What does a Promise ring actually mean???

Answer 1

1. I think of it as a pre-engagement ring. When you accept a ring from someone, then you are promising that you will be with just that person and will not date or have a relationship with anyone else. It usually symbolizes love and seriousness about the relationship.

Normally only very very close couples who know they have potential to be together forever will give a promise ring. It's not typical in short relationships or flings or anything.

It can be any kind of stone or metal, but it is normally more expensive and very heartfelt. It's not a plastic coin-machine ring or anything.

My fiance gave me a promise ring 2 years before he gave me my engagement ring. It was white gold with a three stone setting. The primary stone was an emerald (for May, which is the month of our anniversary), and it had 2 small diamonds on each side. It was from Kay's Jewelers and cost a bit of money... I proudly wore it on my left hand every day until I got my engagement ring, now I wear my engagement ring there and moved the promise ring to my right hand. Usually people stop wearing the promise ring when they move up to the "next step" but it still has sentimental value to me, so I want to keep wearing it.

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2. Also, [though less common], promise rings can also symbolize other non-relationship promises... Such as a promise to refrain from having sex before marriage, a promise to quit smoking, a promise to keep in touch over distance or a promise to be true to oneself, or one's faith/religion.


It's kind of up to the individual what that ring means. If it's given by a boyfriend/girlfriend/partner, then it would fall into my first definition. If it is given by someone else or it is something that you are giving to yourself, then it would fall into the second definition.

Answer 2

I recieved a promise ring last year from my boyfriend. It cost around $140.00 dollars. It has two hearts which are amethyst and peridot { our colors}. We couldn't officially be engaged at that time, so we went with the promise ring. Now we are looking at engagement rings and I found what they call "promise rings" look just like a solitaire engagement ring. I guess that is because the diamond is under 1/4 karat.

Answer 3

Supposedly, it means that your boyfriend is making a commitment promise to you that may turn into marriage someday. I always liked to think of it as whatever the giver wants to promise. Like to always love, but not necessarily marriage. It's not a "promise to marry" ring. My fiance gave me my promise ring 4 years ago when we were serious about each other, but not sure if we would get married. His was to promise to always love me. I still wear it on my right hand, where I have always worn it.

To me, it's a promise to anything the giver wants it to be. HTH! :)

Answer 4

A promise ring symbolizes a promise or commitment between two people. Promise rings can be given for almost any type of promise made and need not be limited to promises made for engagement or weddings. Having said this, we would also like to mention that the reason for giving or accepting a promise ring should be well understood by both persons. This is to avoid a misunderstanding by either person as to the true intention for giving or receiving a promise ring. This could alter the entire significance or meaning of the promise ring.

Why Are Promise Rings Given Or Exchanged?


As mentioned above in the paragraph on meaning of the promise ring, such rings can be given for any promise or commitments made and need not be limited to matrimonial commitments. There are few main reasons for giving or exchanging promise rings and the meaning of the promise ring will depend on each individual case. Pre-engagement promise rings are given when two individuals have decided that they will be getting engaged and then married in the future. It happens when two individuals have decided to live together in the future but do not want an official engagement or marriage at the current time. This is the most common meaning for promise rings and in most cases, such promise rings are replaced by the engagement or wedding ring later on. For such promise rings, an exchange of rings between the man and lady is very common. Purity promise rings have a slightly different meaning as they symbolize a commitment or promise to remain chaste or abstain from something. A good example is when a parent gives a purity promise ring to a child and it is meant to symbolize a promise by the child, to remain sexually pure until marriage. In the U.S and Europe the idea of liberal sexual behaviour is slowly going out of fashion and the symbol of purity promise rings are getting to be more relevant. A similar meaning for promise rings is the purity ring given to symbolize, abstinence from certain bad virtues like drinking or smoking. Friendship is one of the most obvious reasons for which a promise ring might be given. The meaning of a promise ring in such a case, would not relate to any romantic affair, but rather signify a commitment to always be there for each other in times of need. The friend who receives such a promise ring could be living next door or far away in another country, there is no relevance to geographical distance separating two friends. It is very important that both friends understand the true meaning of such a promise ring, there should not be room for misunderstanding where, either friend misinterprets the ring as showing romantic intentions. Religious promise rings are another type of rings that need special mention. Such rings could be worn by a group of believers of a particular saint or religion. The meaning of the promise ring in such a case would be a commitment to follow the teachings or beliefs of the religion or saint in daily life. We have devoted a paragraph below to explain the real significance and meaning of religious promise rings.

Answer 5

It means that one day your partner will ask you to marry them. By accepting it you have promised yourself to them and only them. Which to me is really a crock of $hit because why wouldn't they just go out and get an engagement ring.

Answer 6

OO, I got one 7 years ago..but it was a promise bracelet..
My bf promised that one day we will be settled in a home and someday be engaged.

..it was so romantic, we were broke, lived with his uncle at the time..he had lost his job and we were struggling...The bracelet was from Tiffany's, he had it engraved "I promise" with his name..we couldn't afford a nice ring back then-
NOW- I have the most gorgeous Tiffany's one 1.3 carat- it's been 7 beautiful years..

Answer 7

ok, enable my first start up by skill of telling you that maximum persons of persons supplying you with solutions on right here in no way had a promise ring and don't quite understand its meaning simply by this. a lot of human beings sense it quite is illogical. i think they are thoroughly incorrect. A promise ring is a logo of a deep dedication between 2 human beings. This dedication is better than in simple terms boyfriend and female chum, yet not particularly to the element of engagement or marriage. do not confuse a promise ring with a purity ring, that's a promise to maintain yor virginity till marriage. it quite is termed a promise ring simply by fact it quite is a promise of monogamy in a intense relationship. i think that a lot of human beings bypass his step interior the existence of a relationship simply by fact they see it as wate of time. I even have self assurance that persons who make an effort to have a promise ring enable their relationships (and on occasion themselves) to mature earlier leaping precise into engagement and marriage. I regularly woder if the lack of ability of a promise ring in many relationships, meaning the lack of ability of time to mature and develop jointly in a monogamous and intense relationship, has carry approximately the intense divorce fee. i think of a promise ring is a crucial and regularly over-regarded section in any relationship. My now husband gave me a promise ring kind my twenty fourth birthday, at that element we were toether for almost 5 years. He wasn't waiting to get married at that element, yet knew we've been meant to be jointly. He gave me a good looking aquamarine (his birthstone) ring with tiny diamond element stones set in 14 karat gold. it quite is a beautful ring that I nonetheless on occasion placed on. He proposed final summer time, as quickly as we've been the two 28. I now have my dream engagement ring and the husband of my targets.

Answer 8

it promises that u will keep ur self 4 the person u give it 2

Answer 9

It's supposed to be a pre-engagement ring. People expect that they will get engaged "someday".
I don't think it means a whole lot personally. I think high school couples who've been together a year or so exchange them so it appears their relationship is more serious.

Answer 10

That you promise not to cheat on each other and will get married one day.