I mean in the past there was a point in expensive rings. But since, times changed and marketing got more insane.
Engagement rings were basically insurance for the ladies - because it actually hurt to have an engagement broken. Damage to reputation could meant literal starvation.
Engagement rings have been a thing for almost two thousand years. You’re probably thinking of diamond engagement rings, which have been around since The Renaissance but weren’t widely popularised until De Beers started pushing them in 1938.
I mean in the past there was a point in expensive rings. But since, times changed and marketing got more insane.
Engagement rings were basically insurance for the ladies - because it actually hurt to have an engagement broken. Damage to reputation could meant literal starvation.
In the past engagement rings weren’t a thing.
Engagement rings have been a thing for almost two thousand years. You’re probably thinking of diamond engagement rings, which have been around since The Renaissance but weren’t widely popularised until De Beers started pushing them in 1938.
They were. Just not for the poor. The poor just got married and be done. Worst case: they sold the girl for a goat or so, and that’s it.