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Engagement ring - Refusing the gift

Engagement ring - Refusing the gift: Encyclopedia II - Engagement ring - Refusing the gift

Women traditionally refuse offers of marriage by refusing to take the offered engagement ring. A woman who accepts an engagement ring, and then does not marry the man but keeps the ring, is considered grasping and dishonest in some cases, although an alternative argument is that the ring was a gift to which the woman is entitled; because an engagement is also a period for evaluating one's commitment to the relationship, it is not uncommon for either the man or the woman to break off the engagement. It is generally held that if the betrothal fails because the man pursues other women or himself breaks off the eng ...

Engagement ring: Encyclopedia II - Engagement ring - Refusing the gift

Engagement ring - Refusing the gift

Women traditionally refuse offers of marriage by refusing to take the offered engagement ring.

A woman who accepts an engagement ring, and then does not marry the man but keeps the ring, is considered grasping and dishonest in some cases, although an alternative argument is that the ring was a gift to which the woman is entitled; because an engagement is also a period for evaluating one's commitment to the relationship, it is not uncommon for either the man or the woman to break off the engagement.

It is generally held that if the betrothal fails because the man pursues other women or himself breaks off the engagement, the woman is not obliged to return the ring.