Is that true? If so, then in that case we would have started out with the gum ball machine!
2007-09-19 04:35:41 · 28 answers · asked by ? 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Misspelling... Upgrade your wedding ring every 5 years???
2007-09-19 04:39:08 · update #1
My friend demanded her husband to buy her another ring that was $3000 because it is their 5 year ann. I have never! heard of that and personally I wouldnt do it. I just want to know if anyone else out there has heard of it??
2007-09-19 05:50:52 · update #2
I've never heard of such a thing.
Jewelers might like it if that rumor got started! LOL! My hubby wanted to buy me a bigger ring for our 10 year anniversary and I didn't want one. I want the ring I was given on my wedding day. (that's not to say that an anniversary band or nice right hand 3 stone ring is out of the question!)
2007-09-19 05:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by Amy P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of a few people upgrading their rings, but personally I don't like the idea. I plan on keeping my same ring for a long time. To me the actual ring you have when you get married has sentimental value- no matter how much you paid for it or how small it was.
My parents upgraded their rings after about 20 years of marriage. I still don't think I would, but that makes more sense than upgrading after 5 years. I think that's crazy!
2007-09-19 05:21:58 · answer #2 · answered by barelyblue82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to upgrade your ring if you don't want to. It's just a lot of people don't have the money to get the ring they really want, so they start out with a nice ring but more affordable with plans to upgrade later. (A lot of people get engaged in college.) The jewelry stores know this and suggest every 5 years. It's a way for them to guarantee themselves income just like the two months salary thing. I mean come on who wants or can afford a ring that is two months salary. Another reason for the suggestion of the 5 year anniversary upgrade is that traditionally brides don't get to choose their rings and therefore might wish to upgrade later. If you already love your ring there is no reason to upgrade I personally love mine and have no plans for an upgrade. Good luck and hope this helps.
2007-09-19 04:48:17 · answer #3 · answered by moonprincess_serenity2000 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would avoid this because it seems kind of superficial and gold diggerish. Some men get an eternity band to go with the wedding ring after a couple years, but evn this seems like a ploy by jewlerry industry to boost sales.
I think that the only true wedding ring is the one you get when you get married
2007-09-19 05:22:54 · answer #4 · answered by lovesapples 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The ring I got married with 27 years ago is the one I want to wear forever. I don't want it 'upgraded'. If my husband wants to buy me new jewelry, that's great. He has given me a lot of pretty jewelry over the years, and I love it all. But I don't want a different wedding ring, even an updated one!
2007-09-19 04:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by kj 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it depends. in my experience knowing hundreds of women it seems that it is purely up to the woman, most women would never part with the original ring. but again, after years of knowing many many couples, it is actually usually the man who wants to do the "upgrade" in fact i have personally never heard of a woman demanding her husband buy her a new ring for an anniversary, in every single case i have heard of it is the husbands own taste that has changed. maybe he feels he can afford something different at a different point in his life and wants to share that with his wife because he just wants to do something nice for her after a number of years. it is certainly not a tradition, no no, it is just something that happens as the years go by. my husband wanted to upgrade my ring years ago and asked me about it and i was not interested. but it was sweet of him. i have seen a few couples celebrate their 25ths with the husband buying a grand new ring for the wife, but strangely, haha, never after the 25th! i wonder why, haha!
2007-09-19 05:35:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't imagine EVER changing my engagement/wedding ring. It's the symbolism of THIS ring that we pledged ourselves to one another with that's valuable, not the size of the stones in it. I wouldn't upgrade my husband every years, so why would I upgrade the symbol of our comittment?
I don't get it. If you want better bling as you can afford it, then get right hand rings, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, watches, brooches. An engagement/wedding ring is special.
2007-09-19 04:48:10 · answer #7 · answered by Trivial One 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I really don't like the idea of "upgrading"--it's like saying the ring you gave me is ok for now, but not for the long term. I know people do it, but it just doesn't sit well with me. The thing that makes the engagement ring so special is that is the ring he gave you when he asked you to be his wife...isn't it?
2007-09-19 04:51:31 · answer #8 · answered by melouofs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of it. What would someone will like to do that> Isn't the memory of the wedding day what it makes the ring so worth it? Just me.
2007-09-19 04:41:41 · answer #9 · answered by Kent-B-True 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, this is done by women who arent happy with the rings they were prosposed to with, I have no idea who would actually do that, I would be so afraid I would hurt my husbands feelings. You are basically saying "Its not good enough" and I think thats terrible.
I'd wait til your 10th anniversary and ask your husband for a beautiful 3 stone anniversary diamond ring.
2007-09-19 05:00:59 · answer #10 · answered by kateqd30 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋