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"  Katy Perry is showing off a nice ring from boyfriend John Mayer. It&amp;#039;s not a diamond, but it is on her engagement ring finger, which might make it a promise ring. This isn&amp;#039;t a good thing, at least in my experience. I remember the exact moment: I was in my senior year of high school and on my way to fourth period choir. My then-boyfriend stopped me in the hall and shoved something into my hand. It was the ring I&amp;#039;d been waiting on for months: The promise ring. Score! This meant we were totally going to be together forever. Except not: Two months later, I found out he cheated on me. So much for a promise.  It happened again in college: My BF gave me a promise ring one Valentine&amp;#039;s Day. This was a guy I really thought I&amp;#039;d be with forever, so I figured this was the foreplay to an engagement ring. Spoiler alert: I never got one. Katy&amp;#039;s heart shaped ring definitely isn&amp;#039;t an engagement ring\u2014sources shot down that rumor right away\u2014but, is it supposed to be a promise of marriage down the road? After all, John did recently say that he wants to get married, generally speaking. I hope they are super happy together and tie the knot. But, I also hope the ring is just a nice gift, not a symbol of commitment. After all, a promise ring is not an engagement ring. Only an engagement ring is an engagement ring. Let&amp;#039;s hope Katy knows this as well as I do! Tell us: Do promise rings really mean anything? Want more from Meagan? Follow her on Twitter. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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