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📌 Hello everyone! For today's Murphy Law Monday, I want to discuss the topic of gift giving during the holiday season, specifically in relation to engagements.
🎁 If you're considering proposing, my advice for the guys out there (and anyone thinking about proposing) is to avoid proposing on the actual holiday. Instead, choose the day before Christmas, the day after Christmas, the day before New Year's, or the day after New Year's, all around the holiday season.
📜 Why? Well, when you propose, you're essentially entering into a contract to marry, and that contract has contingencies. A contingency means that certain events need to happen after a particular event occurs. In this case, if you're proposing, the contingency is the giving of the ring, which symbolizes your intention to potentially marry in the future.
💔 Now, let's consider the unfortunate scenario where the marriage doesn't happen. The question then arises: Who gets to keep the ring? Proposing on Christmas may be considered a gift, which can be argued as a Christmas or New Year's present. Thus, they would have a claim to keep the ring.
You can propose on the day before or after New Year's or Christmas and say that the ring was not a gift but a planned proposal that happened during the holidays. If the marriage doesn't happen, you have a better chance of keeping the ring because it wasn't given as a gift in case of a non-marriage situation.
💡 So, my suggestion is to be mindful of the holiday season when making a decision about proposing. Plan ahead and consider the potential outcome that the marriage might not occur, ensuring you have a legal advantage regarding the ring.
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