Weddingbee Blog

Yup, I said it. I don’t like the band that Mr. Cardigan picked out for me. Originally, I felt terrible saying that, but I’ve come to terms with it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a gorgeous ring. But it looks pretty ridiculous with my engagement ring. Like… I kind of feel like I tilt a little to the left side every time I try it on.

You know what the worst part is about me not liking it? It’s made of heirloom diamonds from Mr. C’s great aunt. Sigh.

I know, I’m a terrible person. Although, in my defense, after Mr. Cardigan showed it to me, he admitted that he didn’t really think I’d like it and he just went for it because they already had the diamonds. To be honest, I really wish he wouldn’t have done that because then I wouldn’t have had to deal with all of the guilt of not being happy with what he gave me. But, it’s over and done with now, and it’s time to figure out a solution!

Here is what my engagement ring looks like on my hand alone:

And here is what it looks like with the band Mr. C got me:

Eep! That’s a lot of bling, right? And, you see, I can handle bling. I love it, in fact. But the type-A tendencies in me could not handle the way the four stones looked against the three stones. It just doesn’t look right. AND, it really bothered me that the band is as tall as my engagement ring! It just felt so huge and bulky on me, and as much as I tried to love it, I just couldn’t. I even worked out with it on one night, just trying to get used to seeing it on my hand, but to no avail. It just wasn’t happening.

Mr. Cardigan was very supportive of me wanting to get another band – like I said, he knew I wouldn’t be a huge fan of this one. There was only one major snag in the whole thing: we’re broke college students and totally can’t afford to buy another wedding band! We talked about it and looked online for hours, and we even went into a jewelry store once to try on bands, but quickly left when the saleslady made us feel like if we didn’t buy the band she wanted us to buy she was going to kick us out of the store. She literally didn’t even let me try on the one that I liked because she said it wouldn’t look good! Ridiculous!

So, dejected, we left the jewelry store with no more ideas on what to do. Mr. C said he thought I should just get a plain white gold band because it’s the cheapest option and it looks good with my ring, but I wanted diamonds, dang it! And so… the search continued!

Did your SO get a band for you along with your e-ring? Did you like it? If you didn’t, what did you do?