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My SO's parents only exchanged plain bands... no diamonds at all! Ever! I say, whatever makes you happy :) Anyone who gives you a hard time about what your ring SHOULD look like isn't truly a friend or they are super jealous that you have that symbol of love!
I think that sounds like a great idea. Good way to have a ring that will continue to have meaning and get the 'e-ring' sooner and have something on your finger.
sounds like a great plan! when me and my SO were going to have a simple JOP wedding, he was hesitant because I didnt have a ring and he didn't have money for one. I told him, just get me a band I dont care. We can get bling later lol ~ Totally fine :)
We didn't wear rings at all during our engagement, and exchanged plain gold bands at our wedding. Just do what works for you, and don't worry about the rest.
I think it is very good thinking. The ring in my avatar is my engagement ring. We purchased a diamond solitaire and diamond band later. My favorite ring by far, with the most sentimental value is my engagement band :)
As long as you are both 100% on-board, I think it's a wonderful idea! It will add even more extra-special sparklyness to your wedding day, you get a new husband and a new spectacular piece of jewellery!
As long as you are both 100% on-board, I think it's a wonderful idea! It will add even more extra-special sparklyness to your wedding day, you get a new husband and a new spectacular piece of jewellery!
I'm originaly from Sweden and the traditon there is to get a plain band for engagement, and a diamond ring for your wedding ring, so I don't think it strange at all. :-)
I second MrsGo post. Actually, I have three bands. One for engagement, one for wedding, and one for the birth of my first child.
We did this! My ring was a custom order, and DH wanted to propose before it was done...so he proposed with a plain white gold band that I wore until my engagement ring was finished, and then I used the band as my wedding band. There were a few awkward moments of people grabbing my hand when they heard I was engaged, but I just quickly said, "The sparkly ring is still being worked on; I'll make sure I show you when it comes in." Worked for us!
My sister and her husband did this! Her band was a plain gold band with a few bezel set diamonds in it. On their wedding day, her husband surprised her with the 'engagement' ring, which she put on during their ceremony. Made the whole ring thing easy, because he could just put the ring on, no switching around or anything!
I love the idea! My sister in law is doing the same thing. She is wearing the band first and will save up for an amazing (and expensive) ring down the line, in a couple years.
You could also get a stand-in e-ring with a less expensive stone (moissanite or cz) stone until you upgrade to a diamond. Moissanite looks amazing. Who knows, you could even fall in love with a less expensive ring ;) I think it's normal to begin with something simpler and less expensive than what we actually want because we get married relatively young and don't have tons of savings! I got a composite ring made of diamonds to keep the cost reasonable:
A lot of people just do bands. In some places it's traditional for both fiancés to wear their bands on one hand and switch them to the other during the ceremony.
Bands are classic and simply gorgeous! I will have a plain band as well. I don't see any problem with that.
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Hi all,
My partner and I have been looking arround for a ring that we like for arround a year and have decided on a design we love. However at this point it is still about 5 months of saving away. Both he and I were feeling very tense about the situation as it felt like our eventual engagement was becoming all about the ring.
So today we talked about our engagement being a symbol of our love as we are ready for the comitment and not being able to afford the perfect ring now shouldnt stop us showing that. My partner still feels it is a matter of pride being able to give me a beautiful sparkler but we just can't right now.
So the Idea is that we will talk to our jeweller about our "engagement" and "wedding" rings and ask her to make the "wedding" band first and the sparkler a we bit later. So essentially my engagement ring will be a band and my wedding ring will have stones, But during our engagement I will be swapping them and saving my initial ring for my wedding day..... make sense?? :)
Anyone else have this situation? What was the reaction to your simpler ring? Did people understand or were there coments when your "engagement" ring changed mid way through your engagement?