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But isn't a symbol of wealth and status something that some people aspire to in a relationship? People make all sorts of conspicuous purchases for all sorts of reasons. Boiled down, those purchases all have symbolic meaning. They say something about who you want people to think you are.
In that case, I would say the argument against rings that was made in the OP has little to do with rings per se and everything to do with how the OP feels about conspicuous consumption.
This does not change the fact that a ring can be symbolic of love and commitment as I have argued above. Rather it underscores how love has been, to some extent, commodified in our culture.
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