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When we talk
of eternity rings, we are mostly referring to the rings that are
exchanged by people who are close and that want a sign to signify
their friendship. These are rings that have sentimental value to the
two people that are exchanging them. This is not new. Rings have been
part of human interaction for as long as we can remember. They can be
made of anything from fine gold, to diamond, to steel and also other precious
stones. There is really no limit to the material that can be
used to create an eternity ring because its significance is all that
matters. There is also a general consensus that the deeper the
relationship, the more people seem to invest in the ring although
there are obvious exceptions to this rule. There are different
occasions in which eternity
rings are exchanged and we shall now examine them.
The most
sentimental of these occasions is a wedding. There is perhaps no
other time that rings mean something more than at a wedding ceremony.
During a wedding, expensive rings are exchanged. It has been mostly
the custom of ring exchanges to have the man give a ring to a woman
that he loves but when it comes to a wedding both the man
and the woman exchange rings. In a wedding arrangement, the man
provides the ring to the woman and the woman's family buys the ring
for the groom. This is an acceptable way of exchanging eternity
rings.
Another
occasion when eternity rings are exchanged is during an engagement.
This is the time that precedes a wedding. When a man and a woman
fall in love, the next step if they have made up their minds to get
married is to become engaged. This is an occasion where the two
commit to each other and start working toward a wedding.
During this occasion which is usually very memorable, the man
"proposes" to the woman usually in a gesture where he
kneels down and offers a ring to the woman of his love. This ring is
usually expensive although as we said, the intentions are what matters.
These are
perhaps the two most common times to exchange eternity rings. But
these by no means the only ones. Eternity rings are exchanges when
two people commit to a lifelong friendship especially when that
friendship is threatened with separation. This separation is usually
distance. For instance, people exchange eternity rings when they are
leaving high school and going off to different colleges. Girls are
more prone to do this than boys and more friendship eternity
rings are bought and exchanged by girls than by boys.
The best place
to shop for eternity
rings is online. This is because there are literally hundreds of
types of rings and at equally varied prices. Different jewelers sell
rings at different prices and the only way to shop for the best
prices is to comb through the different websites that sell eternity
rings.
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