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Do All Engagement Rings Have To Be All Pretty With A Big Diamond??or Can It Be Like A Wedding Band?

Written by Admin on October 30, 2009

11 Comments to “Do All Engagement Rings Have To Be All Pretty With A Big Diamond??or Can It Be Like A Wedding Band?”

1. *Miss_Au
   7:51 pm on October 30th, 2009

   An engagement ring is whatever you want it to be. A large number of people don’t like diamonds at all, even moreso after films like Blood Diamond were released. Many women have colored gemstones instead. Others don’t have any and choose to wear just their wedding band instead.
   I can see where it would come across as weird that you would have two similar rings and people wonder why you chose that. But if you’re happy, it isn’t anyone else’s business.
   The only ones (other than super-traditional brides who can’t imagine anyone doing anything even remotely different than what they think is considered acceptable and proper, which is not their decision either) who are endorsing the idea that an engagement ring must be a diamond that costs more than a house and a car combined or else your fiance doesn’t really love you and your marriage is doomed to fail is De Beers. They own the monopoly on diamonds and created all these unrealistic expectations and “rules” that dictate how much a person really loves you based on the jewelry they give you “because diamonds are so rare”. That couldn’t be any more absurd if they tried. Prior to the introduction of the DeBeers company, royal women wore colored gemstones all the time as engagement rings. Commoners couldn’t afford such a thing but that didn’t mean they loved each other any less, even though DeBeers claims otherwise. It is also not true at all that diamonds are “so rare” when they are in fact quite abundant. But if people knew and believed that, then DeBeers would go out of business. Countless people have bought their lies over the decades to the point that brides themselves even rip fellow brides to shreds if they don’t also succumb to the brainwashing that they truly believe that a gemstone that is not a diamond means he doesn’t love you at all.
   Make your own decisions and don’t let anyone else bully you into doing otherwise. Folks who meddle in others’ lives are insecure themselves and aren’t worth your time.

2. Andrea
   9:23 pm on October 30th, 2009

   really the only reason why are society picked a diamond ring is all because of a marketing campaign back in the day
   the campaign was something like give her something that will last forever… and the tradition just stuck…. so your ring can be whatever you want it to be…. you can read all about it in this articlehttp://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/di…
   I think thats awesome most people loose their diamond anyways because it falls off!!

3. Learly bear
   10:19 pm on October 30th, 2009

   does it really look like two bands or does one band have diamonds across it…it may look like a band caus eit has multiple diamonds…i fits really just two bands then maybe it was some kidn of set that he liked….it doesn’t have to look like anything…its whatever he bought you and you wear it as a symbol of your love…i’m sure your bands are pretty…i have never seen ugly jewelry. if anyone says anything about it they are just jealous…besides the diamond is probably not as pretty as the love you guys have for each other which is what matters

4. I'm just sayin
   10:26 pm on October 30th, 2009

   Of course they don’t have to have a big diamond, I think that if you’re happy that’s all that matters. Those people are really just being rude, they shouldn’t put you on the spot like that!
   However, it might look a little weird with two bands. If *you* care about it, then you could consider getting a ring with another gemstone in it instead of diamond (since they’re so expensive)… like your or his birthstone or something?
   But again, if you’re happy with your rings, why waste the money to get something that’s more traditional?
   

5. LORETTA P.
   3:06 am on October 31st, 2009

   well me personally in our town we have a tatoo artist an see i do not believe in divorce his name is johnny ink an the way i always do things with my hands iwas thinking more on the lines of a tatoo ring than the rings every body almost thinks about all the time if i ever take that big thing that your talking about so in general you see it matters to the individual what they can afford or what they want i know my idea for awedding ring to some may be not that great but to some it may be the greatest they have heard to me its practical i never have to worry about it getting lost an also it would keep alot of people to relize what marriage is it is for ever not till the next one comes along an tatoos last for very long times also i hope i helped

6. ???? [Chienne française] ? {PHD}
   4:52 am on October 31st, 2009

   Absolutely not.
   I think that that is totally fine.
   My wedding ring is actually a engagement ring too.
   Tell them to f off.

7. winter_s
   7:12 am on October 31st, 2009

   It’s no one’s business but your own what you wear or don’t. Many women don’t wear diamonds at all but they are still engaged. Don’t fall for the bullying that the other brides engage in where they rip a person apart if they don’t do things exactly to their liking when it isn’t their place to judge.

8. Harmony
   11:18 am on October 31st, 2009

   An engagement ring can be whatever you want it to be
   This is mine: http://www.jewelsforme.com/item-main.asp…
   I know a girl who has a diamond band, plus a plain gold band because she didn’t want anything that stuck out to get in the way at work.

9. &hearts
   3:05 pm on October 31st, 2009

   what do they care? some people use wedding rings to show off, you should be happy with what you have and ignore the comments. as long as you’re in love that’s all that matters..
   but ideally one would be a stone setting and the other a band. but who cares?

10. Schnauzer Mom ?
    5:30 pm on October 31st, 2009

    Your engagement ring can be anything you and your fiance’ want it to be. It doesn’t matter what other people think of it – what matters is what YOU think of it and what HE thinks of it.

11. Madelyn
    8:17 pm on October 31st, 2009

    It’s your ring. You can have whatever type of ring you want to have as an engagement ring. I don’t see how it’s anybody else’s business.

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