whats the point of having an engagement ring?

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 | Weddings

mongrel asked:


okay,
once you get married, you wear your wedding ring and you kinda forget about the engagement ring right?
so what’s the use?
why buy a fancy gold ring with a diamond embedded in it when the girl’s gonna never wear it again?
or do they?

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16 Comments to whats the point of having an engagement ring?

Tissa
April 8, 2010

Women typically wear both, my dad’s a jeweler and fused my mom’s into one ring, but both are worn

Travis M
April 8, 2010

Most girls wear both on the same finger

AllieRN
April 11, 2010

i have been married 4 years, my mom has been married 35….we both have NEVER taken our engagement rings off…..girls love a diamond!

Steffie
April 14, 2010

Well of course she is going to wear it again. If you give her a traditional solitaire diamond it will be accompanied by the jacket or wedding ring. They fit together your jeweler will be able to help you. You also need to consider what your gf would rather have. Some people like gold bans with no diamonds. You need to put some thought into this.

Sofa King
April 14, 2010

The engagement ring is the one with the diamond and the wedding ring is usually much more plain - both are worn after the wedding.

The engagement ring is a way of announcing - hey, this woman is taken. It still says the same thing when they are married, and women continue to wear them.

Angela
April 17, 2010

They wear both. First you give her the engagement ring, then at the wedding you give her the wedding band. And it depends, but a lot of women have their engagement ring and wedding ring all in one… But yeah the engagement ring tends to have the “big” diamond on it…and the wedding ring is usually just a band. but it all depends.

kerrbear
April 18, 2010

She will continue to wear it, “diamonds are forever”.

likeachamp07
April 21, 2010

i just got engaged and apparently they wear both… but girls NEVER take off their engagement ring… i started payin more attention to this when i was pondering the question and now i think itd actually bother me if my fiance wasnt wearing it… altho she always has it on so its not an issue

OrgasmicWun
April 23, 2010

Both moments are special and important, the engagement ring opens the door to marriage, and the wedding ring closes it. Now you can’t get out. haha

Lanning
April 25, 2010

you dont get it because you are guy .
you never understand how much important ring to girls & how much it means .

misswrite1
April 28, 2010

I gave my fiance an engagement ring while he was here from England to spend Thanksgiving with me and my family. It’s a stunning titanium band burnished with three diamonds that he loves. However, he ended up turning the tables on ME by surprising me with an engagement ring on New Year’s Eve. It’s his mother’s - she wanted me to have it - and I will wear it every day for the rest of my life as a symbol of my “Mum’s” acceptance and love.

i love my girls
April 30, 2010

i wear both!

funngirly
April 30, 2010

Tradition. If it is important to your bride and it is to most, then do it. Usually the engagement ring is welded to the wedding ring soon after the ceremony.

And just a hint: Let your bride to be pick out her ring or give you strong ideas on what she would like. It is her finger she will be wearing it on for a long long time:)

BUBBles
May 3, 2010

I don’t have an engagement ring, getting married….. Id rather my FH spend that money on a wedding ring/buy me a new car or something, I’m pretty straight forward when it comes to jewelry, I don’t like the fancy stuff , so wearing an elaborate band is not in my taste. Besides I don’t need a big diamoand to know that he loves. My FH is getting my one designed and I wanted a fusion of Rubies and Emaralds/Tanzanite(looks like a blue diamond)-on a platinum band….but my FH has insisted on tanzanite and white diamonds (eternity ring style). I love it because he loves it for me. So I DON’T SEE A POINT of an engagement ring, especially since our engagement is only 4 months.

PixelDust
May 3, 2010

yes, the girl is suppossed to continue wearing it after you get married.
the point is to symbolize the promise of the upcoming marraige.
but it isnt necessary.

Digital_Diva
May 6, 2010

The girl still wears her engagement ring after the wedding, along with the wedding ring. I think of the engagement ring as a symbol that your boyfriend is making a formal commitment to you to marry you. Anyone can SAY they are engaged, but when a man saves up his money and buys you a ring as a symbol of his commitment, it shows that he is serious - especially if he is not financially well-off. I know that when my fiance bought me my engagement ring, it was around $1500. And that was a lot of money to him (and us), especially because he is paying the mortgage alone right now while I finish my last year of school. So for him to save up that much money to buy me that ring, it really showed me that he is serious.

Engagement rings need not always contain diamonds. Popular trends include using gemstones as sidestones as well as other precious stones.

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