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Should engagement rings and wedding rings be expensive? Why or why not?

I mean, it's not like the man's buying the woman or anything, right? Since when is love quantified by money? Shouldn't how you treat her be how you express your love?

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  1. Sadandsulkingpuppy - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by Sadandsulkingpuppy Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:49PM

    No chances are you're gonna get divorced

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  2. siamul - 22-25 years old - male

    Reply by siamul Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:49PM

    So, you recommend no marriage at all? And just wanton boning?

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  3. Sadandsulkingpuppy - female

    Reply by Sadandsulkingpuppy Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:50PM

    Sure whatever works! Marriage is just a paper nothing significant

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  4. lessthanhero - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by lessthanhero Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:13PM

    Hm, it isnt like men were buying the women...then what was a dowry for? Back in the day in certain societies you had to pay the family something to marry their daughter. Marriage was quantified by money- rich and royalty arranged marriages to cement their power or keep their kingdoms peaceful. If people knew what marriage was originally about, it was about property, status, money and power..only lately has love had something to do with it. With love, does it matter about a ring? I personally would focus on something we need, a house.

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  5. siamul - 22-25 years old - male

    Reply by siamul Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:22PM

    That's a good way to think about it, although you would still need a ring of some kind to avoid complications within society.

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  6. lessthanhero - 31-35 years old - female

    Reply by lessthanhero Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:29PM

    Yeah, it makes sense. In my opinion, it just shows you're someone's property- if that works for most, fine, but I never could think of myself as property unless it was true love lol

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  7. lederman - 51-55 years old - female

    Posted by lederman Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:37PM

    no cause some people cant afford them and a guy might not ask a girl to marry him just for that reason alone

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  8. loveland - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by loveland Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:32PM

    Engagement ring, wedding ring, then suffering.

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  9. DSM5 - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by DSM5 Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:28PM

    I wouldn't buy them at all (even if they were a bargain buy)!
    They are pointless and people look odd adorned with metal.

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  10. Ravens522006 - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by Ravens522006 Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:27PM

    The ring symbolizes the bond two people share, the solid, enduring, endless bond that connects them. Nearly all of us choose to wear a ring when we get married but do we know how and why the ring became a symbol of eternal love and fidelity. The ring is a circle that is the symbol of eternity for the Egyptians as well as many other ancient cultures. A circle has no beginning and no end, like time. It returned to itself, like life; and the shape was worshiped as the Sun and the Moon have the same form. The hole in the center of the ring is not just space either; it is important on its own as the symbol of the gateway, or door; leading to things and events both known and unknown. Therefore, it is easy to see how the ring and the gift of a ring began to be associated with love, in the hope that Love would be characteristic of a circle and capture eternity.

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  11. saidanddone - 36-40 years old - female

    Posted by saidanddone Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:11PM

    Depends, If she's like me and not into jewelry, then no because I lost mine a few years ago. My hands were swollen after giving birth and I took it off to relieve the pain and put it in a zippered pocket in my purse.... Never saw it again.

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  12. ssj29 - 22-25 years old - male

    Posted by ssj29 Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:10PM

    It doesn't necessarily have to cost a lot... but it has to have some special sort of meaning. For example, a family heirloom like your great-grandmother's engagement ring. Sure it might not be the biggest rock in the world but the intangible value of the object due to the fact it is irreplaceable makes up for it.

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  13. hadyourchance - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by hadyourchance Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:07PM

    wedding ring should be expensive. more money you pay the better quality it is and will last forever. wedding ring is the symbol of your love...its the one item you should splurge on.

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  14. Lazarus12 - 26-30 years old

    Posted by Lazarus12 Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:58PM

    Nah. As it's been pointed out, the idea of big diamond rings was naturally pushed on us by a corrupt diamond company. If two people are truly in love a ring is symbolic and not even needed, anymore then an expensive ring keeps unhappy people together.

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  15. bijouxbroussard - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by bijouxbroussard Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:57PM

    I don't think it's necessary that they be expensive. I love rose gold and he found an inexpensive rose gold ring with a garnet (my birthstone). I loved it much more than I ever would've a diamond, because it was more personal, if that makes sense,

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  16. siamul - 22-25 years old - male

    Reply by siamul Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:59PM

    So you don't wish you had been born in April? ;)

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  17. bijouxbroussard - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by bijouxbroussard Dec 9th, 2012 at 5:02PM

    Lol, no. I like opals and turquoise better than diamonds, too.

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  18. MasterLee - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by MasterLee Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:53PM

    They should be done away with.

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  19. siamul - 22-25 years old - male

    Reply by siamul Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:54PM

    Do you think marriage should also be done away with? Or do you just think spouses should be unmarked, so to speak?

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  20. quanta22 - 22-25 years old

    Posted by quanta22 Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:50PM

    Every lady wants a nice ring on her finger lol

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  21. Daddysproperty - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by Daddysproperty Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:50PM

    I don't think it needs to be expensive. It should come from the heart not how big the price tag was.

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  22. jeanemae - 26-30 years old

    Posted by jeanemae Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:50PM

    They don't have to be....I mean they sell them at walmart. Still, if you have money...it kind of makes sense to put it into the one item you plan to wear every day...rather than something disposable.

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  23. WildSpectrumArts - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by WildSpectrumArts Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:49PM

    An engagement ring and wedding ring symbolizes love. It isn't about the money, it is about the love but it is nice when the love is accompanied by a nice ring. It certainly isn't a requirement to have an expensive or fancy ring to express one's love for another.

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  24. siamul - 22-25 years old - male

    Reply by siamul Dec 9th, 2012 at 4:51PM

    I agree it's a symbol, but back before the diamond companies made diamonds the stone of marriage, a wedding ring was often nothing more than an iron nail that had been curled into a circle.

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  25. WildSpectrumArts - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by WildSpectrumArts Dec 10th, 2012 at 1:48PM

    Whatever works for you and your betrothed.

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