Your engagement ring/wedding set

fbmandy55

We have looked together but his plan is to "surprise me" since he knows my taste.

We already have an idea of when we want to get married but he wants to get me a ring before we start planning. Frustrating. I could care less about a fancy ring, any ring would make me happy at this point!

Depending on a health issue I've been dealing with, we may have to start working on the baby things sooner than later. Depending on what my dr. tells me next week, my fertility may be at stake so we may have to do a courthouse wedding with no rings in that case!

Chiquita_Banana

Hubby picked out the ring on his own and did a wonderful job. He knows what I like, then we picked the wedding bands out together

misskerouac

My husbands grandmother and mom picked out my ring. I love it. It's a very simple solitaire.
My band I picked out, it's a Tiffany's Metro Band.

these are my rings (from my wedding photos)

coliema

I didn't drop any hints, I didn't ask, I didn't push. I waited 6 years for him to ask me, and he finally asked last October.

He actually took my sister with him and she picked the ring out I'm so glad she did, it's exactly what I would have wanted.

SassyCalyGirl

thankfully my husband was smart enough and knew me well enough to know-I needed to pick it out. Don't want to be stuck with something I don't like forever! So he proposed to me with a "fake" ring....Smart man I married!

however-my friends husband gave her a ring that had been in the family-she hated it and could never tell him.

dramaqueen0619

We had talked about getting married, so he took me to his families jeweler and let me design my own engagment ring. It had a 1/4 carat diamond in the middle and one both sides is a pink sapphire.

newman84

My husband bought my engagement ring when i was with him. Later on after we got married and I was in AIT I bought my wedding band. My ring set cost about 100 dollars total. He gave me a ring after I came back that his aunt gave him but I never really wore it and someone stole it from me at work. I had to take my rings off when I was working or I'd loose a finger. Needless to say I still have the original set and it has more meaning anyways.
My husband on the other hand has gone through 4 rings. 2 are in a lake in alabama, one fell in a fryer and the other one my daughter lost when he took it off and left it on his night stand. I told him he has to buy the next one.

Lleldiranne

We shopped together, looking at a few places until we found the perfect one. It's fairly unique, and totally perfect for us.

dodihere

He asked. Because I had been married before and the big rock was just that, a big rock, I asked him to get me a ring with his birthstone in it. So I have a blue topaz engagement ring and a simple band that goes with it. So every time I look at it, it represents him.

odusgolp

Side note: for my next engagement, I don't want to be involved in the ring.
For my third engagement, I'd like to pick it out.
My fourth engagement, I'd like my third toe tattooed.
After that, I'm game for whatever.

Hey wait here, I'll be right back.**goes get ring**
I'm back....Oh you want to pick one out...Okay. **you pick ring**
Let's go get a tattoo...**we get tattoo**
Game for whatever?? Can I just look at you for a while?....you're amazing!:flowerforyou:

*nuzzles* of course you can, lovey

janeendanyll

My husband actually went on his own, then asked my sister for a few suggestions. It was a complete surprise and he did a great job picking something that I would like. LOL...he's so proud.

juicy_cat

he hasn't proposed and maybe never will but he knows what I want if he does...afterall...you wear it for a long time...

kdelost630

My fiance and I were together for five years before he proposed, so we knew it was coming. He took me to several stores to shop together, saying he would know which one I loved by my reaction. Then, when we found the ring I wanted, he asked me to wander the store while he put some surprising touches on it. He kept the diamond the same, but switched out the side diamonds for emeralds, which are my favorite gem. So sweet and a nice surprise when he finally did propose about a month after we picked out the ring.

But I will say, it's nice to shop together. I was never one of those girls who looked at rings beforehand so I had NO idea what I wanted. Plus, it was really fun to try on all those rings!

SunshineGRL76

I cut out the picture of the Cartier ring I wanted from a magazine, and my husband carried it around in his wallet with him every day. When it came time to pick my center stone, I gave him the spec's (4 C's), which I wanted, and was within budget...He picked it out, and I went to take a look at it, and feel in love. It's the ring I wear EVERYDAY!

odusgolp

We had talked about getting married, so he took me to his families jeweler and let me design my own engagment ring. It had a 1/4 carat diamond in the middle and one both sides is a pink sapphire.

I LOVE YOUR GIRAFFE!



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jamk1446

Marriage #1- The ring itself was a complete surprise. I didn't know what I was getting until it was on my finger. It was small but good quality. We talked about upgrading at our 10 year anniversary when (hopefully) our finances would have been better.

Marriage #2- I told him what features I wanted- princess cut, 3 stones, single ring not a set, blah blah. I'm sure we looked at pictures and talked about the rings a few of my friends and family had. I wasn't deadset on a particular ring, just a concept. It made him nervous to not have more specifics from me but he went to a jeweler and told him what I'd said and the guy custom designed my ring. I was very happy- he listened to what I said I wanted but he also had a say in the final design.

I think if you have your heart set on a particular ring, you should either pick it out together or make sure he knows which one it is and where to get it. For something you plan on wearing every day for many years, you should be happy with the design. If that's less than romantic than just letting him do it all on his own, then so be it.

MaryRegs

my husband picked out the engagement ring-and we designed the wedding ring together...love

tuiccim

I had dropped some heavy hints about what I wanted (a pear shaped diamond, something with a matching band, etc.) My husband though researched diamonds and picked it out himself and I was totally surprised and pleased when he popped the question. I love mine!

michelejoann

He asked me one day what kind of ring I liked.

I said, vintage looking, princess cut, platinum or white gold.

I received a custom-made, low-profile platinum ring with 7 diamonds on it. 6 little ones, and one larger one, all princess cut. I absolutely love it.

Any band I get will either be a slim, plain platinum band, or one made to fit with the notches on my engagement ring.

ellehcimyelhsa

My husband picked out a few and then asked his mom and sister for opinions. I love the set, and it is definitely something I would have picked myself. We had talked about it maybe once or twice before casually, months before he proposed.

ggcat

I want to be surprised! When the BF asks me about rings- I tell him I don't want to know- no hints. He has dropped a few hints on how he already has one picked and how much it costs- blah blah blah...I love surprises, and if he picks it out- I see it as much more meaningful. Plus, he has better taste than I do....so I know he will get it right!

Either way...I will love it no matter what- even if you can barely see the diamond! Being with him is already more than I have asked for.

MommaKit79

We had talked about getting married and had already kinda picked a date. Then, while we were at the mall one day we decided to start looking around and decided on rings then. I didnt know when the sizing would be ready and he "officially" proposed at a surprise party he had arranged for me for my birthday a few months later.

GretchenReine

We picked out our wedding rings together but my engagement ring he had to get from my mother...it's a family heirloom.

Tank_Girl

we bought a cheap engagement ring new year as im not big into fussing over jewellery... The ring was just to please relatives... Think irs down the back of the sofa now

Bought the wedding rings 2wks before the big day... Himself lost his ring not long after the wedding, I wear mine sometimes.

For us we only did the white dress/church wedding for our parents, I hate weddings with a passion and our relationship isnt about
1 expensive day wearing ridiculous clothes eating cake

trhjrh06

My husband and I had discussed marriage. And we even went and looked at some rings. I tried some on and so he got an idea of what I liked. ( I was 17 and he was 19 at the time ) Either way he went and picked it out on his own, on his own time and then proposed out by the lake with a blanket and candles and food.

Was very romantic. But see he fibbed on what we were doing.
I was to go to my sisters and he said he found some baby ground hogs and wanted to show me. I was all excited. So we start walking out by the water and I see a blanket ( I thought he covered up the ground hogs and I didn't even notice the candles and food at first ha ) So then we sit down and eat and talk. Were both on our knees and he says I have something you've been wanting for a long time and I get excited and he hands me a Maroon 5 CD, true I had been wanting it. We laughed I said "ah you got me" then I get up and turn around to get my sandals on and I turn back around he's down on one knee and then asks me!
My sister already had a congratulations card and everything when we got back to her house. It was the most amazing proposal for me.

aries7298

When my husband proposed, it was unexpected to me (he had been married before and always said he wouldn't do it again) . He didn't have a ring picked out (he knew I didn't like "flashy"), we went the next day to look together. My son went with us, it was important to him that he helped pick what mommy would wear.... he was almost 7 at the time. We bought all the rings at the same time. :happy:

xXKatrinaXx

He was going to buy a very inexpensive one because we didnt have the money for a super nice one. He showed his mom the ones he was looking at and then she said she had a very nice diamond ring she inherited and offered it to him! It is beautiful...and something we could have never afforded. He went and put it in a new band though

KaidaKantri

I searched around with my Fiance and found exactly what I wanted. I told him what I wanted and showed him. I'm very picky with my jewelry, most of it I don' t like. He had picked out a ring for Christmas for me, and I love it, but it's seriously not what I would have picked at all. In the end it worked out great. I told him what I wanted and left it at that. He waited awhile, then proposed to me with that ring last December

JenniBaby85

We picked it out together....BUT without me knowing he had them give me a bigger diamond. Wedding bands we picked out together a week later.

zsaoosh

He asked me what I wanted so I sent pics. I told him I didnt want the exact ring I sent because I wanted him to find one he thought I would love from the pics I sent. HE DID GREAT! Blingy blingy!