You should never give your girlfriend an engagement ring you bought for your ex-fiancé.
1. You picked and or made this ring thinking of your ex... Therefore it symbolizes the specific connection you had with her.
2. It is simply tacky
3. It's stingy... the actual cost in the ring is in the diamonds or gem stones the cost of the gold is hardly worth the indecency.
Women are usually more emotional and sentimental about the meaning and symbolism behind an engagement ring. It is more likely that a man is to think "Well why would I buy her a new one when I have this old one sitting around?"
Keeping the stones especially if they are heirlooms is reasonable and most women would not have a problem with this.
The difference is the stones were made long before the ring was even thought of and a woman of good character and judgment would understand the importance of keeping a Grandmothers or Greater stones around.
For goodness sake you can trade in the gold mounting for its gold value...spend an extra few hundred dollars to buy her a new mounting and put the stones back in the new ring. If you are really concerned lock the item away in a memory box or sell it on eBay. Then buy her a whole new ring with stones. If you spent the money to do it on the ex what is so bad about doing the same thing for the woman you want to spend the rest of your life with? Though I mention money it is only because this is the common issue I hear about. It is mainly about the principle behind giving a new fiance your ex's ring.
Most women would be insulted if they found out you gave them a ring you had bought for someone else in the past.
Well, it's usually customary for the woman to give the engagement ring back to the man unless he insists she keep it. (This is assuming the man bought the ring in the first place.)
NO!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think Justin Bieber has a girlfriend so he couldn't have bought her a gift
There is only one ring a man should give to his girlfriend. Engagement ring and there is no other! Reason being.... Imagine the misunderstanding if she thinks you proposing and your not. A man should only ever buy one ring and the engagement ring should be equivelent to a months' wage. Traditionally it should be a single solitare prong ring presented in a red box.
Are you kiddin me you don't know what engagement means well ok it means when you have a girlfriend it's kind of between marrage and sexless-marrage it practically means some ring you give your girlfriend and she's considered from the a GIRLFRIEND literally so that's what it means!
Unless it is a family heirloom then the young woman can keep the engagement ring as it was a gift to her of the young man's pledge of love. A man who has given an engagement ring to his girlfriend and either one breaks up then a man should not give that engagement ring to another woman that may come into his life. Women would not want some other woman's engagement ring. If he still owes money on the ring then it is entirely up to you as to whether you wish to give it back to him or not.
* If you are thinking of a ring that is a family heirloom to give your girlfriend then it's a better idea to buy the ring yourself or take your girlfriend with you and let her pick the ring out. If the engagement should break up or you should divorce she doesn't have to give the ring back to you and if the ring is a family heirloom it certainly won't be any longer if the engagement or wedding break up. If you are still insistent on asking a parent for the ring sit down and be honest and ask. The worst you can get is a no.
If the engagement ring you gave your fiance is a family heirloom (passed down from generation to generation) then she should give you the ring back. If you bought her the engagement ring then it's hers to keep. If and when you get engaged again your next fiance would not want a ring you had given another woman.
If you are married she should already have an engagement ring. You give her the engagement ring when you propose, before the wedding is even planned.
Only if this is not your first valentine with her.
I believe you are asking if you can give just the engagement ring and not the whole wedding set. Please clarify the question, if this is not the case. Yes, you can give just an engagement ring. Usually the man proposes with an engagement ring and then the wedding band is worn after the wedding along side the engagement ring.
well if you whant to give your girlfriend something give her something that has value
If there is an engagement party then yes, the parents would give a gift. Many couples get engaged and don't have an engagement party and in this case it is not necessary for the parents to give a gift.