Promise Rings: What meaning do they have?

Have you ever thought about what a promise ring really means? Engagement rings and wedding bands have a common meaning that almost everyone has adapted to but a promise ring’s meaning has never fully been established. It seems that everyone who gets one for someone has a meaning of their own to attach to the term. It is always some sort of promise but the type of that promise varies. Parents consider it a promise to “save yourself for marriage” but most boyfriends and girlfriends consider it a promise that they will stay together forever, sort of a step before the engagement ring. So what happens if you break this promise that the ring is binding to you? Couples would mostly likely break up and your parents would probably be greatly disappointed but forgive you in the end. So is the theory of a promise ring mostly a fabrication that humans set in their minds? It could be something that we believe in only for the sake of having a pre-engagement or it could give us reason to believe fully in something that we believe to be morally correct.

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