>>33883658
>what are your thoughts on a promise ring?
lol, lmao, even.
>is it something significant
not really
>does it hold a lot of meaning?
not really

The ur-promise ring was the engagement ring. This newfangled promise-to-eventually-promise-to-eventually-do-something ring is a gimmick. It started you couldn't get married because you were both still in school and poor as fuck and couldn't afford an engagement ring because you were both still in school and poor as fuck so the "promise" ring was an inexpensive way to get your trad-gf to open her legs, since even for traddies the engagement ring meant you were "practically married" and sex was ok, so for dumb traddies the promise ring's "almost practically married" cachet was good enough. But in today's society where sex is always available? It's a nothingburger, a quaint holdover from a more innocent time.

>>33883658
>what are your thoughts on a promise ring?

Has to be the gayest thing I read about today, but I'm not american. I'd just take it as a gift if it looks good, also probably her way to mark you as "her dude" towards other chicks , nothing more.

>>33883902
>a quaint holdover from a more innocent time.

Sounds more like a bunch of convoluted bullshit and hypocrisy when you could have sex liek normal people instead. If anything, today is more innecent as you don't need to essentialyl lie your ass off and play a game of pretend to simply get laid with your own gf.

>>33883658
>is it something significant, does it hold a lot of meaning?
for a guy getting a girl one it's "I'm following the rules please fuck me now"

a girl doesn't have to do that so it's almost certainly guilt for having done something wrong. sorry man

>>33883658
probably a way of saying "buy an engagement ring and ask me to marry you dumbass i'll say yes."

>>33883658
>is it something significant, does it hold a lot of meaning
Depends on local culture. Even in globohomo globalist culture there's still some local variation, although those people are mostly fail-to-launch so its not as much of an issue.
Generally you get married 1 to 2 years after getting an engagement ring and a "dream wedding" costs about as much as a new car.
Lets say you two seriously plan on getting married, but you graduate from uni in 2.5 years and have roughly $0 now. She will expect a promise ring now and a "real" engagement ring in about a year or two and a wedding in about 3 years.
Note that just because you graduate in the 2020s doesn't mean you'll get a job LOL especially not a high enough paying one to pay for a "dream wedding" so it might take longer. Yeah its a bit of a social signal the girl is a gold-digger and won't get married unless its on a destination beach in hawaii or the catering bill is over $50K. Ours was only about $10K.
It more or less socially counts as an engagement ring where I live.
In other areas it might mean a lot less.
Something between "going steady" only dating each other monogamous (which makes certain ethnic groups really mad) and more official engagement ring meaning expect a wedding invitation from us within the year for a wedding in less than 2 years.
The younger you are the more important and less cringey it is.

>>33884471
>>33883902
we aren’t American either. she did mention her friend had one and she went on to get married. It caught me off guard because my initial thought was that it’s pretty serious

>>33884802

well, we have discussed marriage and expressed our wish to get married one day. we also discussed buying a home together within a year or two, We both still live at home. I did tell her to leave the real deal up to me but i’m flattered.

>>33884973
She is 21 I am 25. I don’t know if that changes anything. I’m pretty broke myself and she doesn’t value you money a whole lot, In a few years, we will be significantly more financially stable

>>33884471
Don’t men who wear their wedding ring get more attention from women? Social proof and all that