Minnesota Wife pens Facebook post to defend her small engagement ring

Publish date: 2024-10-31

A woman has penned a powerful message defending her 'small' engagement ring as she insists she will never trade the beloved token of her 'whirlwind' romance for a bigger stone.

Rachel Pedersen, 27, from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, took to Facebook to share a photo of her engagement ring featuring a roughly 1/4 carat diamond center as she revealed that friends and family often ask her when she is going to have it 'upgraded'. 

However, the mother-of-two, who wed her husband Poul Pedersen just 13 days after they met, argues that her ring is more than just a status symbol.

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Size doesn't matter: Rachel Pedersen (pictured) became an internet sensation after she penned a powerful Facebook message defending her 'small engagement ring' 

Size doesn't matter: Rachel Pedersen (pictured) became an internet sensation after she penned a powerful Facebook message defending her 'small engagement ring' 

Proud wife: The 27-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minnesota shared a photo of her engagement ring (pictured), which features a roughly 1/4 carat diamond center

Proud wife: The 27-year-old from Eden Prairie, Minnesota shared a photo of her engagement ring (pictured), which features a roughly 1/4 carat diamond center

Rachel noted that she even had one person say: 'You could wear a bigger ring for important events, so people don't think you're not successful.' 

But size doesn't matter to the digital marketing consultant insisted that her ring is a reminder of her and her husband's epic love story.

'Wait a minute... Since when did the size of someone's ring become an indication of success?' she asked. 'For me, the ring is so much more.

'My ring symbolizes a whirlwind, storybook, "make you sick" love story... It reminds me of how my husband and I met and fell at in love in one night at a Perkin's diner.'

Rachel explained that she was a single mother to her daughter Dakota and he was working as a window washer when they first met, and just a week later they professed their love for each other. 

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Love story: Rachel and  Poul Pedersen (pictured) met at a Perkin's diner and eloped just 13 days later

Happy family: Rachel explained that when they met Poul was a window washer and she was a single mother to her daughter Dakota (left). The couple also have a one-year-old daughter Delilah (right) together 

Happy family: Rachel explained that when they met Poul was a window washer and she was a single mother to her daughter Dakota (left). The couple also have a one-year-old daughter Delilah (right) together 

'We couldn't stop dreaming of our future, so excited to have a baby, buy a house, and fall asleep together every night. We couldn't wait for the future. So we didn't.'

The couple eloped 13 days after they met, and she explained that she didn't 'even think about a ring' until her husband surprised her with one before the ceremony that took place in October 2013. 

'He drained his savings to gift me with a small token of his love,' she noted. 'I say small, only because it pales in comparison with how big his love is, even now, after years of marriage.

'That, my friends, is success to me.' 

More than two years later, the happy couple are parents to five-year-old Dakota and one-year-old Delilah, and while she works in digital marketing full-time, Poul is a service adviser at Mini Cooper. 

Unforgetable day: 'We couldn't wait for the future. So we didn't,' Rachel said of her whirlwind nuptials. Poul is pictured dipping Rachel on their wedding night

Unforgetable day: 'We couldn't wait for the future. So we didn't,' Rachel said of her whirlwind nuptials. Poul is pictured dipping Rachel on their wedding night

Romantic gesture: Rachel noted that a ring was the last thing on her mind until Poul presented her with one before they said 'I do' Romantic gesture: Rachel noted that a ring was the last thing on her mind until Poul presented her with one before they said 'I do'

Romantic gesture: Rachel noted that a ring was the last thing on her mind until Poul presented her with one before they said 'I do' 

Attitude change: Rachel admitted that she used to dream of a two carat round-cut solitaire diamond from Tiffany, but she loves her 'small' engagement ring because it is a symbol of her and Poul's love

Attitude change: Rachel admitted that she used to dream of a two carat round-cut solitaire diamond from Tiffany, but she loves her 'small' engagement ring because it is a symbol of her and Poul's love

Rachel told Us Weekly that she used to dream of a two carat round-cut solitaire diamond from Tiffany but her relationship with Poul made her see that 'diamond size doesn’t equal the amount of love between two people'.

Although the post was shared in February, it has taken the internet by storm this week as Rachel's heartwarming story has inspired thousands of others to praise her and share photos of their own engagement rings. 

'Thanks for sharing,' Chameron Manalansan commented. 'Reminds me of the day my then boyfriend now husband gave me mine. I knew he worked so hard for it. 

'He [would] rather save for me then buy something fancy for himself. That's why I refuse to upgrade.'

Meanwhile, Katherine E Stephenson added: 'Your ring is gorgeous. Dont worry about the haters. Successful marriage is not defined by size ring.'

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