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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Engagement rings were traditionally to know that the woman was taken and belonged to a man. Unless you hold very traditional views about gender roles then I am not sure why you would get an engagement ring.

I always find it odd when someone tells me they didn't take their husband's name but they have an engagement ring. Their values only hold up until money or diamonds are involved. [/quote]

Well, my DH and I don't have traditional views on gender roles, and I'm not trying to humble brag, but my ring has saved me from several unwanted advances, mainly on business trips.  You can always sense when the guy at the airport bar is checking you out. . .casually flash the ring and it shuts that business down.  I like having a symbol that I am "taken;" so does my husband vis a vis his wedding band.  It's a symbol to us, not a gender thing.[/quote]

Why do you need to be saved from unwanted advances? Just say no. My wedding and engagement rings have not stopped men from hitting on me.[/quote]

Of course I would say no.  I just prefer them to leave me 100% alone, frankly, so that I don't have to say anything.  On business trips, I'm not into idle chit chat.  I spend all day being "on."  When I'm at the bar waiting to fly home at 8pm, I want to enjoy a drink and let my mind relax, not make small talk with the guy next to me.  So, when I get the sense some guy is about to try and chat me up, I will purposely mess with my hair, scratch my shoulder, whatever, to flash it.  Even being small it always works.  Well, that and my "leave me the eff alone" vibe, I guess.   :wink:  [/quote]

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