This article is a response to "Sorry, But Your Promise Ring Means Nothing".

In the original article, the author is essentially saying that if you have promise rings in your relationship, your relationship is immature and somehow, she threw in her opinion that you don't truly know someone after 6 months or even after a year (and, to be honest, I have no idea where that comes into play, so if you're confused already, I'm right there with you).

You know what doesn't mean anything? Your opinion about other peoples' relationships.

I'm so overly annoyed by all of the people (usually women) who live to tell others that they shouldn't be engaged after x amount of knowing their S.O or tell others that the way their relationship works is wrong.

Just because something doesn't suit your own relationship doesn't mean you have to knock others down because you don't agree with it.

I'll be honest with you- when my boyfriend and I first got together, we had the "promise ring" talk and we both agreed they were ridiculous and pointless, but, a little while after, I ended up with a $10 knot ring from Amazon that ended up being my promise ring and I love it. I fell in love with the idea of a promise ring and now I stare at my ring all the time because I just adore it and it was a gift from my boyfriend (who had the cutest speech to give when he gave me the ring). My promise ring is a symbol of love and commitment and we don't exactly need a piece of jewelry to confirm that, but it's a nice thing to have.

A promise ring can have a million symbols to an individual couple. For some, it's essentially a commitment to get married at some point in the future, often times because the couple isn't in a place to get married right away for whatever reason(s).

My boyfriend and I are happy with where we are. I will proudly wear my promise ring until he proposes, but until then, enough with the ill-mannered articles.

So, call it immature. Call it tacky, cheesy, juvenile, whatever you think of it, but the thing is if you don't want a promise ring, fine. Good for you. Nobody is making you wear one. But there's no reason to be so hateful and bitter towards the people who wear them.