"In most Wizarding families we don’t just buy jewellery as an ornament. We imbued it with protective charms, blood magic other complex enchantments. These get more and more powerful as they are passed on from one owner to another. They begin to bond with the magic of the family or familial magic as we know it, until the jewellery is much more than just a trinket, it is a vessel of magic itself. When a witch or wizard gifts jewellery to each other and the other persons chooses to wear it, it symbolises that they are willing to be part of their family... They are willing to pour a little bit of their magic into each other, which is frankly a much bigger deal than some down on one knee proposal..." he finished