 11:59:00 · answer #2 · answered by lilpimptk101 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that depends...I'll say in the old days a promise ring meant you (virgins) would save yourself for the guy who gave you the ring. It basically meant that you would wait until you were married. It symbolized the guys commitment because it meant he was willing to wait until marriage to have sex. Now today most people say it means commitment that it's just something you get before you get an engagement ring. Like he knows you may be the one but you're not that far in the relationship to know for sure you want to get engaged. So it can mean all kinds of things. I'd ask a guy what it meant because he'd be able to give the best answer.
2007-01-25 12:31:30 · answer #3 · answered by angelicasongs 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think they are rings that mean "We arent mature enough and ready to be engaged, but I pledge my commitment to you and we will be getting engaged in the future as well as married"
ETA:I guess I am a promise ring success story and thats why I am not jaded on them. I was given one by my boyfriend before I left for college. 4 years later we were married and have been married for over 8 years.
There are some of us out there that it did mean something and work for.
2007-01-25 12:09:59 · answer #4 · answered by kateqd30 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I received a promise ring from my boyfriend. To me it means that I am the only one for him and it also shows other guys you are taken.You should only accept a promise ring if you can see yourself with that person for a long time.
2007-01-25 14:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by JUDY M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My high school sweetheart gave me a diamond 'promise' ring when we were dating in high school. It means that we are together, but not engaged. I made it clear about that. He didn't intend for it to be that way either. So...it is a promise that you make to each other to be true and faithful in your relationship with each other. It is also a sign of integrity. The person is going above and beyong to show you that they are dedicated to the relationship. That's so neat!
2007-01-25 13:51:24 · answer #6 · answered by blondie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Honestly? A promise ring is a gift a guy gives you to try to get in your pants or more often. It's a psuedo form of commitment thing he feels you need to keep the door open for him. It has nothing to do with thoughts of marriage it has everything to do with gettin' frisky. And most importantly, it doesn't mean he will stay true to you. But he wants you to be true to him while he shops. It's like layaway.
2007-01-25 12:08:13 · answer #7 · answered by fuzzbutt 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think of it as a pre-engagement ring. Whatever that means. The only person I know who ever got one broke up shortly afterwards, so in essence, I don't think it's worth a crap.
2007-01-25 12:01:03 · answer #8 · answered by wackadoo 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
my boyfriend gave me a promise ring on our first anniversary. it actually means nothing to me.. id prefer an engagement ring instead, lol... we've been looking for an engagement ring since december.. im still waiting...lol..
2007-01-25 12:08:07 · answer #9 · answered by Chelsea's Momi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me it means his telling you that this is just a temperary ring and that one day it will be a engagdment ring than wedding ring. It shows that he is making a promise to you that you are the only one to him and yous will be together forever.
2007-01-25 14:53:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋