Give me what you have which allows you to give away such ring. Gift-giving is powerful act under any circumstances. Everywhere our relationships seemed to be governed by the market mentality. The worker exchanges labor for money. The citizen exchanges money or service for protection against lawbreakers.
Children exchange their selves for the love of parents or for the approval of their peers.
Even in marriage the marriage vow is tainted by the market mentality when each partner tries to measure the relationship by what each contributes to it. One says I earn the money. The other says I cook the food. One says I stay home with the children while the other says I go into the jungle of the business, academic or healthcare world and compete to hold a position. Eric Fromm, the great psychologist, warned us against the market mentality as early as the 1950's.