It's disingenuous to proclaim that this is the only meaning - every person and culture that uses rings in this way applies their own meaning to it. That said,

It's disingenuous to proclaim that this is the only meaning - every person and culture that uses rings in this way applies their own meaning to it. That said, when I was deciding whether or not I, as a male, wanted a wedding ring, this was exactly the reason that convinced me. I got married much younger than average and liked the idea of being visible "'off the market' and belongs to someone else."