Wedding ring?

Question

Hi folks, I'm starting to look for a ring for my girlfriend. I was wondering, how engagement/wedding rings work? Do people still buy the engagement ring (the one with the rock) and add another smaller ring at wedding or is it now the same ring that is exchanged at both occasion?

Answer 1

Yes it still works the same.
Except now the engagement rings available don't just have one diamond. They still have the single diamonds available but now they have rings that are covered in diamonds.
Make sure you keep in mind what color gold she wears in her jewelry now. Does she wear white gold, regular yellow gold, or does she wear platinum?
That is important but other than that you choose whatever style that she will like the best and that your wallet allows you to purchase.
Good luck!!!!!!

Answer 2

The traditional answer is that there are 2 separate rings. However that isn't the only "right" answer. It is going to depend on your girlfriend. Does she like traditional, contemporary, or unique jewelry. I have lots of friends that don't even have diamonds as the center stone in their rings. Their husbands gave them a ring with an emerald or sapphire (these were their favorite stones). You can also give her a solitaire (just the jewel on a band) and then just before the wedding, you can have that stone reset into another ring that will become the wedding band.

All in all--there isn't a "right" answer. If you don't know what she wants (and you don't want to ask). Just get what you think is beautiful and then maybe run it by a close friend or family member for their opinion. Also, this is where the solitaire engagement ring is nice. You can surprise her with that and then you can go together to pick both of your wedding rings. Even if the rings that you choose at that time are a "set", most reputable jewelers will reset the woman's set with the diamond out of the engagement ring. (This is the approach my fiance and I are taking).

Answer 3

Many women still want the two ring set - the engagement ring with the rock and a band for the wedding. But, it all depends on your girlfriend's style. I never wore a ring before I got married so my husband-to-be decided to have a ring made for me. I wore the ring before we were wed as an engagement ring. He put his ring on before the wedding so during the ceremony we had a blessing of the rings rather than an exchange.

Answer 4

I went to a private jeweler; and by 'private' I don't mean my own personal jeweler, but someone who buys and sells diamonds and jewelry for a living that isn't working at Zales, or Bachendorf's, or Tiffany, etc. They're in the book. Anyway, they charge quite a bit less than the chain stores because they buy the rocks wholesale, have someone on the side that can make gold fittings and whatnot on the cheap, and are more equipped to haggle.

I was less concerned about what my wife wanted than what I could afford. I knew I had about $1,200 to spend, and I wanted the nicest possible ring I could buy. So I picked a 0.5 carat, brilliant-cut (round) diamond ring on a traditional white gold Tiffany-style setting. A timelessly classic ring. Nothing too modern. Nothing too weird. Just a beautiful stone on an honest setting.

As for the "wedding band," if you have the means, you purchase that with the engagement ring as a matching set; but if you don't have the cheddar to buy two rings, you can just give her the engagement ring again at the ceremony and worry about all that later.

In my particular case - I lucked out. My grandmother had left a giant peacock broach that really was pretty ugly but was studded with tiny little diamonds, each about .10 carats, maybe. Probably less. We went to another, different jeweler with his own workshop and he chisled most of the diamonds out and put them into another white gold band. The rest I think we gave to him to defray the cost of the finished product.

Looking at your question, you sound like a very sincere guy, and I'm sure you're making the right decision. Marriage is a fantastic thing, and you're opening a whole new chapter to your life, so God speed.

Answer 5

Yes people still buy engagement rings, you can either get a set that has both the "rock" then the band also, a good idea is to have her maybe with a friend go to the mall and have them go into a store and "look" I'm married and always go into the ring stores and look just to see the pretty rings, have the friend take notes and report back to you at what she likes

Answer 6

a lot of wedding rings come in sets

you have the engagement ring
you have the wedding ring for her
you have the wedding ring for him

and it's a matching set

or you could get her an engagement ring and trade out at the wedding. I would suggest that you get her the engagement ring first, and make sure that there is an available set that goes with it, and then after the two of you are engaged, you can go to the jewelry store together and make a decision on the wedding rings

Answer 7

You need to find out what type of ring style she likes. Some wedding rings come in bridal set which means the engagement ring and the wedding ring are already matched. But if you prefer just to buy her a solitare and pick out the band later do that.

Answer 8

Well there is a promise ring and then an engagement ring then the actual wedding band , so it all depends on how much you are willing to spend and likes and dislikes of your girlfriend on what you get .
A lot of couples go shopping for the rings together to find what they like and can afford.

Answer 9

Yes U buy the engagement ring, and add the smaller band at the wedding.

Answer 10

Some come as a set. Otherwise, buy the engagement ring for now, and then you two can pick out your wedding bands at a later date.

Answer 11

If I were you, I would go ahead and purchase the set together, sometime you come out cheaper that way. You will propose with the engagement ring (rock), and exchange wedding bands on the wedding day. Good luck!