Male Engagement Ring

jennamdavidson

Is it weird to ask your FI to wear an engagement ring? Just a band, similar to a wedding band that he could either take off and use as a right-hand ring once he gets the actual wedding band, or something that could be stacked if the two are narrow enough.

I think the idea of only the woman being 'marked' with an engagement ring is a little old-fashioned and we live in a day-and-age where women are pursuing men too. A male engagement ring would serve the same purpose of letting others know to back off because both parties are taken.

What are your thoughts on this?

Jenners16

I personally think its a cool idea. Engagement rings should mean whatever they mean to the couple. My fiance just proposed to me with a diamond ring, and I also plan on getting him an engagement ring very soon. He has expressed interest in it, and he will probably wear it on his right hand and switch to his left for the wedding ring. Regardless, we will both wear rings to symbolize our engagment. 

In a way, I feel like it does symbolize that we are "taken" and that we belong to each other. It doesn't have to mean that we are "marking" each other and for other people to back off. It is just our way of showing each other, and the world, that we are in love and committed to loving each other forever. Like jemmini6 said, we wouldn't be any less committed without the rings. That is just what we chose to do as a couple.

But if you think that engagement rings are silly, and symbolize some sort of inequality, or that they are just a ploy by the jewelry industry (maybe a little, but so what?)... that's cool too. As long as you are in love and committed to one another, then you can express/symbolize it however you want. Don't think about it too much, just do whatever suits you and fits with your personal opinions/tastes/styles.