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E-ring or Wedding Band?

posted 1 year ago in Newlyweds
  • poll: Which would you be more upset if you lost?
    E-Ring : (62 votes)
    82 %
    Wedding Band : (14 votes)
    18 %
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    gloss    August 1, 2009   Boston/Maine

    I was thinking about this the other night as I was driving home from work - which would you be more upset about loosing?  Your E-Ring or your Wedding Band?

    The cost to replace my e-ring would be 10x what it would be to replace my wedding band, but I think I would be much more upset about loosing the later.  Obviously I'd be upset about loosing either (and probably in a whole heap of trouble :) ) but having to wear a replacement wedding band would somehow feel wrong to me.

     
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    hilsy85    September 2010  

    Ahh so hard to pick!! Like you, replacing my e ring would be exponentially more expensive, but my wedding band has more sentimental value. I would be devastated either way for sure! I guess I would rather lose my wedding band, since that's more easily replaced...

     
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    PrncssDva    October 16, 2010   Memphis, TN

    Sentimentally I'd have to say my wedding band, but logistically it'd have to be my e-ring. My Wedding band is an enhancer around my e-ring, so it'd look pretty funny on my hand by itself. Plus, if they got lost they'd probably both be lost together, since the e-ring fits in between the two pieces of my wedding band. :(

     
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    roxy821    August 21, 2010  

    My e-ring to me symbolizes the start of our family to come. We spent months working together to design the perfect ring. I hope to some day be able to pass it down to my grandchildren or great grandchildren.

    With that being said I have a beautiful 3ct wedding band that I absolutely love and would still be devestated if I lost it.

     
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    KaitlinHudson    December 18, 2010   Patuxent River, MD

    I've had to wear just my e-ring for almost 2 years now. I can't wait to be able to wear it's other part, the wedding band. I think I would be far more devastated to lose my wedding band. It will still be so new and exciting and if I lose it I would bawl. 

     
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    Ms. Purple    May 22, 2010   Toronto, Ontario

    I have to say E-ring.  for us the night we got engaged, was also the night we bought our house.  so there are alot of other memories of us starting our life together in my E-ring.

     
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    Future Frett    July 9, 2011  

    I don't have my wedding band yet (getting married 7/9/11), but we are using diamond's from my grandma's ring plus two additional diamonds we are purchasing.  Because of the diamond's and everything the ring itself symbolizes, I think I would be more upset over the lost of the wedding band.

     
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    BanditGirl    September 10, 2008   Canada, eh!

    My e-ring because the diamond is a family heirloom. 

     
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    deetroitwhat    April 28, 2015  

    @roxy821: 3ct wedding band??  I would love to see it!!!!!

    I think I would be devastated if I lost my wedding band.  I'm getting married in 2 weeks, and I'm more crazed about wearing that ring than I ever was about getting an engagement ring.  I even told my FI, once I get my wedding band, I probably won't wear my engagement ring a whole lot.  My engagement ring I take off when I sleep/clean/cook.  I will NEVER take off my wedding band.

     
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    missjyc    September 18, 2010   macomb, michigan

    i would absolutely be devastated if i were to have lost the wedding band. it's the symbol of our vows; on the flip side, my e-ring is also a promise that DH made me and would be $$$$$ to replace...

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    EleanorRigby    June 2011  

    If you haven't already, get insurance on your e-rings! :)

     
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    BrooklynBride10    October 9, 2010   nyc

    I'd have to say I'd be heartbroken if I lost my e-ring.  It was custom designed by my fiance, and would be really hard and expensive to re-create.  I absolutely love my wedding band and all that it symbolizes, but we bought it from Brilliant Earth, so it would be much easier to replace.  And then we could always have a vow renewal to re-bless our wedding rings. :)

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    My e-ring is a family diamond, my hubby's great grandma's. I know it means a lot to his family (his mom freaked out when we sent it away to fix a chip in it), and it means a lot to me, so I would feel awful if I lost it.

    Of course I wouldn't want to lose my wedding band either, but I could easily go back to the place that i bought it, spend a couple hundred, and have the same exact thing.

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    My e-ring is a family diamond, my hubby's great grandma's. I know it means a lot to his family (his mom freaked out when we sent it away to fix a chip in it), and it means a lot to me, so I would feel awful if I lost it.

    Of course I wouldn't want to lose my wedding band either, but I could easily go back to the place that i bought it, spend a couple hundred, and have the same exact thing.

     
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    gloss    August 1, 2009   Boston/Maine

    I love seeing everyones choices - its so interesting!  I guess to me, although my e-ring represents a promise, my wedding band more-so represents 'us' since we each have one.  Plus, if I had to choose one I would rather have the one that meant I was married, than the one that meant I was engaged.

     
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    ddubzz    June 5, 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    Hands down my e-ring... not that my wedding band is not important, but the e-ring would be much harder to replace. 

     
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    CorgiTales    February 1, 2011  

    For me it is e-ring. Not necessarily bc its way more expensive... but because my FI actually picked it out. I picked out my own wedding band so it doesn't mean as much to me as the ring that he spent forever picking out. Although I'm not married yet so maybe i'll feel differently after I am :)

     
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    MissMeg    March 19, 2011   South Carolina

    I don't have my wedding band yet, but I think I'd be more upset about losing my e-ring. He picked out the ring all by himself and put so much thought and effort into getting it and giving it, so I think it will hold a lot more sentimental value. I don't think I'll be so much attached to my actual wedding band as what is symbolizes. 

     
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    yrret107    November 28, 2009   Seattle, WA; Married in West Chester, PA

    I said my e-ring because my DH picked it out for me. Yes, he could pick out another one but I just feel like he put a lot of thought into finding 'the one.' I feel like there's a lot of meaning behind it.

    Now for my wedding band, it is on the simple side because I didn't want it to out-shine my e-ring.  Also, the fact that I chose my wedding ring. It would be easier for me to find a replacement because I picked it out once... i can probably pick another one out again.

     
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    mandb122    March 6, 2011   Temporarily in Minnesota, From South Carolina, Wedding in Charleston

    I said engagement ring because my center stone is my fiance's grandmother's and I would be absolutely devastated if I lost it! Insurance helps a little but I wouldn't ever be able to replace that stone.  

     
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    Mrs Sarah McK    October 10, 2010   Harrisburg, PA

    My wedding ring, definitely--but I don't wear my engagement ring. It's a lovely pearl ring on a very delicate scroll setting (I don't know if that's what it's actually called, but the sides look like tiny scrolls). It's an heirloom ring, sort of...it belonged (along with a matching teardrop pearl necklace and earrings) to my surrogate mother, and it's been in her family for over a century, so it's old. It's very delicate, and I'm terrified of knocking the pearl loose. I guess it wouldn't be that big a deal to have it reset, but I after we got married I put it in my jewelry box. 

    And my wedding ring, though a plain gold band (and easily replaced), has so much sentimental value...I'd be devastated. 

     
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    DecemberBride    December 5, 2009  

    I'd have to say my e-ring. I have two wedding bands, so if I lost one I could just use the other ;)

     
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    swtTea    October 15, 2011  

    I have two wedding bands (one being the band from the civil marriage and the other when we have the wedding ceremony later)..i would be more upset with a missing e-ring since i have a replacement for the band.

     
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    DRaeH2W    September 17, 2011  

    I would be devastated to lose either, but my E-Ring would cost almost 10x as much to replace, so I voted for that one.

     
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    noritake22    March 31, 2011   Seattle

    I can't choose. I am equally in love with both; however, it would be harder to replace my ering because it cost considerable more than my wedding band.

     
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    PitBulLover    August 21, 2010  

    Definitely my e-ring because my wedding band was only $20 from Overstock.com!!! My e-ring is one of a kind and is very special to me. Yes, I got married with my current wedding band but I would upgrade at any time so losing it would just be a reason to get something nicer!

     
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    Miss Chocolate    July 24, 2010   Texas... Married in California

    I think I would be more upset if I lost my engagement ring because the diamond in the middle was my husbands Great Grandmother's diamond.

     

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