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what is the difference between a purity ring and a promise ring?
Soprano~baby asked:
i know what a purity ring is its were ur saying u’ll be abstinent until marrige but what about the promise ring ? what is it for
so its like saying i promise ill engage u some day?
i know what a purity ring is its were ur saying u’ll be abstinent until marrige but what about the promise ring ? what is it for
so its like saying i promise ill engage u some day?
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7. October 2008 at 7:24 am :
A purity ring is about being abstinent until marriage, while a promise ring is asking to be exclusive, but not yet engaged. Both are stupid, IMHO.
10. October 2008 at 6:51 pm :
A promise ring is like a “pre-engagement” ring. I got one from my hubby when we were teens. We then got engaged and married several years later.
11. October 2008 at 1:29 pm :
it is pure hypocrisy i know 3 girls who are flaunting theyrpurity rings and are complete skanks
13. October 2008 at 8:14 am :
A purity ring is some weird Freudian symbol of a father trying to conserve his daughter’s virginity.
A promise ring is the thing a boy gives a girl when he wants her to have sex with him and she says she wants to wait for the boy she will marry.
Beware of them both.
15. October 2008 at 3:07 am :
Yes, you are correct about purity rings. And one of my fellow posters said it correct about a promise ring: a pre-engagement ring, signifying commitment, but not necessarily ready to be married and engaged yet.
16. October 2008 at 2:11 pm :
A promise ring is sort of a promise that someday the guy will propose marriage. Promise rings are usually given by teenage guys to their high-school sweethearts, because they’re not old enough to get married but he wants to let her know he will someday.
Purity rings, from what I’ve read, are a new phenomenon started by Christians as an effort to try to get their teenage daughters to practice abstinence until marriage. From what I hear, the father gives the daughter a purity ring on her Sweet Sixteen, or quincenera (15th birthday) if she’s Hispanic, along with a contract for her to sign, stating that by accepting the ring, she’s promising to save herself for marriage. It’s kind of like a modern twist on a chastity belt. Personally, I think the tradition of a purity ring is kind of ooky, because I certainly wouldn’t tell my father that I lost my virginity when it happened anyway- so the very idea of actually signing a contract with my DAD about something involving SEX kind of skeeves me out, but that’s just personal commentary…
19. October 2008 at 6:36 pm :
I’ve had both.
A purity ring is something a person wears to show that they have made a commitment to themselves, their family, future spouse, and even God that they will wait for marriage to have sexual relations. Usually worn on the left ring finger.
A promise ring is something a person gives his significant other to say, “I love you, and am commited to you. Someday I hope to marr you.” Usually worn on the left ring finger. My now-fiance’ gave me one a year after we had been dating, and five months later proposed =]
20. October 2008 at 8:04 pm :
purity- abstince till marriage
promise- pre engagement that it will someday come
23. October 2008 at 2:34 am :
A promise ring is saying “one day I’ll ask you to marry me”. It’s not a marriage proposal. If you ask me, it’s silly. Just another way for jewelers to make money.
26. October 2008 at 7:12 am :
A promise ring is like the post high school version of wearing his varsity jacket.