Charming Diamond Promise Rings
Diamond promise ring is such a beautiful thing that most of us cannot avoid to be attracted by its charming every time passing by its window display. It’s really a good gift not only for lovers, but for children, it can express deep and pure love.
From history we can know that the practice of exchanging diamond promise rings isn’t particularly old, it took root only in the 1990s. Think of diamond promise rings as the modern equivalent of class rings and fraternity pins, the exchange of which began just a half-century earlier, in the 1940s and 1950s. Before then there were betrothal rings, but they evolved into modern engagement rings, which is a whole different subject altogether. Ideally, diamond promise rings are meant to lead directly to engagement rings, and generally they do.
Though diamond promise rings usually represent a pre-engagement commitment, this isn’t always the case. Sometimes they’re used to symbolize religious purity: someone may wear a diamond promise ring to represent their devotion to a particular saint, or their promise of sexual purity until marriage. In the latter manifestation, they’re often gifts from parents to their lovely children. In some cases, they mean little more than the old school-ring exchanges of the past: they signify a monogamous relationship that may or may not proceed to engagement or marriage. Sometimes, diamond promise rings are even just friendly gifts — friends, whether a boy and girl or two girls, exchange them without any expectation of a binding commitment. They may simply represent a secret kept, vows not to drink or smoke, or reminders of each other when separated.
However, the nowadays circumstances are rarer than the traditional reason for exchanging diamond promise rings. If this is the case with you, you’re stuck with having to decide the right moment to offer up a diamond promise ring. Whenever there’s a promise to be made is a good time, naturally enough, but they’re particularly relay on anniversaries of special events in your relationship: your first date, your first kiss, or the day you met. Graduations and birthdays are good too. Whatever you do, when you exchange diamond promise rings, be sure that you both understand the intention.
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