MemberIf none of the above applies to you, then don’t worry about it. Enjoy the purchase and I hope it turns out well. It’s liberating to invest in yourself.
Hostesstuvanny : Yay for you! Can we see a pic of the one you’re looking at? You know how we all love staring at beautiful rings!
I wear a solitaire on my right hand middle finger AND I have a rose gold band stacked with it just cause I like how it looks. If worn on my left ring finger it would definitely look like a wedding set, but oh well! I love it and I’m pretty sure that’s what matters, lol. You do you, lady!
Here’s mine:
HostessHostessMemberAlso.. snark is totally fine. Everyone eventually gets blasted on this site. I have been moody the past two weeks and would absolutely not call someone out for firing at me if they felt like it. 👏
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MemberDear lord you sound like me haha… I bought myself a diamond ring 2 years before FH proposed… the rings don’t match but I love them both 🙂 I also bought messed a diamond necklace (because I’m my favorite person) 
MemberBuy the ring but show us pics!!! I love seeing all rings 😉
Membertuvanny : When I was 21 I won $5k to spend at a local jeweller (I know right? It was a good feeling – used up all my competition-winning luck and have won nothing since :P). I chose a pair of diamond studs and a three-stone diamond ring in white gold to wear on my right middle finger. My mum told me not to do it, that it was an engagement ring and would make any future engagement ring feel less special. I ignored her and don’t regret it!
Now that I am engaged (he proposed with a “placeholder” because he knew I’d always wanted to design my own), my ring is getting made in rose gold so will look completely different. This might be the situation you end up in – with a different stone / cut / metal / setting etc. or choosing your own anyway.
tl;dr – Go for it! Get your ring, girl!
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MemberI thought about it when I graduated, but when I was browsing jewelry stores the salesmen seemed too excited. Like they encouraged me too much and it turned me off. My advice is to research prices online, maybe even order online.
MemberMemberMemberGo for it! But do discuss your relationship with your boyfriend, to make sure you have the same goals for the future. 🌼
Many cultures have or have had the tradition to wear your engagement and wedding rings on your right hand or one on each. Several Eastern European countries like Latvia, Russia and Poland as well as Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Austria, Jordan and Norway just to name a few. Most orthodox christians wear their ring on their right hand (Russian, Greek…) to my knowledge. However like with most things there is an influence from the US and the UK mostly through TV and media and today many younger people wear their rings on their left hand instead even were they otherwise have these traditions. My German friend said in her region Catholics wear the rings on the left hand and Protestants on their right but that might be a very local tradition. I have been told that it comes from the Bible talking about the right hand being the right hand for a wedding ring, that the right hand is the hand of power/truth/knowledge and so on and that wearing it on your left hand comes from this old idea that a vein went from the heart directly to your left ring finger and it was therefor suitable for a wedding ring, a ring of love coming from the heart.
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