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FlyingToaster
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Topic: Dating ring custom in Brazil
Posted: 08 January 2011 at 16:43

I am an American and have a girlfriend who is from and lives in Brazil. Recently she told me it's common for couples in Brazil to give dating rings. I didn't know about this, and this doesn't seem common in the US, at least among adults. I know dating rings signify that one is dating and not available to others, but I am interested in more information about the custom of dating rings in Brazil - For instance, do both people in the couple exchange dating rings? What exactly does the dating ring signify and mean? Is there anything else I should know?

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Ferguson21
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Posted: 08 January 2011 at 18:42

It's custom only for girls who are dating gringoes; they buy everything. A real man sends his wife working and plays snooker all day long.

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Posted: 08 January 2011 at 18:53

Originally posted by Ferguson21

It's custom only for girls who are dating gringoes; they buy everything. A real man sends his wife working and plays snooker all day long.

It's not totally unfair ... the gringo gets a pair of horns in return ... or that's what they tell me.

Tales of Brave Ulysses

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Posted: 08 January 2011 at 19:13

Originally posted by DUNGA

Originally posted by Ferguson21

It's custom only for girls who are dating gringoes; they buy everything. A real man sends his wife working and plays snooker all day long.

It's not totally unfair ... the gringo gets a pair of horns in return ... or that's what they tell me.

Spot on , on both counts.
But I would say save your money on the ring and buy some beers with it.

Athiests are moral, they don't kill over religion.

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Posted: 08 January 2011 at 19:19

Originally posted by agri2001

Originally posted by DUNGA

Originally posted by Ferguson21

It's custom only for girls who are dating gringoes; they buy everything. A real man sends his wife working and plays snooker all day long.

It's not totally unfair ... the gringo gets a pair of horns in return ... or that's what they tell me.

Spot on , on both counts.But I would say save your money on the ring and buy some beers with it.

Responses like these sound like sarcasm.. I'd appreciate some sincere answers.

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Ferguson21
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Posted: 08 January 2011 at 19:26

Sincere: buy her a ring. It's completely normal for a gringo. Maybe it's better to send her money to buy the ring she deserves. Ask her.

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Posted: 09 January 2011 at 10:56

Originally posted by DUNGA

Originally posted by Ferguson21

It's custom only for girls who are dating gringoes; they buy everything. A real man sends his wife working and plays snooker all day long.

It's not totally unfair ... the gringo gets a pair of horns in return ... or that's what they tell me.

Good one ... Wink

and true as well.

Don´t buy her a ring. Dating ring - bollocks. Just about the stupidest thing I´ve ever heard. Save your money and get few paints instead.

Jaz sem ptica selivka

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Posted: 09 January 2011 at 16:08

If she feels it as important why not, especially if you are in an LDR

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alian%C3%A7a_%28anel%29#Alian.C3.A7a_de_compromisso

Anel de compromisso ou aliança de compromisso é um anel de prata utilizado por casais de namorados no Brasil, e cada vez mais utilizado em outros países, como Portugal, Argentina e outros, para demonstrar fidelidade e seriedade do namoro.

Alguns casais, após completar certo tempo de namoro, optam por trocar alianças de prata, conhecidas como alianças de compromisso ou anéis de compromisso. É uma forma de demonstrar que o namoro é sério, embora no momento ainda não tenham a intenção de se casar.

A aliança do homem tem o nome da mulher e a data do início do namoro gravada e vice versa. Alguns preferem gravar os dois nomes em ambas, seguidos da data.

Alianças de compromisso são usadas no dedo anelar da mão direita e, na ocasião do noivado, substituídas pelas alianças de noivado.

The info on this site is too good to check!!

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Posted: 10 January 2011 at 00:32

Never, not once in over thirty years has a woman in Brazil asked for a dating ring. Last year a lovely woman in Recife asked for cab fare in the morning to go home.

I gave her three times the amount requested. I guess she could buy a few "dating rings."

Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia nobis. Oi amigo, pode trazer a saideira?

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Posted: 10 January 2011 at 04:23

Originally posted by GreatBallsoFire

Never, not once in over thirty years has a woman in Brazil asked for a dating ring. Last year a lovely woman in Recife asked for cab fare in the morning to go home.

I gave her three times the amount requested. I guess she could buy a few "dating rings."

That cab fare request seems to be the norm in these parts of the woods.
I wonder if they have some sort of a congress where they get together and formulate different ways on how to separate us from our moneys.

On the dating ring thingy, I remember that it was a normal thing to do back when I was in junior high, but not a common practice in today`s world.

Athiests are moral, they don't kill over religion.

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