An engaged woman has shamed her fiancé in a Facebook group for proposing with a paw-shaped ring.
The ring was made up of a silver band with a diamond in the centre, with four additional diamonds dotted around the edge to look like a dog paw.
The woman’s fiancé thought a pooch-themed engagement ring would be perfect for his bride-to-be considering how much she loves their pet dog.
He was wrong. She didn’t like it.
She hated the ring so much, in fact, that she forced him to melt the ring down and give her another ring that isn’t paw-shaped.
She wrote on Facebook: ‘I love my FH [future husband] but I forced him to melt this down and turn it into not-a-dog-paw.
‘Who in their right mind would want to walk around with a dog paw on their hand?
‘Don’t get me wrong, I love my dog – our fur baby makes us act like “those people”, but I draw the line at dog-themed jewellery I’m expected to wear every day of my life.’
Reactions to the woman’s bashing of the ring have been mixed.
Some have said the ring is ‘disgusting’, with one woman writing: ‘I am one of those legitimate psychos that spends all their free time at dog shows and if my husband gave me this I would divorce him.’
Some have said that even if the ring were beautiful, the woman is still perfectly within her rights to ask for one she likes better. It’s her ring, after all.
Others, however, have called the woman ungrateful and said she was ‘cruel’ for shaming the ring on Facebook when it was obviously a thoughtful gesture.
One person commented: ‘I’m shaming you for shaming him when he tried to make something niche and specific to your relationship. It’s not a super obvious paw print so I’d wear that with pride.’
Another said: ‘The only person worth shaming is you, for being ungrateful.’
We’d like to note that the ring doesn’t need to be chucked out entirely. Just a reposition of those small diamonds will turn the ring from a paw into something lovely.
It could be much worse. A quick Google search reveals loads of paw print designs, many of which are much more obviously dog-themed. If you love dogs enough to wear a pawprint on your finger, that’s lovely, but the average person might not be best pleased.
What do you think – is the woman in the right to be annoyed about her paw-shaped ring?
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