Weddingbee Blog

As the weeks keep speeding by, Mr. Jaguar and I have started to realise that we don’t have quite as much time to ‘do wedding stuff’ as we thought—so instead of putting things off until a little later, we’re doing them now, now, now. First thing on the agenda? Finding him a ring.

I had ring-insecurity back in the day because of my large fingers—Mr. Jaguar had the opposite problem. He’s quite tall and lanky, as are his fingers, but he has one other quirk: he has really wide knuckles. It basically means that he’s never worn a piece of jewellery in his life, because either a) the ring is too big and swims on his finger, or b) the ring is too tight and he struggles getting it off again over his knuckle.

First things first: what style did he want? I wear white gold and my wedding bands are both platinum, so if we wanted to match, white gold or a silvery-metal would be an obvious choice. But since Mr. Jaguar doesn’t wear jewellery, I wanted him to pick something that he felt comfortable with. We tried on a few two-tone pieces, some different textured metals, and he kept going back to the same thing: a simple, white-gold band. That was that: he got sized properly, the ring was altered, and we walked out an hour later with his wedding band in tow.

It’s going to take some time for him to get used to wearing the ring. He’s put it on and off a few times since we bought it, because he’s trying to get used to popping it up and squeezing it around his knuckle—it’s quite cute to watch.

I loved watching him choosing, I loved watching him put this one and just know straight away this was it. The poor guys: they get the short end of the stick when it comes to picking wedding rings, but I’m just happy that he’s happy, ya know? And best of all, they unintentionally match perfectly!

How did your other half decide what wedding band to choose?