What is that crap? Either you want to marry her, or you don't. Buy her a fucking pendant if you don't have the nads for an engagement ring.

1/5/2006 11:02:50 PM

What a man
What a man
What a mighty good man

1/5/2006 11:04:26 PM

promise ring cost <<<<< engagement ring cost

promise ring commitment <<<<< engagement ring commitment

1/5/2006 11:05:23 PM

yeah, that's the stupidest fucking idea i've ever heard of.

Wedding ring? Ok.
Engagement ring? "I promise to marry you." Ok, but no more.

Promise ring? "I promise to promise to marry you." What in the hell? What's next? A pre-promise ring made out of tin foil? "I promise to promise to promise to marry you."

1/5/2006 11:05:25 PM

nah, you dont use tin foil

you use a washer from the toilet

points if it is plastic and used

1/5/2006 11:06:49 PM

women made up the idea just to get another ring to wear

1/5/2006 11:08:09 PM

far too much

[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 11:09 PM. Reason : hahah... This Diamond Ring by Gary Lewis just came across my winamp]

1/5/2006 11:08:40 PM

1. I don't want to get married at 19 and I don't want to be engaged for 4 years.

2. I don't have the paper for that kind of shit anyways.

3. Tired of my girlfriend sweating my nuts about it.

1/5/2006 11:12:24 PM

^Then you're a pussy and she's going to dump you.

1/5/2006 11:13:43 PM

1/5/2006 11:16:08 PM

^^^just tell her that you're not going to buy a stupid ass promise ring, and that she's gonna deal with it.

[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 11:16 PM. Reason : ^^^]

1/5/2006 11:16:35 PM

I'm just curious, which part makes me a pussy?

Not wanting to get married when I can't live with someone or not wanting to be engaged for longer than I've gone out with her?

1/5/2006 11:17:00 PM

no, all of that's fine.

caving in and buying something as gay as a promise ring is bad.

1/5/2006 11:18:24 PM

ahha

just playing

1/5/2006 11:18:27 PM

this is a stupid thread

OMG I DON'T LIKE DECISIONS OTHER PEOPLE MAKE

1/5/2006 11:19:16 PM

Quote :

"yeah, that's the stupidest fucking idea i've ever heard of. Wedding ring? Ok. Engagement ring? "I promise to marry you." Ok, but no more. Promise ring? "I promise to promise to marry you." What in the hell? What's next? A pre-promise ring made out of tin foil? "I promise to promise to promise to marry you.""

1/5/2006 11:19:45 PM

curse words

1/5/2006 11:21:03 PM

Quote :

"A promise ring or friendship ring is a small, inexpensive ring given to a boyfriend or girlfriend, to promise not to court a rival. These indicate merely that serious courting is under way. No permanent commitment has been made by either party, but they give the partners an excuse for refusing social invitations from others."

from wikipedia

and a search of http://www.reeds.com using the word "promise" yields 25 results, all but 2 are under $150
and most are between $99 and $129

1/5/2006 11:23:13 PM

heh, i'm trying not to curse so much.

i'm doing a helluva lot better than i used to.

[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 11:23 PM. Reason : ^it's not about the money. it's about the stupid.]

1/5/2006 11:23:21 PM

I think all jewelry is stupid

what difference does it make?

1/5/2006 11:24:33 PM

shit
i don't like to demonstrateflaunt my personal beliefs and faith
but this is a hot ring right here


[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 11:27 PM. Reason : i guess demonstrate works too, whatever]

1/5/2006 11:25:58 PM

yeah, i think jewelry is dumb, too, but chicks like it for for odd reason.

no big deal--i like cool stuff, they like shiny trinkets. whatever, i guess i'll buy them shiny trinkets, then (actually i've never really bought much of anything for any girls, but if i had one i liked, i would...although i'd rather have a girl more into my kind of stuff, who'd want skiing/SCUBA gear or something, or maybe a new motorcycle jacket or aviation headset, or something like that, but i digress)


the problem i have with a promise ring isn't that it's worthless or how much it costs...it's the symbology behind it.

1/5/2006 11:28:22 PM

you find a girl who wants an aviation headset more than a piece of jewelry and you go ahead and buy her the engagement ring

and elaborate on the symbology behind it plz, or at least why it chaps your ass

1/5/2006 11:30:07 PM

My coworker got a promise ring over Christmas.

He's 28 and she's 27...she seemed disappointed and she said he was apologetic.

[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 11:35 PM. Reason : I felt sorry for her.]

1/5/2006 11:35:35 PM

ahahahaha.

AHAH

1/5/2006 11:36:29 PM

^^^haha, i concur.

although the aviation headset and motorcycle jacket would be less cool than a girl who wanted a new piece of skiing/SCUBA gear...flying and motorcycling is something i'd just as soon do by myself or with my boys...but i'd love to have a chick who wanted to ski and dive with me.


the symbology is what i said before--it's a pre-engagement ring. "I promise to promise to marry you." The commitment symbolized is far in excess of what is actually warranted until you're ready to propose to her. That's bad business.

Furthermore, I think it would cheapen things a little when you really do get her a ring that means something.

and it's just dumb, and i don't like things that are dumb.

[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 11:37 PM. Reason : ^^^]

[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 11:40 PM. Reason : asdfasdf]

1/5/2006 11:37:02 PM

ive never heard of anyone over 18 getting one of these. i think its just us girls' way of trying to get a commitment out of a guy. ive never had one, but i had a friend who got one when she was like 16, she lost it, but she's still with that guy. its like you're too young to get engaged, but you are still as serious about eachother as you can be at 16 years old.

1/5/2006 11:49:33 PM

yeah, i always thought promise rings were below age able to get married.

i would be embarrassed to death to show off a promise ring.. cause everyone i know would be like.. "what-- so he doesnt want to marry you then, does he..".

heheh

1/5/2006 11:52:19 PM

I got your promise ring right here, girl. I promise I won't get you pregnant now.

1/5/2006 11:56:32 PM

Quote :

"women made up the idea just to get another ring to wear "

1/5/2006 11:59:26 PM

i gave an ex gf one awhile back when i was like 16

needless to say, i broke that promise

1/6/2006 12:01:18 AM

i don't like rings. but thats mainly because i have boney fingers and none of them fit right.

1/6/2006 12:01:52 AM

my friend motomike / motomikeh has this saying..."If I can't race it or take it to bed, I don't want it!"

hahaha

1/6/2006 12:02:43 AM

Quote :

"e symbology is what i said before--it's a pre-engagement ring. "I promise to promise to marry you.""

what about the section i posted that said it was just a promise to not court any others, not quite the same as what you're saying

1/6/2006 12:14:59 AM

i think it means more than that in most people's eyes

and i think getting a ring just for that is stupid...i mean, i'd be ok, because i hardly ever have monogomous relationships, but that would be a killer for a lot of people to buy a girl a ring every time they made any sort of commintment to each other.

1/6/2006 12:18:50 AM

why not invest that cash you would spend on a promise ring so you can buy a better engagement ring . . . I'm sure your lady would be ok with that

1/6/2006 12:49:01 AM

yes

the emotional significance of a certificate of deposit does have that same heart warming resonance

doesn't it

1/6/2006 1:03:36 AM

Little is better than an "I'll shut you up -- for now" ring.

1/6/2006 1:06:06 AM

YOU PEOPLE ARE SO CYNICAL OK

1/6/2006 1:07:35 AM

Quote :

"3. Tired of my girlfriend sweating my nuts about it."

thats all im referring to

1/6/2006 1:09:04 AM

Quote :

"the emotional significance of a certificate of deposit does have that same heart warming resonance doesn't it"

I would think she would be much happier with a larger diamond than a promise ring in the long run

1/6/2006 1:12:42 AM

[quote]

1/6/2006 1:20:15 AM

Promise ring?

1/6/2006 1:28:06 AM

elephant moe?

1/6/2006 1:47:55 AM

Quote :

"Promise ring? "I promise to promise to marry you.""

It's more like "I promise you won't regret letting me tap that"
Whether you mean it or not doesn't matter, the girl let it go for a a $15 dollar ring from a kiosk at the mall.

1/6/2006 1:52:50 AM

that ring up there looks like a "true love waits" ring.

1/6/2006 1:59:54 AM

i got one in the 3rd grade

1/6/2006 2:08:36 AM

hello people, we are in college...why the fuck are we even talking about this

1/6/2006 2:22:14 AM

I think promise rings are stuuuuppppiiiiddddddd. I think you only have two ring fingers for a reason. One for a class ring and one for an engagement ring. If you want to promise to promise to marry me, u can say that with something else. Jewelry seems like such a wasted investment to me at times, especially considering how often I lose it. I mec even an engagement ring that looks halfway decent is more than a down payment on a car. Buy me the damn car!

1/6/2006 3:41:02 AM

a promise ring means one of two things:

1) I can now be officially mad if I find out you fucked someone else.

2) I'm so Christian, and this ring is proof that we're not fucking.

1/6/2006 4:55:25 AM