In todayโs society, a lot of women think the size of a womanโs wedding ring correlates with how much a man loves her. Yes, this reasoning is incredibly stupid. We all know it; yet instances of โring shamingโ are becoming increasingly common.
Ring shaming is making a woman feel bad about the size, style, price (or whatever other characteristic) of her wedding ring. In August of this year, a female Twitter user garnered wrath for posting the following tweet:
Now, we bring you another tale of ring shaming. This time, from the perspective of the person being shamed, a woman named Ariel Desiree McRae.
MacRae took to Facebook to share her ring shaming story last year. It resonated with many, ultimately being shared over 62,000 times!
โMy husband doesnโt have a lot, neither of us do. We scrape and scrape to pay bills and put food in our bellies, but after almost 2 years of dating we decided that we couldnโt wait anymore, so we didnโt.
โI wasnโt even thinking about rings, I just wanted to marry my best friend, but he wouldnโt have it. He scraped up just enough money to buy me two matching rings from Pandora. Sterling silver and CZ to be exact. Thatโs what sits on my ring finger, and I am so in love with them.
โWhile we were purchasing my rings however, another lady that was working there came over to help the lady selling them to us. She said, โYโall can you believe that some men get these as engagement rings? How pathetic.โ When she said that I watched my now husbandโs face fall. He already felt bad because he couldnโt afford the pear-shaped set that so obviously had my heart and covered my Pinterest page. He already felt like a failure, asking me again and again โAre you sure youโll be happy with these? Are you sure this is okay?โ He was so upset at the idea of not making me happy enough and of me not wanting to marry him because my rings didnโt cost enough money or werenโt flashy enough.
โOld Ariel would have ripped that woman a new one. Mature Ariel said, โIt isnโt the ring that matters, it is the love that goes into buying one that matters.โ We bought the rings and left.
โYโall I would have gotten married to this man if it had been a 25ยข gum ball machine ring. When did our nation fall so far to think the only way a man can truly love a woman is if he buys her $3,000+ jewelry and makes a public decree of his affection with said flashy ring? Sure they are nice, sure the sentiment is wonderful and Iโm not trying to cut down any of your experiences, but when did it
come to all that? Why do material possessions equate love??โMy husband was so afraid of me not wanting him because he couldnโt afford a piece of jewelry. He was afraid that the love I have for him would pale because he couldnโt afford the wedding set I wanted. The world has made it this way and it is so sad.
โBut here I am though, Court-House married, $130 ring set, the love of my life by my side and happier than I could ever imagine.โ
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