LOL

I don't get why OP's boyfriend "deserves it", seriously ... I'm a girl, have been with my boyfriend for 10 years (we're both 27) and if he were to give me a ring telling me it's not a proposal I wouldn't be offended. At. All. Marriage is an important topic that has to be discussed, in my case we both want to get married at some point, but not now because we don't feel the circumstances in our lives are right to do so. Simple as that, but that's obviously personal ... That doesn't mean I'm a desperately "waity" woman who will wait her whole life for a proposal, nor that my boyfriend is commitment-phobic, sometimes the feelings aren't just black or white about marriage. He in fact offered me a beautiful ring for my 25th birthday, and I wear it everyday as a wonderful gift I got from the person I love. I think that if OP is really disappointed it's because (maybe, I'm just assuming) she didn't talk it through with her boyfriend, and doesn't know where he stands when it comes to getting married. I'm absolutely not judging you and I get that if you actually were waiting for an engagement ring it must have been terribly disappointing. But maybe he genuinely loves you and just wanted to give you something nice (may I add that a ring is a much better gift than what some people sometimes get as a present on this day!) ... before giving you "the real one" ;) Anyway if it really hurt you, talk with him about that, communication and honesty about serious topics such as an engagement are really important ... Don't keep it to yourself! And Merry Christmas anyway :)

Wow **** him

That was incase you thought it was an engagement ring LOL

Don't spend the next 5 years with a guy whose obviously afraid of commitment. You deserve better.

Every kiss begins with Kay!

He's a doucheface.

You all are assholes. He doesn't have to marry her if he doesn't want to. OP just be happy that he got you something

I agree with your boyfriend, even if it was poor timing.