Ring for Him

beautiflaw · April 2013

Posting this here because its wedding ring related, even though I'm already married. Hope that's okay!

So... my husband lost his wedding band in the ocean. He was devastated but it has never been a great big deal to me. I know we're married and I hardly ever wear my own ring (don't want diaper cream gunking it up!) so I don't care all that much. But I know he wants to wear his so I want to get him a new one soon... but they have discontinued the style of his original ring. I was going to make it a surprise since I know his ring size... but he is a super picky person (we picked out his first ring together and it took him longer to choose his ring than it took to choose MY dress) and I'm afraid to get him one he doesn't like... but at the same time I know his style now so I think I know what he would like.

Should I try to find a style as close to his first ring as possible, and get that and surprise him? Or should I have him pick it out himself?

How did you choose your SO's ring?

AddieCake · April 2013

I would let him pick it out himself. He's the one wearing it. My husband picked out his own ring; I picked my own rings as well.

MayDay513 · April 2013

Yeah, my FI picked out his own. The weight and fit made all the difference to him.

msuprincess04 · April 2013

FI picked out his own engagement ring, and designed his own wedding ring to match mine. But, like your SO, he's so picky, I wouldn't have trusted picking something out for him anyway.

hyechica81 · April 2013

have u tried to see if you can get the same ring from the manufacuture or search online for it. you may be suprised that some jewler has it sitting in a locked drawer collecting dust.

itzMS · April 2013

The "surprise" part could be you making an appointment at a larger jeweler (aka large selection) and driving your DH there without him knowing where you're going.

I definitely know my DH's taste, so I picked out 3-4 styles ahead of time that I thought he'd like and had them ready at the jeweler.

JoanE2012 · April 2013

My DH picked out his ring, I picked out mine. He's the one wearing it, so I say let him pick it out himself.

csweaney · April 2013

I say let him pick it. As some of the previous posters have said what might be a sweet gesture to you could possibly be an awkward situation for him. He isn't going to want to have to tell you that he doesn't like something that you've chosen.

You could make it cute and surprise him by taking him on a date and then visiting the ring store as the "surprise" to pick out a new ring. That way he knows you really put thought into it and know that he really wants to replace his original ring because it meant so much to him.

hollyk224 · April 2013

DH picked out his own ring, but he also wanted to know my opinion. I told him which ring I liked the best, which one I thought looked better on his finger, etc. He made the final decision.

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