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i would buy another - even though its not the original wedding band it still stands for the same thing, a symbol of your love for each other.
My BIL lost his after just 3 months, in a bar, during a night of drinking with his buddies haha - his wife was not happy.
my mom recently replaced my dads after about 2 years of it being lost - she was actually able to find the exact same ring she bought him 38 years ago! but for triple the cost haha.
Although it wouldn't be the same ring we got married with, I'd still want to replace it and have that daily symbol of our commitment.
I would replace it.
DH currently doesn't wear the ring that he got married with.
His true wedding ring is platinum and scratches too easily, so for work he wears a titanium band we bought after the wedding.
I don't feel like the symbol is any different whether it's the ring he was actually married with or not.
Did you get married in the church? If so, you could probably get your officiant to bless the new ring if that would make you feel better. I'm not sure if that is something that is normally done, but it might make it seem more like his true wedding band and less just like a ring.
Since DH's ring is platinum and was super expensive I would be pissed and most likely not replace it right away or at least not with a platinum band so he learns his lesson. Although I may be biased since he lost a ring on vacation already once. I think he would really want a replacement though as he does like wearing a wedding ring so maybe he'd get a sterling silver version as punishment but he'd get a new one and I would do the same if I lost mine. My FIL has had no ring for quite some time as he lost if and MIL didn't see a motivation to pay 3x what they paid for the original to replace it (his was also platinum which was oddly the motivation for our platinum rings). I guess it depends where your priorities are and how much a relpacement would cost. Does your DH even want a new one?
Oh my gosh, this happened to us exactly - but in the ocean! We definitely plan to replace it - Mr HC really wants a replacement, we just haven't yet (and I wish the price of gold hadnt been rising steadily since we bought the original!)
I would replace it.
DH almost lost his wedding band on our honeymoon. It slipped off his finger in the sea. he was super upset. Surprisingly I wasn't upset at all and kept telling him we'll get him another. He ended up finding a snorkle mask and finding the ring on the sea floor, (luckily the water was totally clear). But if he hadn't, I would have been ok replacing it.
When I was about 7 months pregnant with our first baby (about 9 or 10 months into our marriage), I lost my wedding band and engagement ring (they were soldered together). It broke both of our hearts, and even though we looked and looked for it (going so far as to x-raying the dogs to make sure they didn't eat it), we never did find.
My husband recently rebought my set, and it means the world to me. It really doesn't matter that those aren't the exact rings we used in our marriage ceremony; it's more about the symbolism of him rebuying it for me. It almost felt like he was proposing all over again. :) Even though it's "technically" a different set, it looks just like the one I lost and all the memories from my old rings are still there when I look at the new ones.
Precisely why I would replace. I would want to buy the same ring again as well.
Both of ours are a platinum as well, not cheap, but doesn't matter. Given financial situation we might wait for a better time. But I wouldn't wait too long.
This has reminded me to get an appraisal on our wedding rings already and put them on our homewowner insurance!
I'd replace it, but in my case for something less expensive. We bought a tungsten at Kay and it was way overpriced.
DH doesn't even really wear his, unless we go to the store or something social..he's not really a jewelry guy, so I wouldn't rush to get another one. But again, that's our situation :)
I don't place so much sentimental importance on a ring that I would think of it as irreplaceable. if I lost mine, I'd probably use the exucse to replace it with my dream ring!
for the husband- if he lost his, I'd just let the decision be up to him. if he was in the habit of losing things all the time, I'd encourage him to get a stainless steel ring since they are so cheap!
DH gets hit on by random girls even when we're in the bar/dinner together. There's no way I'd let him not wear a ring.
hahahahaha. Seriously. It's a "he's taken b!tches!" sign.
Sometimes my husband flashes the ring in their face and they are still clueless. Girls.
I would definitely buy a new one! I guess for me it's more the fact that he's wearing one to show his committment to me and our marriage, no matter what ring it is. It'd be one thing if he threw it away and wanted another one, but he didn't purposely lose it.
It's along the same lines as getting an "upgrade" for your anniversary, many women wear their anniversary rings and it still holds the same meaning. You'd rather him not wear a band at all?
@regberadaisy: @regberadaisy: this also!! I want him to wear it so evvveryone knows he's mine! =]
as someone who loses things all the time, I'd replace it no questions asked. some of us really are innocently scatterbrained!
I would purchase a replacement. I had to actually had to replace my band a week after the wedding because it didn't fit right. Since I got a simple band from Amazon.com, I did an exchange. Honestly, we're both thrifty so we spent less than $150 for our wedding bands.
It depends. I probably would replace it for myself, but I'm not sure if my partner would want a replacement. Certainly if he did I wouldnt stop him.
Does your husband want to replace it? I guess to me, it is up to the person whose ring it was.
My husband lost his 3 days after our wedding while we were on our honeymoon playing in the ocean. He was so upset that we ordered a new one right away and they gave him a substitue ring while he waited. It was really important to him.
Does your hubby normally wear jewelery? If not, its hard to get used to. Accidents happen. Now he'll be more careful.
It's not like he did it on purpose, right? Plus if you give him a hard time about it now, you are telling him he can get pissed at you when you misplace something and who wants to be yelled at for things that happen.
my mom lost her wedding ring chasing my brother who was about to run into the street. She grabbed him and the ring flew into the sewer. My dad bought her a new one and 23 years later she still has it. A new ring doesn't change the meaning behind it. :)
Defintely replace it! It won't be the ring from the ceremony, but it will still hold the same meaning.
My DH lost his on our honeymoon. We were in Croatia and decided to go kayaking. As we were getting ready, he asks if I'm wearing my ring; I tell him yes because I never have any trouble with it slipping. Of course, he is the only one in the group to flip in a rapid and of course, he loses the ring. Luckily, we had gotten him a relatively inexpensive tungsten ring from Sam's Club (less than 100$), so it was easy to replace. While I am not *happy* to see so many rings have been lost by so many folks, I am glad to see my DH isn't the only one clumsy enough to lose it so early on.
On that note, I don't wear the ring I was married with either. I ordered a tungsten ring from Amazon.com for about $25 before we went on our honeymoon (we were traveling to the Balkans and on lots of public transportation, and while I didn't think it would be stolen, I didn't want it to stand out at all either). I wear that one almost all the time now--it can't be damaged, it's more comfortable than my wedding set, and if I lose it somehow, I'm not out sapphires and gold.
I lost my wedding band. It was a sterling silver "temp" ring since we planned to get me a white gold ring later on (& did.) But I still wanted to keep the ring I got married with. :/ Its a bummer but what can yah do? Get him a new one. The ring stands for so much & even though it isn't THE ring its still a beautigul symbol of love.
Definitely replace it! Also, I think that @KatNYC2011 had a great suggestion.
Thanks for the input guys. We had talked about replacing it and were both on the fence. He wears it so rarely that to me it seems silly to go buy a new expensive replacement with no sentimental value to sit in a drawer... Maybe well look into a cheaper silver or tungsten one like some of you have suggested fOr those times when he actually wants to wear it.
@hermitcrab: My husband lost his band in the ocean too - on our honeymoon!! We replaced it the week we got home, with the exact same band we originally purchased. He was devastated when it happened.
While it is disappointing that it isn't the original ring I put on his finger, what's more important to me is that he is interested in displaying his commitment daily by wearing his band.
I still find myself smiling when I glance over at him at dinner, the grocery store, etc. and see a band proudly worn on his finger. :)
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After one year and three months of marriage, my husband lost his wedding band. I'm upset, but he did really try hard to look for it, going as far as climbing into our apartment's dumpster to find OUR bag of garbage and going through it, and sifting through the vacuum cannister dirt.
The question now is whether to purchase a replacement. I'm kind of of the mind that any other ring has lost the meaning that it's the ring we got married with, so I'm tempted not to bother.
I'm curious what other bees would do?