Re: How many have changed out their wedding set fo... - Page 8

VanSleepy · ‎10-05-2010

The only thing we did was later buy a separate wedding band, because the one that came with the engagement ring is a skinny little piece of gold notched to fit around it. But I still wear the flimsy one, too, because that is what he placed on my finger in the ceremony.

Shorty2U · ‎03-09-2010

No, never changed my wedding set and never will!

My engagement ring is a 14K gold ring with an opal surrounded by diamonds and my wedding band is a plain gold band. (This is my 2nd marriage and I got married 7 & 3/4 yrs ago and I did NOT want an all diamond engagement ring this time around- been there done that).

My daughter changed her engagement ring to a whole karat in no time after they were married .lol. Now she wants to change it again to an antique looking engagement ring. I told her, you (and son in law) have 3 kids to support growing up and college for them etc, is a new ring really that important?. She said well........... I never said another word..lol.

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make~ The Beatles

esmeraldagooch · ‎03-10-2010

HH, I had my original set melted down to create the fourth wedding ring for my 25th. Same gold only much more of it was added. Promise ring was melted in it also.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

I am not sentimental about much but I am about my ring. My DH and I were younger when we got married (22 and 24) and he bought me what he could afford to buy me at the time. However, it was the ring he proposed to me with, the ring he presented to me in church during our ceremony and it was blessed in church during our ceremony. I would never trade that ring in for anything.

I cannot imagine tossing my original ring aside for something "bigger and better." My ring isn't just a material thing. It is a symbol of our love and our life together.

My husband's ring is gone (I believe I accidentally tossed it) and he absolutely refuses to replace that ring. He said if he can't have his original ring that he was given the day we were married, he doesn't want any ring at all because then it's "just a ring."

bells4me · ‎03-13-2010

I did years ago, within the first 3 years of marriage.

Free2be · ‎03-10-2010

My husband surprised me with an upgrade as a Christmas gift. I was totally surprised and even sobbed with shock at its beauty and happiness for the love that came with it. Our original rings were chosen in a rush with cost not being so much the point but we did it on a sort of lark as I needed insurance and couldn't get it unless we were married when I left our mutual employer. We'd been together for 14 years with no intention to legally marry until that insurance issue cropped up, the ring was low on the "need" list. He still wears his and would never change it.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/21/2014 LipstickDiva said:
I am not sentimental about much but I am about my ring. My DH and I were younger when we got married (22 and 24) and he bought me what he could afford to buy me at the time. However, it was the ring he proposed to me with, the ring he presented to me in church during our ceremony and it was blessed in church during our ceremony. I would never trade that ring in for anything.

I cannot imagine tossing my original ring aside for something "bigger and better." My ring isn't just a material thing. It is a symbol of our love and our life together.

My husband's ring is gone (I believe I accidentally tossed it) and he absolutely refuses to replace that ring. He said if he can't have his original ring that he was given the day we were married, he doesn't want any ring at all because then it's "just a ring."

Beautifully said - I too do not consider my wedding set "jewelry" but a symbol of something much more important.

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

I chose the perfect man and the perfect rings when I got married. Both still make me perfectly happy.

shorelady · ‎03-10-2010

I wear my gold wedding band everyday. I cherish it because it was the ring DH put on my finger the day we married 43 years ago. On our tenth anniversary, he snuck out my engagement ring and had interlocking diamond bands made to surround it. It was beautiful, and I wear it when going out.

He wore his wedding band everyday since it was the one I slipped on his finger until the funeral director slipped it off his finger four months ago and gave it to me at my request. I will continue to wear mine and when my time comes, my daughter will have it slipped off my finger. She will then either pass them on to her children or have something made from them.

I will always cherish him and the rings that remind me of what we shared and the vows we made.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

Maybe if we had had money for a diamond, a happy beautiful wedding where both families weren't upset we were getting married, and absolutely nothing material at the time, I might be more sentimental about it. But we have been through a lot and married a long time, and that's what I am sentimental about. It was a rough start thanks to a lot of mean people--but never my husband.