I’m having ring issues.
High-class problem, right?
My engagement ring is perfect. It was my mother’s, and while for a very long time I wanted my grandmother’s ring (also handed down to me) as my engagement ring, when Mr. Ladyfingers got down on one knee with this shiny, wide, yellow band and sparkly marquise-cut diamond, I knew it was meant to be. The ring and I, that is—I already knew that Mr. Ladyfingers and I were meant to be. I’d told him all along to ask my dad for my grandmother’s ring and he did, but my dad gave him my mom’s ring. Whether he heard wrong or what I don’t know, but I love my unique ring; the fact that it makes my mother a part of the planning process even when she can only be here in spirit only makes it even more special.
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Now, the wedding ring.
I have been all over the place with this wedding-ring decision. First, I wanted a thin band. Then, I wanted a still-thin-but-a-bit-wider channel-set band. A plain band would just make too much gold on my hand, and anything too wide would make things a bit impractical on my ring finger.
Then, I decided I wanted a white gold ring and to simply store away the engagement ring as a keepsake.
But the more I thought about it, the more I realized I love yellow gold. It looks best on me. I wear it in most of my other jewelry. It looks, to me, more “vintage” and “antique” than white gold. And I really do want to wear both my band and my engagement ring on the same hand. Forever.
I also like unique, obviously. My inspiration pics run the gamut from simple but one of a kind to common but a bit flashier.
Image via Turtle Love Co.
Image via Turtle Love Co.
Image via Catbird NYC
After all this internet research, I fully realized one important thing about myself: I am tactile. I need to be WITH my options, in their presence, looking at them in a store. I need to try them on and test them with my e-ring and without. Mr. Ladyfingers would be easy—but I might drive both of us a little nuts in our wedding-ring search.
Do you have an e-ring that was not part of a wedding set? Was it difficult for you to envision what you wanted? And did you end up with something far from what you’d originally envisioned?
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