zwoodco10 said:
I love all of these people that keep saying how stupid promise rings are.
So, essentially, you are saying that someone else's decision to wait until they marry the person that they want to spend the rest of their life with is stupid? What happened to being open-minded?
It's not so much that they're calling the people wearing them stupid, but the rings themselves, which is understandable as if the person is truly committed to the cause they shouldn't need it, but if they get a big urge to willingly have sex, looking at a tiny piece of plastic/rubber/metal around their finger isn't going to sway their mind. I do however agree a bit with the above post, as those rings are usually handed out by religious control-freaks that feel the need to worm their way into everyone's personal lives with a lot of fear-mongering lies added in. Not that I'm saying I disrespect anyone who uses them, as long as they wear it for their own reasons, not anyone else's.
OT: Kind of important to me, but just because I'm anxious to be in that kind of relationship.
Although I'm semi-religious, I don't feel it's sacred by all the convoluted bullshit religion tries to portray it as. (Side note, I'm noticing a lot of people misread this part as scared, not sacred, but if that was the OP was actually going for, I'd say I'm a bit nervous for it given how vulnerable it can make you feel.
It can be sold, and so long as both people are willingly consenting, I don't care, though I wouldn't do it myself.
As I mentioned before, if someone commits to this kind of thing of their own free will, more power to them, but they shouldn't need the ring for that anyway.
Whenever you feel ready for it, so long as it's not forced upon someone, as I don't judge people on if they want to stay committed to a relationship to have it. Personally, I'll probably wait until love, but hell no to only after marriage unless the woman is just so perfect in every other way to wait if she wants to. I wouldn't be adverse to almost any opportunity if I continue to get turned down for relationships for the next few years though...