I've just got engaged, DP didn't get me a ring as he knows I'm unsure about having one, says we can go choose one if I want. But I hate all the stuff around engagement rings - the fact that you're supposed to go "oooh" at everyone's ring (where I have worked this seemed to be compulsory), the holding your hand up to the camera Facebook picture, the "it should cost 2 months of the mans salary" that people trot out as tradition when it was actually an ad campaign and then you seem to have to wear it constantly (I would prefer to wear it when I want, not everyday).
Obviously I know I can just not get a ring, but if I tell people I'm engaged they will probably ask why I haven't got a ring and if I tell them all my reasons I'll basically be saying they're bollocks and making them feel stupid for wanting/having one. And I'll have to explain myself everytime? Or can I just say "I didn't want one"? I think I'm overthinking this, aren't i?!
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Will people think I'm a prick for not having an engagement ring?
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MadameSzyszkoBohush · 02/06/2017 13:00
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