I am engaged and I have an engagement ring. I do not like the way it looks with a band against it. Do I just use it as my wedding ring or do I get a new ring. All of the rings I like are labeled engagement and not wedding. What is the difference? Does it matter? Am I supposed to get a ring with a band because I do not like hardly any of those. Please do not just tell me to do whatever I want. I want to know the difference. Thank you.
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May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
The engagement ring is what you give your gal when you propose to her. The wedding ring is what you and she exchange usually at the wedding ceremony. This is traditionally why a man buys 2 ring. His girlfriend or fiancé will by him the man’s wedding band.
Good Luck!
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
The engagement ring is the one the guy gives you when he proposes…the band is the wedding band he puts on your finger at the ceremony. I guess you don’t have to get a band, but are you planning on doing a ring ceremony at the wedding? He could just put the engagement back on your finger.
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
that engagement ring is your wedding ring :# thats why the guy must work a few months saving so it looks positively beautifully orgasmic
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
an engagement ring usually has a large stone..a wedding ring is a band or a band with several stones..If you like the ring you have now..use it as your wedding ring..no law that says you can’t..congratulations on your engagement and up coming wedding..
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
The engagement ring is what you get when he asks you to marry him. The wedding band is what you get when you get married. My husband gave me the most beautiful engagement ring, but it didn’t come with a wedding band. It was an odd shape, so we would have had to custom make a wedding band to fit up against it and that was going to cost far too much. So, he just ended up getting me a whole new set and I wear my other engagement ring on my other hand.
You could get a whole new set like I did. Otherwise you could just have him place the engagement band on your hand when you get married. My friend’s ring looked like the wedding band was already on the ring so she just used the one ring. That is always an option.
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
The engagement ring is a fancy thing to show everyone how much your new fiance cares. The wedding ring is a simple band that snugs up to the pretty ring to show that he had follow-through.
My late wife helped me choose the ring set. The wedding band hooked into the gem base of the engagement ring and the two of them became essentially one ring.
The wikipedia article has a lot of information on the ring customs of several societies. Their paragraph on what I consider modern tradition is
"A ubiquitous custom, the future bridegroom gives his future bride a jewelled ring (most commonly set with a diamond) upon proposing to her. After the wedding the wedding band is worn on the ring finger, closest to the hand, and the engagement ring is worn in front of it. The rings usually match and sometimes interlock or are fused together to form one ring."
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
The engagement ring is the big sparkly one that the guy proposes with. The wedding ring is usually simple just a plain ring sometimes with a few small small stones, this ring you and your husband both go shopping for. Typically, on the wedding day you take the engagement ring off your left hand and on to your right, the wedding band goes on your left in the exchanging ceremony, and then you put the engagement ring back in front of the wedding band. Do what makes you and your hubby to be happy, and congrats on the engagement and upcoming wedding!
x
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Labels are just labels. Alot of women just wear their engagement rings as wedding rings, I see it all the time. You already have your ring…just use it as your wedding ring after your married.
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
An engagement ring indicates that the person is engaged to be married. In the West, it typically has a gem, and is typically worn by females. A wedding ring is worn to indicate that the person is married. A wedding ring is usually a plain band that complements the engagement ring on a women. An engagement ring is typically given to the potential spouse during an engagement proposal. In the West, it is common for only a woman to wear an engagement ring, while both spouses wear the wedding ring upon marriage. An engagement ring is prominent in Western cultures.
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
All together you will get 3 rings.
1st the Engagement ring
2nd the Wedding ring and
3rd the suffeRING
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
The wedding band used to be a plain metal band, but these days, the wedding band can be just as showy as the engagement ring, though that is not traditional.
The engagement ring is "an agreement" between the couple, given by the groom to be to his beloved as an intention to continue through with the contract (as it was in days gone by). It’s value is to show that the groom fully intended to marry. It also showed other men that the woman was no longer available.
The wedding band was to show that the woman was completely unavailable and is a symbol of eternity (the circle) that the couple belong to each other for life.
It is not necessary to wear a wedding ring any more if you don’t want to, it’s entirely up to you.
I had to have a specially made wedding band to go with the cut of my engagement ring, but the cost of having something made isn’t much higher than choosing one off the shelf.
May 29th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
The difference?? The engagement ring is the promise to marry and the wedding ring is a culmination of that promise.
Many women wear their engagement ring on their right hand after the wedding and the wedding ring on the left as it is given at the wedding.
And really it is up to you, but the wedding ring is the important ring.