Her $130 Engagement Ring Called ‘Pathetic’ By Jeweler – Young Woman’s Response Is Going Viral

Many women today expect a large diamond engagement ring that can cost thousands of dollars. That is not the case with loving couple Ariel and Quinn McRae.

Ariel did, however, recently experience “ring shaming” firsthand from a saleswoman at the jewelry store.

In an effort to stop the practice, Ariel decided to share her interaction with the jewelry salesperson on social media:

ADVERTISEMENT

“My husband doesn’t have a lot, neither of us do. We scrape and scrape to pay bills and put food in our bellies, but after almost two years of dating we decided that we couldn’t wait anymore, so we didn’t.

ADVERTISEMENT

I wasn’t even thinking about rings, I just wanted to marry my best friend, but he wouldn’t have it. He scraped up just enough money to buy me two matching rings from Pandora. Sterling silver and CZ to be exact. That’s what sits on my ring finger, and I am so in love with them.

While we were purchasing my rings however, another lady that was working there came over to help the lady selling them to us. She said,

‘Y’all can you believe that some men get these as engagement rings? How pathetic.’

When she said that I watched my now husband’s face fall. He already felt bad because he couldn’t 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, ‘Are you sure you’ll be happy with these? Are you sure this is okay?’

He was so upset at the idea of not making me happy enough and of me not wanting to marry him because my rings didn’t cost enough money or weren’t flashy enough.”

Ariel continued emphasizing the important point that love is not about money:

“Old Ariel would have ripped that woman a new one. Mature Ariel said, ‘It isn’t the ring that matters, it is the love that goes into buying one that is.’ We bought the rings and left.

Y’all, I would have gotten married to this man if it had been a 25-cent 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 make a public decree of his affection with said flashy ring?”

Source: Faith Tap, Newsiosity

ADVERTISEMENT

Her $130 Engagement Ring Called ‘Pathetic’ By Jeweler – Young Woman’s Response Is Going Viral