tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post4461472217347170474..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Keep the Engagement, Lose the DiamondGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-78263463655050424442007-06-19T21:17:00.000-04:002007-06-19T21:17:00.000-04:00Ever since the birth of my first over five years a...Ever since the birth of my first over five years ago, I never wear mine. I have a cousin, who married her husband as a teenager (she got pregnant), she recieved her ring on their 25th Anniversary.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852754398007790428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-24904796980411792562007-06-19T14:02:00.000-04:002007-06-19T14:02:00.000-04:00My wife decided to forego the engagement ring beca...My wife decided to forego the engagement ring because we were both in grad school and had no money. Now that we are older, have kids, and have the chaos that comes with them, she is even happier that she doesn't have a large rock on her finger getting caught in the girls' hair or in the fencing around the garden. However, other folks really find the ring to be important. Different strokes, I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-68858550914873308852007-06-19T11:07:00.000-04:002007-06-19T11:07:00.000-04:00I think a piece of the whole engagement (and weddi...I think a piece of the whole engagement (and wedding) ring concept is protection from being hit upon.<BR/><BR/>If you are single (or married and low on morals) you check the ring finger of the man/woman that you are interested in. If there's a ring there, and you are of good moral character, you leave that person alone (or at least do so romantically).<BR/><BR/>It's interesting (and perhaps telling) that men do not need to be so protected.<BR/><BR/>Loss of the engagement (and wedding) ring would lose this useful indicator.Mark Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744333045874641836noreply@blogger.com