It is correct that the bride buys her fiancee a ring after he bought her engagement ring?
im curious. anyone can take me out of doubt?
2006-12-27 07:03:02 · 16 answers · asked by *live,laugh,love* 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
After the enagement ring.... You buy his band and he buys your band..... for the wedding. Most couples just do it together today.
2006-12-27 07:07:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is traditional that IF a ring is purchased for the groom, that it be the bride or her parents who pays for it. Ettiquette--the traditional and accepted guide to good manners--- does not specifically tell you WHEN you should buy the ring, if at all.
IF a ring is purchased for either party, it can be done whenever they want to do so.
There was an old saying that to even try on a wedding ring was bad luck, that neither the bride nor groom should ever put on their finger the actual ring intended for them, that they would be given at the actual ceremony.
In the old days, when the ettiquette books we read and follow now were written, often the bride had no engagement ring at all and the groom no wedding ring.
Then, the bride was given just a simple gold band with no stones--if any ring was given at all--and it was given to the bride on the wedding day.
Sometimes, back then, in the newspapers or letters about the wedding you'd see the phrase "couple wed in double ring ceremony" and that meant both people gave rings to each other at the altar.
In the 1930s, it became more common for a woman to be gven an engagement ring and in the 40s and 50s it became more common for a woman to give a man a wedding ring.
Most ettiquette books today say the bride should choose and pay for the wedding ring for the groom. I agree (and did it for my husband) but no true ettiquette book I know of says a ring for her or him is a must or WHEN the rings must be bought.
I don't think there is a real "rule" about whether she should do it right after he buys her an engagement ring or just before the wedding ceremony or when.
I have seen jeweler brochures that state that a bride should purchase a ring for her groom at the same time he buys or presents her engagement ring to her---so that they match or so that they are complementary and look good together---and I have seen various bride's magazines say something like this also.
But remember, they are NOT ettiquette rules makers or guides. They are either marketing rings or selling the idea of a big wedding and therefore, what they tell you to do, does not really matter and may in fact be against the accepted and traditional rules of ettiquette.
2006-12-27 07:35:24 · answer #2 · answered by bookratt 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, he's got to get his wedding band sometime! So, yes, the bride and groom should probably go shopping for a ring for him some time after the proposal and before the wedding day. I bought my husband's ring for him, since he went to the trouble of having my engagement and wedding rings made. Sometimes the bride and groom purchase BOTH of their wedding bands at the same time, if the engagement ring didn't come in a set.
2006-12-27 08:34:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A wedding band, that the couple picks out together, to exchange durning the ceremony, only the women wears an engagement ring.
2006-12-27 07:34:26 · answer #4 · answered by strtat2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess it depends on the couple. My fiancee bought my engagement ring, then we bought the wedding bands together.
2006-12-27 08:47:35 · answer #5 · answered by AmyB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of getting a guy an engagement ring. You would buy his wedding band, as he would buy yours.
2006-12-27 10:24:39 · answer #6 · answered by Lydia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 19:59:54 · answer #7 · answered by stansel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband and I bought our rings together. I didn't want an engagement ring, because we were living together for 10 years already anyway and it's my belief that kind of money is better spent on a down payment for a house.
2006-12-27 07:11:49 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well that's the normal, proper thing to do if you are talking about the grooms wedding band. The bride has to purchase this band before the wedding well in advance to get it sized etc... He should do the same for the bride..purchase her wedding band well before the wedding.
2006-12-27 07:27:58 · answer #9 · answered by jag 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the couple. I bought my husbands ring, and he bought my engagement ring and wedding ring.. But come on we are almost in 2007... People are buying everything.. it just depends on the couple...
2006-12-27 07:08:58 · answer #10 · answered by just_acali_girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should buy it with him when he gets your band. I have known some women to get their men a band that they (the guy) wears prior to the wedding. I personally see this as a bit emasculating.
2006-12-27 07:11:08 · answer #11 · answered by boredperv 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋