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I really didn’t care either way - since he’s the one that has to wear it. I think he actually liked the titanium because it’s more “industrial”! Since he’s a mechanic, he’s into that sort of thing I guess. Lol.

I think my FI is going to get titanium, but it’s just more his style. I’m with Jen. He’s the one that has to wear it, so it should be something that he likes.

My brother just got married in December and his wife got platinum and he got titanium.
She’s pretty disappointed that after just 2 weeks her ring has all little dings in it.
My brother’s band is holding up really well.

Maybe it’s an old wives tale, but two of my now-married friends have told me that since titanium is so strong, it can’t be cut off if something happens to the man’s hand (like if he breaks it and it swells up)–they would have to cut off the finger before they could get the ring off. Typing that, it sounds kind of outragous, but they both swear it’s true. Anyone else heard of this? FI wants a black titanium band, but the thought of having his finger cut off if he breaks his wrist or hand in a snowboarding accident is making him seriously reconsider!

Hehe, maybe I should have clarified more - I definitely don’t reeeally care, I think I’m just trying to convince myself that it’s worth more money for the ring I like better (which happens to be platinum). He definitely prefers the look of the platinum too, but doesn’t care that much so he’s kind of leaning towards just saving the money.

And CBeth - I had heard that too! But apparently it’s not true - check out this link:
http://www.e-weddingbands.com/store/titanium_wedding_bands.html#learn

Thanks for that article Miss Bluebell!

My FI is probably going to go with titanium, because of the comfort (lightweight) issue. Additionally, since he NEVER wears rings or jewelry, we think he might lose a few in his “getting-used-to” stage, so we’re happy that they’re not too expensive!

Mr Apple was just looking at wedding bands for himself the other night and he’s leaning more towards the titanium too. Seems to be the consensus on weddingbee and pricescope.

CBeth, hospitals do have tools to cut off titanium. But it is harder to do.

I’m getting my FI something cheap because he’s already told me he’s probably not going to wear it since he finds rings uncomfortable. My dad never wore his, and neither do most of my male relatives on either side.

So you may want to get an ironclad guarentee that your fi is actually going to wear it before you do the cost analysis.

Interestingly, most of my recently married male friends do wear theirs though. Is it generational do you think?

My fi doesn’t wear any jewelry and at first he said he prob wouldn’t wear the ring anyhow. My e ring is white gold and so are my wedding bands. We ended up getting him a white gold band. It was comfortable and now he wants to wear it. Platinum dents really easily but is more white than white gold. You can get it polished but if it has a matte finish it will be shiny afterwards and vice versa. It just depends on what he likes. If you like the platinum band get it, you only get married once. Its something worth splurging for. I have heard about titanium bands and the thought that it has to get sawed off is a little scary. There are rings that have a comfort fit so that might be an option too.

My fiance confessed that he doesn’t really want to wear a wedding ring at all, but I want him to, so he will. I said, “would you be happy if *I* didn’t wear a band?” Answer: no. So he’s wearing one. But we haven’t shopped yet. I’ll be wearing something in plain platinum. Platinum to match my engagment ring, plain because my fiance is Jewish and he grew up with the idea that wedding bands should not have stones (Yes, I know not all Jews interpret it the same way.) I had thought it might be pretty to have a few stones in my ring, but I’m OK with it being plain, as my engagement ring is rather decorative. For him, since he doesn’t even want a band all that much, it seems silly to spend the enormous amount of money it would cost to get him a platinum band. (Of course, if that’s what he really wants, that’s what we’ll get.) He’s a big man, with big hands, so he’ll need a wide ring to look good, and his size is about a 12, so it’s going to be a big, heavy ring. I do, however, prefer the idea of getting a precious metal rather than tungsten or titanium. It’s his wedding ring, you know? It should be precious. So it will probably be yellow gold, yellow so it won’t need re-dipping in future. Also I’ve heard the “sawed off” stories and they’re a little scary.

CBeth is right. I was just in a jeweler’s store last week, and the sales lady confirmed that story about titanium. if anything happens to his hand, then that ring will NOT come off. scary, huh? that quickly made my decision for me, since the other half is going to be a police officer (who knows what could happen). he’s also pretty…active ALL of them time and gets into everything. (sometimes, I think I”m dating a 200 lb 6 year old :)).

anyway, that’s certainly something to think about! good luck!

titanium is nice. my engagement ring and wedding band are both titanium and i love it!