According to a recent poll of 997 adults (for Britain’s Woolwich building society), 34 per cent of women think an investment in bricks and mortar is the best measure of a secure long-term relationship. Only 13 per cent still believed in the merits of an engagement ring.
We want to be secure and we look for it in many different ways. And we want to be secure because we want to be free from anxiety, doubt and fear. We want to be able to go about living without having to worry too much about the things that might harm us or those close to us. And that’s fair enough.