Wedding ring dilemma

Tiddlywinks

shegirl wrote: »

Anyway,in response to posts on here,no rings are 'designed' to be worn swimming,in the shower,while doing dishes etc etc You can wear them if you want but it's not really recommended.wear and tear and all that!

Actually, that's the whole point of a plain wedding band... that it can be worn all day, every day forever.

My nan wore her ring for 60+ years, my mum wore hers for 40+ And I've worn mine for nearly 20 years (work and play) without needing to remove it... and am hoping to wear it for many years yet.

My husband has worn his in various war zones and his plain band survived some pretty rough and tough duties...

We can't be that odd as a family, surely.

Lily-Rose_3

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Actually, that's the whole point of a plain wedding band... that it can be worn all day, every day forever.

My nan wore her ring for 60+ years, my mum wore hers for 40+ And I've worn mine for nearly 20 years (work and play) without needing to remove it... and am hoping to wear it for many years yet.

My husband has worn his in various war zones and his plain band survived some pretty rough and tough duties...

We can't be that odd as a family, surely.

Exactly, an ordinary band of gold is what everyone I know has got, including me and my hubby. We never take them off. We never have to. With one that has diamonds all around, it's highly impractical and inconvenient. I just don't know why anyone would pick that. Horses for courses I guess.

I wasn't being mean at all, I just genuinely didn't like that ring and dislike white gold. Thing is if someone posts on a public message forum, they are going to get a vast array of comments, and people aren't always going to get the responses they want.

inkie

They are eternity rings, not wedding bands

Billie-S

inkie wrote: »

They are eternity rings, not wedding bands

I thought that too.

Any

Lovely rings OP, glad you have what you wanted.
My ring is also a band with stones (diamonds) in it, probably an eternity ring, but it so me that I couldn't care less what other people want to call it.
Still love it and I doubt I will ever stop loving it.
Most of us in our family have diamond rings (the only jewellery we wear) and I have not yet heard of anyone having any problems with stones falling out, including my MIL who is over 70.
Perhaps we were just lucky, just saying that not all stones do fall out.

natley

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion - and not everyone has to agree and i thank everyone on here who has given theirs.

I doubt I'll ever fall out of love with any of my rings - as well as the man who put them there!

It doesn't bother me that it's not a traditional wedding band - it is indeed an eternity ring - eternity means forever and so does my love for OH and so will my vows when I say them on the big day, so in a way, it's kind of fitting having an eternity ring to symbolise my marriage - for me anyway.

I must have tried on around 50 rings before I came across the one I bought and not once out all those rings did I get the feeling that it was 'the one'. I had a few that I liked but soon found fault with them ie too thin, not enough/too much sparkle etc.

I am hoping to pass them down through the generations and hope maybe one day a great great grand-daughter of mine will be wearing them - I would have loved to have had a family heirloom like that passed down to me.

Vicky123

Well I wouldn't say no to any of them, engagement ring is gorgeous.
Not very helpful I know.

FBaby

With one that has diamonds all around, it's highly impractical and inconvenient. I just don't know why anyone would pick that

How is it impractical? I haven't taken mine off since it was lovely put on my finger and i haven't one bit of trouble with it so would love to know what you base your jugement on. It's 80 years old and looks brand new, not one diamond ever gone missing, but then again, it's not a cheap ring.

Morglin

natley wrote: »

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion - and not everyone has to agree and i thank everyone on here who has given theirs.

I doubt I'll ever fall out of love with any of my rings - as well as the man who put them there!

It doesn't bother me that it's not a traditional wedding band - it is indeed an eternity ring - eternity means forever and so does my love for OH and so will my vows when I say them on the big day, so in a way, it's kind of fitting having an eternity ring to symbolise my marriage - for me anyway.

I must have tried on around 50 rings before I came across the one I bought and not once out all those rings did I get the feeling that it was 'the one'. I had a few that I liked but soon found fault with them ie too thin, not enough/too much sparkle etc.

I am hoping to pass them down through the generations and hope maybe one day a great great grand-daughter of mine will be wearing them - I would have loved to have had a family heirloom like that passed down to me.

You should have the ring you want, but do bear in mind that if you ever intend to get an eternity ring (used to be given after a year of marriage) that your wedding ring will need to cater for that!


Lin

Vicky123

FBaby wrote: »

How is it impractical? I haven't taken mine off since it was lovely put on my finger and i haven't one bit of trouble with it so would love to know what you base your jugement on. It's 80 years old and looks brand new, not one diamond ever gone missing, but then again, it's not a cheap ring.

Definitely, get what you pay for, my engagement ring was a cheap old piece of tat with a few slithers of stones, they all fell out and the wedding band was bent out of shape by the time I dumped it in the bin, friends and aquaintances with good rings wear them all the time, bigger and better stones have stayed put through the years, as have the marriages;)