Why Do We Wear Engagement Rings? What Importance Does it Hold?

When we hear someone they are engaged, the first thing we do is look at their hands for that beautiful piece of jewelry adorning their fingers. A symbol of your bond, love and togetherness, the engagement ring embodies the tie a couple is affianced with. A stepping stone for the next ultimate level for a couple – marriage, the engagement ring also marks the mutual and formal agreement between two people to share their life, happiness and sorrows together. While it may seem a romantic anecdote, there is a specific reason attached to the tradition or custom of wearing engagement rings . This didn’t come off as a straightforward convention but a culmination of various practices since the earlier times that has led to the modern time norm: During the 13 th century Pope Innocent III brought a law that made it compulsory for people to wait between the betrothal/engagement and marriage for a certain period of time. This period was marked by wearing rings which were made...