Friday, January 28, 2011

The Rising Use Of Promise Rings

By Katie Stone


Promise rings seem to be a lot more popular these days as far as jewelry goes but that does not necessarily mean that people know exactly what the true meaning of the ring is. Promise rings can in fact be given as a sign of any sort of commitment or promise that has been made that does not necessarily lead to marriage.

As the promise ring does not necessarily mean that the recipient of the ring is to be married it is wise to let the recipient know exactly what the ring is for when handing it to them.

There can be a promise ring with a view to an engagement and this would be classed as the pre engagement promise ring. This ring would come before the two people concerned bought their engagement rings. Then subsequently there would be the wedding ring.

There are promise rings for other things such as the purity promise ring these rings would be given between men and women promising to abstain from something and remain pure.

There are a lot of parents that give rings such as the purity ring to their offspring so that they will remain sexually pure until they finally get married.

There are even promise rings that could be used when people are agreeing to abstain from bad habits such as drinking or smoking. Friends may also exchange promise rings to show their friendship is just that and that they are not romantically linked.

Promise rings can also come in the form of religious rings which can often be a sign that people are following certain religious beliefs. These rings could also have certain saints depicted on them as assign of the wearer of the ring following this saint and their teachings.

But not be mistaken in the belief that only women wear these promise rings. There are also many men that wear promise rings too albeit sturdier rings.




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