Yasmien Kurdi has shared her side in the widely-talked-about issue of a woman who received a PHP299 engagement ring from her boyfriend.
To those who haven’t heard about it, a screenshot of a woman’s post in a Facebook group wherein she expressed frustration over her boyfriend of 8 years proposing to her with a ring he bought from Shopee that had cost PHP 299 went viral online with plenty of Filipinos airing their sides on the topic.
Now, Yasmien couldn’t help but share her own opinion too through a series of Facebook posts, saying that the price of an engagement ring shouldn’t be such a big deal considering that she and her husband didn’t even have any in the first place.
“P299 na ring issue… medyo OA. Ako nga wala naman ako engagement ring, tapos wedding rings namin di naman nasosoot kasi di kami sanay. Kasal namin 20k lang (2012),” she began.
For her, she believes that it’s much better to invest the money on other things she deems more important to a married couple such as their own house. She also said that we shouldn’t put so much value on material things like jewelry and should instead focus on one’s relationship.
“In my opinion, iinvest niyo nalang pera niyo sa lupa at bahay. Para di kayo mamulubi sa renta at di puro porma. Laking tipid ng hindi nagrerenta ng bahay. Ang material na bagay nadadala lang yan. Minsan nagmumukhang mahal kapag proud mo siya sootin. Minsan naman ang mahal ng soot ng isang tao, pero di naman mukhang mahal. Di ko din alam kung bakit,” she continued.
“Ang pag set ng high standard or i value sarili mo ay yung nirerespeto/ ginagalang ka, di ka inaabuso, minamahal at sinusuportahan ka. Pero dapat ikaw din mismo muna ang gumalang sa sarili mo, kasi kung gagawin mong kabastos bastos ang sarili mo, edi paano ka pa rerespetuhin at i-value ng tao? #OpinionKoLangUli to. Kung sa pera naman, pag kinasal na kayo, wag kayo magbilangan dahil ang pera mo, pera niya din at ang pera niya pera mo din yun. Tandaan iisa lang kayo. Kung wala man siyang pera ngayon, bakit di kayo magtulungan dalawa para umasenso ng magkasama. Sa hirap at sa ginhawa ika nga, hindi yung sa ginhawa mo lang siya gusto makasama. Masakit yun. Wag ganun. Unless kung nagloko, may luho, bisyo at sugarol. Ibang usapan yun… #communicationiskey to a healthy relationship and marriage.”
See her original posts here:
Yasmien is currently married to Rey Soldevilla, Jr. They share one daughter, Ayesha Zara, with a second baby on the way.
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