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This $1000 ring lets you propose the Skyrim wayWould you say yes?
Would you say yes?
When you want to marry an NPC inSkyrim, you propose using an Amulet of Mara. In real life, you can now buy an official 10-karat gold ring based on the amulet’s design. For $1000, you can make your proposal hellaSkyrim. I have previously heard of at least one person proposing with a custom ring based on the amulet, and one who proposed with an actual replica amulet.
In Skyrim, you don’t even need to be dating to get engaged. Just pop on an Amulet of Mara and say hullo to a hot single in your area. Bit more complicated with these rings.
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This is curious merch. It’s a ring to give to a romantic partner, no doubt. Would be tragic to buy it for yourself, even if - especially if - you do consider your right hand your romantic partner. And while £69 [etc -ed.] isn’t much for a fun gift for a partner who likes Skyrim, £719 is definitely getting into the realm of big gestures. And boy howdy, proposing with a video game reference would be a bold one. You have to be really, really sure they’re into it.
I have heard of Skyrim fans invoking the tradition of Mara before. Back in 2016, someone postedon Redditabout the Amulet Of Mara-inspired engagement ring their fiancé proposed with. That went down well! Then I rememberedthis 2019 poston the ‘Am I The Asshole’ board (where people ask rubberneckers to judge personal dramas then typically refuse to listen) where someone proposed with a replica amulet. Their partner was not wholly thrilled with that instead of a ring, though the couple did laterpick out a ring and marry, bless ‘em.
If someone fell to one knee before me and proposed with a video game reference, I would immediately gnaw off my ring finger and swallow it. But I fully believe that other people’s relationships should work in whichever way is safe and happy for them. Every relationship is different. My own wife, the sea, is emotionally distant and tempestuous. The only marital gifts she wants are body heat and the occasional spurt of barnacle-gouged blood, and I wouldn’t have her any other way (don’t worry, blood grows back).
Though I do believe that if you are going to propose the Skyrim way in real life, you really should do it like inyour man JinnKid’s amazing Skyrim IRL videos:
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