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We are choosing bands that we both really like. I don't think it matters if they match as long as we both like them and will wear them! :)
I think they did this back in the day....but people don't do this anymore. Unless you buy all 3 together as a set. Modern brides don't try to match IMHO
We just chose what we liked - they have nothing to do with each other. I think that is going against "tradition", though - my mother couldn't believe that we didn't have matching rings. "How will people know you go together!?" 
We're not going to match. I like it that way! He wants a Tungsten ring and I want/need a curved one to go with my E-Ring. FI's parents have similar plain yellow gold bands and while that works for them, that's just not us! BTW when I say he wants tungsten I mean he REALLY wants tungsten! haha Nice Tungsten rings are hard to find!!!
They look nothing alike.
I would have considered each getting a plain band, but we ended up getting a ring that is a set with my e-ring. For his, it's brushed tungsten. Very manly and handsome.
We want rings that match. But is a problem with my antique e-ring. I find great bands that go with mine, but not that would look good on a man. Then I think, maybe a curved band to match my e-ring, and a plain band for when I am not wearing the e-ring, like when we are on scuba diving holidays. But this still doesn't seem to work. And wearing my engagement ring on my right hand doesn't seem right.
I might be old fashioned in some ways as I love the romance of matching rings, or at least as it seems romantic for us.
We really wanted matching rings at first, but we soon realized our idea of what we wanted for a wedding band weren't the same :p He didn't want ANY diamonds at all, and I ended up choosing an eternity band :p I could have done without the diamonds if we went for some engraving or something instead, but he didn't like that either. I'd even have settled for some miligrain around the tops, but he hated the miligrain lol He ended up with a beveled edge band, definitely not something I'd want for myself. In the end, we're both happy with our rings and we can't WAIT to wear them. It would have been nice if we could have found weddings bands that we both liked the matched, but I'm definitely happy with our decision regardless!
Like mizuoheaven, I love the idea of matching rings, and have just always kind of assumed we'd get matching rings. I also have never liked the idea of having a fancy wedding ring--just a plain band for me.
We're planning on buying similar milgrain bands. His is a little wider than mine will be, and they'll be different metals (my e-ring is platinum, and we can't afford two platinum bands) but other than that, they'll be the same.
I have tried bands with stones... and it just isn't working. I am waiting for a band to come in that is very similiar to my FI, and I am sooo excited to see how it looks with my e-ring. I think the simplicity of having a similar band is nice (and i think it will look GREAT with my beautiful e-ring!
My FI wants something that looks more like the Tiffany Atlas band (with roman numerals engraved into it) whereas I'm going for a plain, platinum band.
We're getting matching white gold bands with some delicate celtic knot embellishments. We initially had rather different ideas about our ideal ring, but it was a high priority to both of us to wear matching bands so we've found something we can agree upon. His is a wider width than mine, but they're otherwise identical.
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@Mizuno - I saw your e-ring in another post - it is gorgeous! I understand your wanting to get matching bands - I always thought we would too. actually, DH's ring was SO affordable, that I am thinking about getting the matching womens' band for myself just because I like it :)
DH and I thought about getting matching bands, but opted not to. At first he was going to get a white gold band with one princess cut diamond set into it. But then he decided "he just wasn't a diamond guy" and wanted something really practical and "manly" (his words, not mine)! So we got him a tungsten carbide band. He loves his and I love mine - we are both happy!
Here they are, all happy and nestled together. For some reason this picture always makes me happy :)
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we wanted a matching pair and thankfully we have similar tastes (i'm a no-bling girl), so we got a nice sleek pair, exact, different width/sizes :)
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Well, we actually did end up with matching rings...
My hands are so much smaller than his that they actually nest -- it's pretty cute. But yeah, it's too big to wear with my engagement ring, so I wear that on my right hand or not at all if I am feeling casual. My wedding ring is more important to me than the engagement ring anyway.
At the very beginning I liked the idea of matching but now it seems like we most likely will have different color bands - he knew my taste was for white gold e-rings, so that's what I have, which I feel pretty much locks me in to white gold bands, but he doesn't like the look of white gold on men (just his odd opinion), plus his class ring, which he will wear, will be yellow gold. I'm hoping maybe we can at least have something similar in them but I'm accepting that they might just be totally different!
I love these stories. Love even more seeing that others have gone the route of matching bands :)
It just feels like we belong together this way. Our hands on our travels will not be mistake for just being some covorting lovers but rather married and totally in love.
Ours probably won't match - I want a ring to fit with my e-ring and I'm sure he'll pick something very simple.
Ours don't really match, either. His is tungsten with a single tiny round diamond, and mine are white gold with little square diamonds all the way around. We just each picked out what we wanted without worrying about whether they matched- and they still look fine together.
Our dont match, but they are similar. It was one of those things that was pretty important to us.
Ours are matching bands. Exact thickness, and everything but different size rings of course. I really like the idea of having matching bands. It just makes it more obvious that we belong together, a pair, etc. As cheesy as THAT sounds, I love the idea!!
We originally wanted to have matching bands and went shopping with this in mind. BUT.... because of the setting of my e-ring, we're going to need to have something custom-made to fit around the diamond...it's a prince cut (an emerald shape but with twice as many facets) and sits flush on my finger, ergo no room for a band to go underneath. It has to be made to fit around it.
We were kinda bummed as we really liked the idea of having matching bands....oh well... c'est la vie!
Yep, I was able to find a plain gold band for my future wife that almost exactly matches her grandmother's wedding ring that she is giving me. We both liked the idea of matching rings, and since her grandmother's was a plain gold band, it was not that hard to find a matching one. The hardest part was finding it in 22 karat gold, since that is unusual in this country, but I was able to get it from eBay UK.
We aren't doing matching rings. Mine is an antique style to match the style of my e-ring (which is sort of deco) and has a really pretty engraved leaf/vine type design and his is going to be more simple and masculine - matte platinum with milligrained edges.
Not even close. FI wants a plain steel band...yep, no precious metal. I made him do research on whether he could lose his finger if an ER can't cut it off after an accident, and it seems he'll be fine. I did not want an e-ring, so I wanted something a bit more intricate for the band (also, b/c plain bands look pretty clunky on me unless they are too thin to really look like a wedding band). We just placed an order for my custom band on Sunday. I'm pretty excited. It's sort of filigree but not at all the traditional sort, more like an art deco era design. It's based on an estate piece I saw that was not my size. Definitely would not look good on a boy, though :P
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did you and your partner select matching wedding bands?
please explain.