Men: would you be willing to purchase an engagement ring for a woman?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feminist here who had no desire for an engagement ring.

Feminist here who did and loves my symbol of the patriarchy- happily married 10 years and 3 kids and still enthralled with my ring(s)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Feminist here who had no desire for an engagement ring.

Feminist here who did and loves my symbol of the patriarchy- happily married 10 years and 3 kids and still enthralled with my ring(s)

Sorry you are not a feminist. Did you ask permission from your husband before you posted?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feminist here who had no desire for an engagement ring.

Feminist here who did and loves my symbol of the patriarchy- happily married 10 years and 3 kids and still enthralled with my ring(s)

Sorry you are not a feminist. Did you ask permission from your husband before you posted?

You can still be a feminist and want an engagement ring. But it is odd to speak fondly of the patriarchy...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a feminist guy, this is a deal-breaker for me and I feel pity and mystification for my guy friends when I hear about them doing it -- some of them are shelling out literally thousands of dollars for a ring that their partner isn't paying for half of. For these guys it's like the sexual revolution never happened.

If your answer is 'yes, I totally would', is it because you don't consider yourself a feminist, or what?

I'm a woman, and I think shelling out thousands for jewelry is dumb. Unless you're Donald Trump rich, obviously. 50/50 is besides the point for me.

Exactly. If you think an engagement ring is an unreasonable expense, you're a poor.

Don't marry poor men. Don't marry selfish men who won't indulge you in a token of affection. Men don't become kinder and more generous over time.

Exactly. Marry a guy like Donald Trump. Kind and generous.

You have to be unthinkably poor to imagine several thousand dollars only becomes a token amount for literal billionaires. My husband bought my ring with a mid-year bonus.

Yes, I guess I am unthinkably poor

PP, you must have zero imagination. You can't fathom that there are people with different interests and values out there. Who are (gasp) not unthinkably poor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feminist here who had no desire for an engagement ring.

Feminist here who did and loves my symbol of the patriarchy- happily married 10 years and 3 kids and still enthralled with my ring(s)

Sorry you are not a feminist. Did you ask permission from your husband before you posted?

You can still be a feminist and want an engagement ring. But it is odd to speak fondly of the patriarchy...

It was sarcasm. Because yes, you can be a feminist and wear an engagement ring and I thing its ridiculous when people try to conflate the two issues.

[Anonymous]

*think. Eating at desk and posting. Sorry.