10 comments to “What’s the difference between a promise and engagement ring?”

1. Robynn K wrote:
   12. July 2008 at 12:19 pm :

   promise rings r small and engagement rings should be a good size not small thats for damn sure lol.

2. Soccerduck724 wrote:
   14. July 2008 at 12:01 am :

   a promise ring is something girls or guys get saying they won’t have sex until marraige. that’s one version. another one is that sometimes people use promise rings to promise themselves to that person, in earlier years guys would use that as a good reason to get some from girls because they’d be like “don’t you love me? i gave you my ring” etc. and you know what an engagement ring is.

3. Rinna wrote:
   15. July 2008 at 10:18 pm :

   Promise rings are just supposed to mean you want to marry that person or that you promise to be faithful…personally I don’t take stock in them. Engagement means that you are going to marry that person. I tend to think of promise rings as just a symbol for people who are too young to really take marriage seriously.

4. Jer wrote:
   19. July 2008 at 3:23 am :

   A promise ring is just that. a PROMISE to be the only sweetheart and eventually get enguaged. You don’t know when, and you don’t know where, or how, but expect it some day.

   An enguagement ring on the other hand means ” I love you honey, lets tie the knot, and have children and spend the rest of our lives together, lets start planning the wedding now!”

   Many people get enguagement rings mixed up with promise rings. Promise rings are only as good as the guys word. they usually arent worth much, and they are usually just silver or gold, with no jewls. It’s more of an expression, and a way of saying ” someday I espire to be good enough to be able to afford your hand in marrage, and your heart forever.”

   An enguagement ring is his way of saying, ” I am done playing around, and I am making a commitment to be yours for eternity.”

   Then the wedding ring speaks volumes in itself.

   Hope that helps,
   Jer

5. Shannon wrote:
   20. July 2008 at 12:22 am :

   Promise rings are a promise to get engaged and that you’ll stay faithful to the person and be there for them no matter what and though thick and thin. It’s for people who can’t afford engagement really. And engagement rings are a promise to get married. It shouldn’t be the size of the diamond or anything that matters, it should that it’s from his heart that matters.

6. Big Sky 23 wrote:
   21. July 2008 at 7:24 am :

   An engagement ring is a symbol of a commitment to get married and spend the rest of your life with one person.

   A promise ring is a pre-engagement ring. It’s essentially a promise to pledge that you are willing to think about getting engaged just as soon as you are ready to consider making an exclusive commitment not to spend the rest of your life with anybody else.

   I think promise rings are useless. It says “I don’t want to commit to you yet because I still want to keep my options open, but I don’t want you to commit to anyone else in case I can’t find anyone better by the time you start bugging me about following through on a commitment that I never actually made.”

7. imthesilliest wrote:
   21. July 2008 at 1:29 pm :

   Must be something a jewelry store thought up to sell more rings. To me it’s just a small token of affection. Maybe it’s origin was to show you were going steady.

8. lipstick2756 wrote:
   24. July 2008 at 4:50 am :

   Usually a promise ring is worn on the opposite hand and it’s just a promise to marry you one day. Basically the guy is telling you he wants to spend the rest of his life with you but he’s not ready to be fully engaged just yet so it’s a way of showing his love for you. Although it more for younger people and high school sweet hearts, as you get older I don’t think your boyfriend would get you a promise ring unless he is terrified of commitment and you’ve been bugging him about marriage hehe

9. Sunny wrote:
   25. July 2008 at 5:12 am :

   a promise ring is just a ring saying that you are in a committed relationship. it does not mean you are planning on getting married. an engagement ring means you are getting married and start planning for the wedding.

10. Lydia wrote:
    25. July 2008 at 5:48 am :

    A promise ring is for highschoolers ‘going steady’.
    Mature adults dating seriously would get engaged.