This Revolting Promise Ring Might Be the Worst Pinterest Pin Ever

[ismnotwasm]

Did you know it's possible to make the concept of promise rings even more gross? I would have thought, "No, a father giving his daughter a fake wedding ring to remind her that he — well, he and Jesus — are the most important men in her life so she better not even think about fooling around with anybody else is about as gross as it gets," but unfortunately, as this Pinterest post shows, I was wrong and it does indeed get more shudder-inducing.

Accompanying the photo of a gold ring shaped like a crown is the following caption:

A Father gives his daughter this ring for her 16th birthday (when dating is officially allowed) to wear on her left ring finger—to remind her that she will always be HIS little Princess first— and to remind her to only date boys who will treat her like a Queen—the way her Heavenly Father sees her!!
BAAAAAAAAAARF. Oh, barf. I can't even — just barf. Barf barf barf.

Why do these dads want to own their daughters' vaginas so much? Come on, dads! Leave your daughters' vaginas alone! If they're about to fool around with their boyfriends, you are the very last thing they want to be thinking about and if that's NOT the case, then something is very very very wrong.

Also, what is going on here? Is your daughter a princess or a queen? THIS POST HAS LEFT ME VERY CONFUSED AND NAUSEATED.

http://jezebel.com/this-revolting-promise-ring-might-be-the-worst-pinteres-1487258156

[seabeyond]

1. a bigger barf, bigger concern. my nieces daughter told me about a year ago, she was the princesses

and her father the prince. was a huge wtf and was sure to tell her mother. my niece. this man is doing everything he can to create this kinda little girl. she gets a whole lot of balance when she comes to my house.

but, how messed up is it to teach your daughter is a princesses, eeeeeew as i tell her, but to say the dad is the prince. worrisome

[ismnotwasm]

4. Ick.

Your Dad is your Dad. Hero worship is great, but not when it gets into the hero' Lèse-majesté
ownership

[NYC_SKP]

2. Again, wrong on not just one, but multiple levels.

Extra puke points for capitalizing "HIS".

Sigh.

[Squinch]

3. How very Freudian.

[malthaussen]

5. Eh, it's not just the guys, though.

One of the most chilling things I ever ran across on the 'Net -- while looking for something totally unrelated -- was a mother bragging about her 18 y/o daughter's wedding, and how it was the first time the pair had ever kissed.

Good luck with that marriage, Mom.

-- Mal

[tavalon]

8. Here's hoping that child was lying

I had to sit through the talk with my grandmother the night before my wedding. I guess I have a damn good poker face because I had been sexually active since I was 15 and my betrothed was not my first nor I his. Nothing to brag about, particularly, but I do remember the conversation and how hard it was to keep a straight face.

[tularetom]

6. Like every other dad I tried to intimidate all the punks she brought home

But I was never under the misconception that she wouldn't eventually "do it" with one of them. Or that some half assed "promise" would keep her from it.

And I was correct. Her first child was born five months after her wedding at age 19. But she is still married to the same guy 31 years later.

[Blue Owl]

7. The belle of the purity ball

[n2doc]

9. When I saw that I thought of this

http://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/male-anti-masturbation-devices

[redqueen]

10. "Why do these dads want to own their daughters' vaginas so much?"

Because they're afraid. They don't want their daughters to be mistreated.

They know what they were like, or they're afraid of what other men are like.

[nomorenomore08]

11. Or they're just hypocrites, plain and simple... Fundy Christianity is great for that...

[redqueen]

13. What's the hypocrisy?

Not sure what you're referring to here.

[nomorenomore08]

14. I mean expecting their daughters to be "pure" when they were anything *but* themselves.

And yes, some sons do go through the promise ring brouhaha, but the most intensive focus is nearly always on female virginity.

[nomorenomore08]

12. I hate to say it, but I almost consider shit like this prima facie evidence of boundary-crossing

if not outright sexual abuse...