Engaged without a ring

[LostInLove]

lol, my parents were engaged without a ring ^^ Mom never got an engagement ring ^^; So I didn't actually know that some women wear both their wedding and engagement ring on the same finger cause Mom never had one ^^;

Haha my mom's exactly the same way! I think they were both too poor to have an engagement ring, but I didn't know that so I only just recently figured out that you were supposed to wear both! I thought you only wore the engagement ring until you got married, and then left that ring in a box somehwere or something and replaced it with your wedding band. I couldn't understand why people would pay so much for something they wouldn't be wearing for very long... :P

I personally would love at least some kind of gimmicky ring, but if he proposes without one my answer would be the same regardless. I'd be marrying the man, not the ring. And I loved the comment about engagement tattoos, that made me chuckle.

[nicole]

I'm not materialistic, but I would like him to propose with a ring. We're pretty much engaged now anyway... and he's such a goof and jokes around all the time, if he proposed with a gum ball ring or something, I wouldn't take him seriously- that would be awful if he had been serious and I laughed in his face! So he's dug himself a hole there lol He needs a ring to propose with or I will kick him in the face for joking about such important things! XD

[Thisisafairytale]

I'm engaged without a ring. It was when my boyfriend was in the hospital with leukemia, he just got off the breathing tube. He held my hand and asked me to marry him, I cried and said yes, layed my head on his chest since he was lying down in the bed.

[elina]

I personally would prefer having a ring when we get engaged not because I'd have something to show for the "show me the ring!!1" people, but because.. like Zephii said, it "adds something to the experience" and I feel like having the ring there is a part of the proposal.. aaand I might not be making any sense here but whatever

You've got a good reason not to get a ring just yet though, don't really see anything wrong/bad in.. not having one

[MystChic]

My SO doesn't have a lot of money due to a mortgage, messy divorce and custody battle. I always told him it didn't matter, that I'd marry him if he proposed with a ringpull from a coke can. BUT it had to be a coke can, none of that Pepsi crap, ick.

So... he did. A ringpull on a gold cord, which he put on my left hand. He was crying, and I was crying.. it was an incredible moment in my life.

His family were amazed I'd said yes to a man with nothing (he's the black sheep). The day I left to come back to Australia we stopped at his Aunt's house to say goodbye and she pulled out her mothers diamond solitare, and told me that I could "borrow" it until Bryan and I could choose a ring together. Bryan and his Grandmother were very close and it means so much that I can have a part of them with me always, especially when the distance is so great.

I keep my ringpull in a silver love heart box

[Caitlin2009]

at the moment until i go back to Scotland im engaged without a ring myself, have been for awhile. nothing wrong with it

[NaNi]

I, personally, would want a ring. It just adds something really special to it which I wouldn't want to miss out on.

[AllieBaba]

I wouldn't mind at all.. It wouldn't make me upset and my answer would definitely be the same. But I have to be realistic here and say that I do want him to get me a ring. A ring that I can have on my finger 24/7... a ring that I can look at whenever I want and just think how far we've come. I want something very simple.. doesn't have to be big or expensive.

[October987]

Personally, I wouldn't mind not getting one right off, but I wouldn't want it to be like that for very long. While I'm not very materialistic, one of the perks of getting engaged IS getting the ring that normally comes along with proposal. It would be wonderful to get the ring WITH the proposal.. but again, not completely necessary. You love your SO and want to marry them for more than the ring, Right? I don't see why it would really matter.

[angela101287]

hi,i dont have engagement ring on my finger right now,my fiance is in Japan right now and he proposed last febuary 14,2011,he really surprised me i did not expect to proposed on that day.and plus its on the phone =) and we just announced it on facebook.some people do not believed cuz some people change status for no reason.and for me even its just on the phone?its very a special day for both us. =)