Our wedding rings are the ones we got married with. I couldn’t see wearing anything else. It helps that I put out quite a bit of money for hers and it she is very happy with it. Not huge but very nice. When we get a chance we are going to get her a plain gold band for when she is working in the hospital but it is not a replacement.
My wife and I had rings made but the rings don’t look as much like the designs as we had hoped. Other people like them, but the stones appear to be a different color than we had picked due to their settings. We decided to re-evaluate them at our 10-year anniversary. The current rings differ slightly from each other and we’ve traded them back and forth a couple of times. I think it’s likely that we’ll get rings of comparable price (or lower) and general style at our 10th, but more to our taste. They may differ but, like our current rings, make clear reference to each other. We may recycle the gold if we have the next rings made for us.
I vote Nay. With a healthy pinch of “It’s ok for you(generic), but not for me” and a pinch of
“Upgrading is one thing, especially on a significant anniversary” and a pinch of “Neither the marriage or the World will end if you lose the band you start out with”.
Not married. But if I were, the band used in the wedding ceremony would have Significance. It wouldn’t have to be fancy or expensive, but it would need to be something I was willing to wear for the rest of my life, even if I end up not doing so for some reason.
My rings were stolen from my jewelry box while I was at work. As a RN, I don’t always wear my rings to work and we had a break-in that day. I was more upset at the violation of our home than the loss of the rings.
I think the idea fits. Relationships change, fingers change, meanings behind jewelry changes.
On our… uh… third or fourth anniversary, we actually had a nice amount of money. We bought each other new rings to celebrate our marriage and our evolution together. I still have the original one, and I wear the 3 year one. It’s a very nice ring, and I’m quite fond of them all. He still has his original ring, and wears constantly (except when doing yard work or dishes) his band.
One of these years, I think I’d like to get him one of those titanium rings that sorta holds the gem between the ends of the bands. I’m not sure I can wear titanium, but that’s a couple of years down the road. We wont be able to afford it for this year.