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Originally posted by motdakasha
I don't like the idea of marking a person as your personal property or territory... ~~ ...If you can't trust your S.O. to take responsibility in making it known when necessary that s/he's taken, then why are you dating her/him?
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I actually kind of take pride when I'm wearing a hickey or other similar badge, and when I'm married to her, I'll feel even more proud to wear the ring. I'm not ashamed of loving her, I'm proud to have her and happy to display it. Call it ownership if you like, but I personally like being considered "someone's".
Like when a guy or girl gets married and has that ring on, some other person- maybe a random, total stranger- will look and say, "they're special to someone. They're someone's special love." and that's a very cool thing.
As for the ring itself, I think it's nice as a gesture only (not used to get a bad relationship back off the ground), definitely more of a "younger" thing, and it's power is derived from the person it's given to.