Yasmien Kurdi and Rey Soldevilla | Image: @yasmien_kurdi IG
Yasmien Kurdi has weighed in on the debate on about the viral post of a man who gave his girlfriend an engagement ring worth P299, saying that people are overreacting to material things.
On her Facebook page, the actress shared that she herself didn’t have an engagement ring and that her wedding to non-showbiz partner Rey Soldevilla only cost PHP 20,000 in 2012.
“P299 na ring issue… medyo OA. Ako nga wala naman akong engagement ring, tapos wedding rings namin di naman nasusuot kasi di kami sanay. Kasal namin 20K lang (2012),” she wrote.
(The P299 ring issue, that’s overreacting. I myself don’t have an engagement ring, and we don’t even wear our wedding rings because we never got used to it. Our wedding expenses was only P20,000.)
Kurdi advised the netizens to put their money on land and house investments instead of material things that can only be displayed.
“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,” said Kurdi.
The actress pointed out that material things will have their value depending on the person who carries them and not on the actual value itself.
“Minsan nagmumukhang mahal kapag proud mo siya suotin. Minsan naman ang mahal ng suot ng isang tao, pero di naman mukhang mahal. Di ko din alam kung bakit,” she said.
P299 engagement ring
The engagement ring issue first came about when a woman who remained anonymous took to a Facebook page called “Hugot Ni Juan” to lament about her boyfriend of eight years after he proposed to her with a ring costing P299.
“My boyfriend of eight years just proposed to me. Pero na-guilty ako kasi I am upset due to the fact that the engagement ring only cost 299 pesos,” wrote the girl.
The woman emphasized if she would consider perceiving her boyfriend’s action as equivalent to her worth, as she asked if she would confront the guy as she saw the ring in an online shop.
“Ganito lang ba kababa yung halaga ko sa kanya na hindi nya manlang pinag-ipunan pambili ng ring? Or di ko ba dapat e big deal? Am I too immature to feel this way?” she asked.
“Hindi niya alam na nakita ko yung ring binili niya sa [Shopee]. Ignore ko lang ba tong na feel ko? Or should I confront him, kasi ayoko din naman masira yung moment?” the girl added.
Social media exploded with several netizens and online personalities pitching in their own opinions.
Some of them said the cost of the ring should not matter as long as there is love between them, while others argued that one shouldn’t propose marriage if they are not yet financially capable.