After two years of dating, a couple from Tennessee planned to marry, but Ariel’s fiancé couldn’t afford to purchase her an expensive ring. They went shopping together and purchased a set of two $ 130 rings, but the saleswoman mocked him, calling the ring “cheap” and “pathetic” for such an occasion.
The young woman’s response went viral on the Internet, where she detailed the entire incident:
“Neither my husband nor I am affluent. We worked hard to make ends meet and put food on the table, but after two years of dating, we realized that waiting to be engaged was meaningless.
I hadn’t even thought about rings; all I wanted to do was marry my best friend, but he insisted on buying one. He was able to save enough money to buy two silver rings. I have these in my hand, and I adore them.
‘I can’t believe what some men are buying today for an engagement ring!’ exclaimed another store employee as we paid for them. ‘Oh, how pitiful!’ My husband was unable to speak.
He was already self-conscious about his inability to afford the rings I was eyeing on Pinterest. She was unsatisfied and regularly enquired whether I was happy with them. He was upset that these rings couldn’t make me happy because they weren’t costly enough.
I informed her that it didn’t matter what sort of ring she got but how much love she poured into it. I took the rings with me. I would have married him if he hadn’t grabbed a 25-cent toy ring from me.
Since when has our country sunk so low that we believe a man truly loves a woman only if he buys her a $3,000 ring and declares his love in public? They’re nice gestures, to be sure, but when did material possessions become synonymous with love?
My husband was afraid that I would reject him if he couldn’t afford to buy me an expensive ring. He was concerned that my affection for him might wane. It’s terrible that society has trained us to believe this.
I’m married now, and I have a set of $ 130 rings on my hand and the love of my life standing beside me. “What else could I want out of life?”
