Using my engagement ring as a wedding band and possibly getting a more traditional engagement ring?

mrsamandalynn · April 2014

So I love my engagement ring, but I'm afraid it looks too much like a wedding band and it has been very hard to pair with wedding bands. Here's my current ring:

Here's what I think I wanna get something like:

Any opinions? Is it weird to switch them like that?

AddieCake · April 2014

You don't even have to HAVE a 2nd ring. I have an aunt who could not find anything she liked with her engagement ring, so she JUST has the one ring.

Maggie0829 · April 2014

So you have a pretty common 3-stone engagement ring. You can either do a plain band or even a half eternity band. Both would go. Or like Addie said, you don't even have to have a second band, just use your e-ring as both.

mbross3 · April 2014

I love your ring! I think you could easily match it with a simple band. That being said, you should get whatever you and your FI are comfortable with. How does your FI feel about switching the engagement ring he picked to the wedding band?

tortoisebride · April 2014

Your ring can be whatever you want and you can wear them on whatever hand you want. One way to do it is to wear the engagement ring on the right hand after you get married. That way you don't have to worry about having a wedding band that fits on it. I love your e-ring, btw. Simple and gorgeous especially from the side.

mrsamandalynn · May 2014

That's one of the reasons why I find it hard to match tortoisebride, it bothers me when the side prongs are so different than the ering. I know I want diamonds in my band, I've always liked bling in things. I'm a western equitation (horse) rider and it's kinda our specialty haha.

mrsamandalynn · May 2014

So I like stuff like this, but it bothers me that the prongs are straight and not crossed over like my e-ring. I'm a sticker for details. My FI picked out my ring with absolutely no guidance. He picked it for practicality because I ride horses and am not afraid to get dirty. He wanted something lower profile so I was less likely to catch it on things. I can respect that because he's totally right.

00kim00 · May 2014

The last picture I think would go really well. If you like it except for the criss-cross, how about taking the picture to a couple of jewelers and seeing if they can custom make you want you want? Both my engagement ring and what will soon be my wedding band were custom made, and cheaper than they would have been if we had bought off the rack (is that even a term for jewelry? Probably not, but the jewelry equivalent).

tortoisebride · May 2014

I agree with everything @00kim00 says. The most recent ring you posted seems a lot more practical for you as a horsewoman than the ones with the big center sapphires, and I think it will go fine with your other ring. What I meant is that you don't need to worry that your e-ring "looks" more like a wedding ring. It's your engagement ring- wear it however you want, on whichever hand you want. It can still be your engagement ring, and your wedding ring can still be your wedding ring, even if it "looks" like an engagement ring. I wouldn't stress over "switching" your rings because it really doesn't matter. You'll still know which one was "Yes!" and which one was "I do!" and that matters much more than which one is more like everyone else's wedding/e-rings.

doeydo · May 2014

Perhaps you can speak to a jeweler and get a wedding band with the crisscrossed prongs like your engagement ring. Did you never tell your FI (when he was your BF) what you liked in an engagement ring?

ohmrs2014 · May 2014

I love the second option, the sapphire and diamond band. But I agree with the others about going to a jeweler to see if they can custom make one so that the prongs match.

mrsamandalynn · May 2014

He and I are fairly young (I'm 20 and he's 24) and I really wasn't expecting him to buy a ring as soon as he did. He had been together about a year when he bought it. I found it by accident about 6 mo later. He held onto it another year before he actually gave it to me. As a senior in high school I wasn't looking to have an e-ring talk with him. I wanted to get through a little college first and figure things out. He had one by the time I was home for winter break my freshman year in college. So he kinda jumped the gun on that one.

[Deleted User] · May 2014

Your Ering is beautiful, and seems to match you - so go with what you like. The band you put a picture of for a wedding band option is beautiful and I think would go really well, and can always see if can custom one just like it to match your Ering more. There's no guidelines on what an Ering 'has' to look like, go with what you like to wear.

Using my engagement ring as a wedding band and possibly getting a more traditional engagement ring?

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