談起幸福，相信每個人都有不同的定義和解讀。對於情侶而言，不外乎是希望和另一半開心地度過每一天，小倆口共同朝著目標和夢想一步步前進。雖說，結婚並非所有人夢寐以求的劇本，但仍有許多人堅信，在那份合約下，無形中賦予夫妻倆安全感和力量，支撐著他們攜手度過難關。
關於訂婚戒指的「尺寸」問題
在準備步入婚禮之前，求婚的過程始終是一件令人感到驚喜和浪漫的事。不同於過去網路上求婚的催淚影片，她分享關於訂婚婚戒的大小和迷失，為所有朋友上了一堂寶貴的愛情課程。
來自 Instagram 的網友 Rachel Pedersen 透過手上訂婚戒指的畫面，寫下：「是的，我知道我的訂婚戒很小。我的朋友和家人都經常問我，什麼時候才要去『升級』妳的戒指... 畢竟，戒指的大小程度並不代表我們的人生是否成功。」
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Yes, I know that my wedding ring is small. Friends and family often ask me when I'm going to have it "upgraded".... After all, it doesn't represent the level of success we are achieving. I've even had one person say "you could wear a bigger ring for important events, so people don't think you're not successful." Wait a minute.... Since when did the size of someone's ring become an indication of success?! For me, the ring is SO much more. My ring symbolizes a whirlwind, storybook, "make you sick" love story.... It reminds me of how my husband and I met and fell at in love in one night at a Perkin's diner. He worked as a window washer, and I was a single mother. One short week later, and we professed our love to one another, him leading the conversation. We couldn't stop dreaming of our future, so excited to have a baby, buy a house, and fall asleep together every night. We couldn't wait for the future. So we didn't. 13 days after meeting, we eloped. I didn't even THINK about a ring until my husband surprised me before the ceremony. He drained his savings to gift me with a small token of his love. I say small, only because it pales in comparison with how big his love is, even now, after years of marriage. That, my friends, is success to me. #love #truelove #soulmates #forever #lovestory #elopement #marriage
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「我甚至聽到有人這樣跟我說『你可以在重要場合佩戴更大的戒指，這樣人們才不會覺得你不成功』，等一下... 從什麼時候開始戒指的大小成為是否成功的象徵了？對我而言，這個戒指代表著更多。」
愛，超越了戒指的大小和價值
「我的戒指象徵一陣炫風，一本故事書，一段『讓你感到噁心』的愛情故事... 這讓我想起我和丈夫在 Perkin 餐廳相遇並相戀的過程。他是一洗窗工人，我是一位單親媽媽。在短短一週內，我們對彼此許下愛的誓言。我們無法停止對未來美好的幻想，期待有一個寶寶，買一棟房子，每晚睡在一起。」
「我們見面後的第 13 天就訂婚了。我不敢相信我的丈夫在婚禮前給我的驚喜。他幾乎耗盡所有積蓄，送給我小小愛的禮物。我說小，只因為和我先生龐大的愛相比，戒指確實很小。儘管婚姻過了這麼多年，我還是這麼認為。」一轉眼，距離他們訂婚已有五年，而他們對彼此的愛依舊延續著。
就在今年四月，Pedersen 分享一幕順利生產的畫面，坐在一旁的，正是愛她的丈夫。他們的故事打動了許多網友，愛情不該由戒指的大小和金錢的多寡衡量，它也許象徵著一種幸福和承諾，但要記得，真正和你在一起的是「人」而不是「戒指」，只要你心中有他，他心中有你，這份愛將意義非凡。
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