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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want people to marry young, there is not usually much money for an engagement ring. It was fairly common at one time not to have an engagement ring at all, or to have a small one. Has nothing to do with romance and everything to do with signaling status. [/quote]

Most families have some family jewelry, often engagement or wedding rings to pass on.[/quote]

DP.  Your privilege is showing.  While most families where I'm from have [i]some [/i]jewelry, very few have engagement rings to pass one.  Most people I know and those that were in my family were buried in their wedding rings which were plain bands.

My paternal grandmother never had an engagement ring.  My maternal grandmother didn't have an engagement ring either for her 1st marriage which lasted 25 years until her DH (my maternal grandfather) died. When she was married a 2nd time at age 60, she and her 2nd DH went together to pick an engagement ring.  She died at 104. My uncle inherited her ring which he gave to his DW of 40 years who also didn't have an engagement ring.  [/quote]

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