Diamond Promise rings - For When You Mean It.
Diamond promise rings are quite common, but many are not all
that sure what they are. What is a promise ring? And what does
it mean?
Promise rings (all of them, not just diamond promise rings, I
just love diamond ones) are a symbol of a promise made between 2
people that both intend to keep.
Not just any old promise, there are lots of those. But a really
serious promise. One that is so important between two people
that they are both prepared to make a public statement of their
promise and intention to keep it by the wearing of a diamond
promise ring.
They can also be known variously as a pre engagement ring, or a
purity ring. Each is slightly different. Sometimes they are
called a friendship ring, perhaps incorrectly.
A pre engagement ring is a symbol of an intention between 2
people to get engaged at some time in the future. A diamond
promise ring of this type is a serious commitment. One not to be
undertaken lightly. A statement to all who see it that these 2
people are committed to each other. That although the time is
not right, for various reasons, to get engaged, they have both
been prepared to make that serious commitment regardless.
A friendship ring is slightly different and may not be, strictly
speaking, a promise ring. It is more commonly a symbol of a very
strong friendship between 2 people. There is of course, nothing
wrong with this at all, just that it is not strictly a symbol of
a promise. Just a symbol of a special feeling. For example where
2 strong friends find that their lives take them to different
parts of the world they can exchange diamond promise rings to
seal their continuing friendship.
A diamond purity ring, on the other hand, is a symbol of a very
strong promise of a very serious nature between 2 people. This
is perhaps the most well known and most serious type of diamond
promise ring, and perhaps requires the most thought, and the
most commitment.
Often entered into between 2 younger people, a purity ring is a
promise about sexual purity. Often made between 2 young people
for religious reasons, it is a promise to abstain from sexual
activity until a certain time, usually their marriage.
And it need not always be a promise made between 2 people, it
can also be a promise to oneself. A display of a promise that a
young person shall remain pure until the time is right. Still,
though, a very serious promise.
Some consider that a purity ring of this type is a promise
between 2