Do you think its silly for someone to wear an engagement ring if they arent engaged?

Question

Just wondering.

Answer 1

Do you not think it's silly to wear a wedding ring if you're not married? Do you not think it's silly to mail out a birthday card to yourself? It's the same thing.

Engagement rings, and wedding rings aren't really the things of value - it's the significance of the meaning that's of value. You can go into Argos and get an el cheapo ring and wear it but it means nothing because it's just one you bought, not one that someone's given to you out of their love and commitment.

Answer 2

Yes because it is supposed to mean something very special. I don't think any woman should wear an engagement ring unless the guy proposed and asked for her hand in marrriage. It is exactly that..................a plan for a future marriage. ...a promise to each other.
Now there's another side of the coin and that is the side when a woman doesn't want to be "hit on" by men and maybe.....just maybe.......the men will leave her alone. She isn't ready for any relationship. I have known many men that don't care if a woman has an engagement ring or even a wedding ring. Men cross the boundaries and are just asking for it. Slap..slap!
However, there are pre-engagement rings too. They should be worn. It's a promise of a promise of engagement and ultimately the promise of marriage. That's pretty smart. It gives the couple much time to think of what they want and get to know each other better.
I have seen many men take off their wedding rings before they go out and that's deceitful. Wowen can see the indentation or if you have a tan ...the line where the ring was. Yet........he wants his wife to always wear hers.

Answer 3

No not really. I guess it depends on your age and the circumstances. I was married to my high school sweetheart, all through college and law school. after 22 years we seperated. i think at first we both assumed we would work it out as we had done so many times before. After a while I quit wearing my wedding band but I still wore my engagemement ring for years. My finger just felt naked without it. The when we both started seeing other people and my relationshi became serious I could tell that it bothered my boyfreind so I put the ring on my right hand. We were notready to get engaged so he bought me a lovely but much less expensive emerald cut aqua marine with diamons around it, he knew I was really into the emerald cut. So i had a beautiful ring that symbolized new beginnings which has now been replaced with a lovley vintage diamond with baguettes.

One of the other reasons i wore my engagement ring fo rsolong was that I could explain it away if i wanted to but if i wanted so cheesy guy to get lost i just held up my hand . Actually this worked for msot men, except for those who have to conquer each conquest and the ring became an obsession for them, could they get the engaged girl in the bedroom, little did they know i was divorced

Answer 4

Well, the defenition of a Engagement ring is naturally that you should be engaged 2 wear it, so someone gave it to you. Wearing any old ring on the left ring finger would then technically not be an engagement ring... If your going around telling people your engaged, well thats a whole diffrent question.

Answer 5

Nope - personal choice. It's just a ring after all, the meaning of wearing a ring is individual.

If you want to wear a ring because you like it or to give the impression that you are engaged, go for it. If you try to deceive someone by wearing a ring it's a different thing altogether.

Answer 6

I'm not sure how you could wear an engagement ring if you aren't engaged. An ring is not an engagement ring just because it's got diamonds or is worn on the left ring finger. It's an engagement ring because it was given to a girl during a proposal - it's the sentiment behind it.

I could go and buy a fancy ring and put it on my left ring finger tomorrow, but that wouldn't make it an engagement ring. I know people who wear rings on their left ring fingers and aren't engaged. It doesn't really mean anything.

Answer 7

Yes it's a lie, simple. You should only wear an engagement ring if you actually are engaged. Also, it's only an engagement ring if you are engaged, otherwise it's just a ring on your wedding finger. I think people who wear one to get rid of unwanted advances are just 'too good' for other people, it's stupid, why not just tell them no?

Answer 8

I work in the construction industry. I am an account rep for a sign company, so I work with mostly men, and not very classy men. I wore an engagment ring before I even got engaged, shoot, before I even met my current fiance. I have always worn one here, but it was to lower the chances of very unwanted advances - and that does happen a lot. It doesnt completely take it away, but it did minimize it quite a bit.

Answer 9

Good question. Ive heard that if you're single and you wear an engagement ring, its supposed to ATTRACT attention rather than ward it off. Go figure!
I sometimes wear one but thats because its really nice looking and was only £7.99 from Next, lol. Im also single.
I dont see a problem, do what you want to do.
But to the person who said 'Why dont they just say NO'?!! Some men dont understand the word NO!

Answer 10

if you're not engaged then it's not an engagement ring. inorder for a ring to be an engagement ring, someone has to have proposed and the two of you have to be planning on getting married.

if that's not the case than it's just a ring with no meaning other than to be sparkly.

so, yeah i do think it's silly, unless your fiance passed away, in which case i think it would be appropriate.

Answer 11

Then it isnt called an engagement ring, its just that person who wears a ring it may only fit that size finger. However if youre on about people pretending to be married, it is silly.