Engagement ring - a symbol or decoration?
Engagement ring - a symbol of the material that determines your marital status.
Buying wedding rings, hardly anyone of us thinks about the meaning and origin of this tradition. Its rich history, and the mass of beautiful legends surrounding him, has a great variety of scientific and everyday discoveries.
The exact time when this tradition came into vogue is not installed, you can definitely say that it takes origin from ancient Egypt. While the rings were indicator of social status, rich wore them out of precious metals, the poor contented with clay and glass.
Rings attached particular importance to the Romans: the rings, which they gave their wives give herself up form a key, a sign of separation from her husband of all duties.
"If the ring is cool, cool, and love" - so said the ancients. They firmly believed in the ring as a symbol of unity. Its form, it comprises a circle, a symbol of cyclical and eternal connection. That is why it is considered that the exchange of rings between two lovers there is some sort of connection. Piece of a loved one is always present with you.
Unfortunately, in today's reality the value of engagement ring has lost its meaning. Not every married couple finds it necessary to wear them. Exchange of rings was more like a beautiful ceremony in the registry office, which photographed relatives and friends of the newlyweds.
Many of us have noticed that the woman's hand can be seen much more frequently than men. Why? Male half of humanity has always sought to novelty, not wanting to themselves, than anything limited. A ring in this case is regarded as a barrier to access to the male soul, and body. But with so many men see the ring as a way to attract attention.
Ring on a man's hand, often appears as a confirmation of a certain social status of its owner: you realize that he has a family, wife and children. In general, it is not worse than others. And this is "no worse" oh, how a man raised in his own eyes.
Why do so many men do not wear it? On this issue there are usually three common answers:
- "It is inconvenient"
- "Why all the shows that I'm married"
- "I do not want to depend on his wife"
For ladies ring on his finger (wedding) is an evidence of her marriage and emphasizes its social status. Marriage has always meant by the birth of a family created by children. And for every woman there is no sweeter than the proportion in the world than that of motherhood. In our country, continue to be married more respected than to be unmarried. Besides the wedding ring is for many women, some talisman against encroachments of other men. Not surprisingly, this ornament often adorned ladies' hands. Although sometimes you can meet married ladies costing without this adornment. Obviously underscore their status as they do not need, they are already self-sufficient person.
And many avoid the rings on so-called "medical reasons". Doctors claim that the constant wearing of rings can cause certain diseases. The reason for this is available on the surface of the fingers of biologically active points. For example, long-wearing rings on the ring finger leads to ailments such as breast, to diseases of the endocrine and reproductive spheres. Prolonged wearing of rings on his middle finger causes atherosclerosis and sciatica.
Wedding ring. To wear or not wear? Let everyone choose for themselves. After all, in fact it is only just a symbol, although for many very significant. There is much more important is that this symbol to thyself, So - a strong family, love, understanding, harmony, relationships, trust each other.
