MemberA woman at the jewelry store told me that I need to get a platinum wedding band because that is what my engagement ring is. My fiance wanted my engagement ring to be really nice so he went with platinum without thinking about that I would wear it next to a wedding band… And now I am feeling like platinum bands are too expensive… any advice?
MemberYou dont need to get a platinum band, and that woman is wrong for telling you so! whichever band you like the most, the only reason i can think of to get a patinum band is maybe to match the exact color, but white gold is just as good!
MemberNo. Get whatever you like best. Probably yellow or rose gold would look nicer beside it than white gold because… this is just me personally, but I don’t like it when things look “almost but not quite the same,” which I assume white gold and platinum would.
By The Way in terms of price I thought gold cost more than platinum these days. Maybe not 14K though?
MemberI am not sure if this is true or not, but I have *heard* that you ought to get the same metal b/c if you don’t, then they will wear each other out. (eg, the harder metal will wear down the softer metal.)
MemberYes, red rose is right. The platinum will wear down a gold band if you stack them. So to protect your wedding band. you would either need a gold spacer, so that it takes the damage, or you should get platinum.
Member@red_rose: Yeah, that is what she referred to b/c I guess platinum never loses weight (just like moves around or something) whereas gold will chip/wear off…
I am seriously contemplating to just moving my e ring to my right hand so I can get whatever band I want (b/c a plain band is like $400 with NO diamonds!)
Member@red_rose: This is what I was told too, but I think it takes a long time to happen.
White gold will “age” differently than platinum, so you will probably see a color difference between them.
ETA: You can find some really good deals on platinum bands on eBay. I know that probably sounds totally tacky, but I’ve picked up a couple nice bands on the cheap.
MemberIt actully won’t take that long to notice the damage. I would say a year or 2 and the wedding band will be looking rough. The spacer is an easy fix though 😉 And less than $100 on etsy.
MemberMy best friend works in a jewellers and said that if you wear a platinum ring with a white gold ring you will need to get the white gold rhodium plated more often as the platinum wears it away. I know this is true as one of my other friends has a white gold engagement ring and a platinum wedding band and she is taking it in to get plated every other month.
MemberEveryone is correct. But palladium is very similar to platinum, you may be able to go that route.
MemberMy e-ring is 14k white gold, and my band is platinum. Side by side, you can’t tell the difference between them.
MemberPersonally I would just get a wedding ring in a matching colour… I can’t tell the difference between platinum and white gold just by looking, for example. If you’re worried about the hardness, why not just get a cheap silver ring and then get it dipped in platinum?
MemberYes, I believe red rose is correct as well. I was in the same boat as the OP – Darling Husband (my then FI) bought me a beautiful platinum e-ring, and was really disappointed when we did the research on mixing metals! We did end up getting me a platinum wedding band, and I love both my rings to death! Hope it all works out well for you!
MemberWhite gold will be scratched by your e-ring but, like PP, I was going to suggest palladium. Check out Amazon- they have palladium and platinum rings. I got my plain band for $150 and the same thing was several hundred in the store.
MemberOoops I have a platinum e ring and will be getting a yellow gold wedding ring!!!
i wanted yellow gold with diamonds! I thought about the gold getting rough next to platinum but I figured, I wont be wearing them together daily anyway so it’d be fine and also I don’t really care.
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