Has anyone changed their original e-rings/wedding rings for different ones?
Has anyone changed their original e-rings/wedding rings for different ones?
I love my original e-ring and wedding bands but after being married 10 years, they have gotten pretty tight. I’ve already resized them about 4 times…due to some weight gain with pregnancy, getting older, etc… It’s kind of expensive to resize them up again (for us…on one income) but have other family rings that I could wear instead. My husband doesn’t mind but the problem is…I feel guilty. Did anyone else replace their original e-rings/wedding rings? Did you feel bad about doing this at all? My original e-ring is a family ring. Not really sentimental but just one that I thought was beautiful and one of two choices when we got engaged (other choice was MIL’s solitaire but she didn’t have a good marriage). My style has also changed over the years but I wouldn’t really think about that much if it wasn’t for the fact that it gets tight, especially when my fingers swell. It’s a square Edwardian ring with two bands soldered on each side but it is pretty wide. I have my mom’s solitaire that I could wear (my father died 8 yeas ago) and another band I have. I just can’t get over the guilt of not wearing this ring that I’ve worn for over 10 years.
Wow Pal…just b/c I feel guilty changing my rings after 10 years of marriage does NOT mean that I have other childist hang ups? You need to get off your high horse and don’t respond if you have something nasty to say.
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yes
my wife and I had to replace both of our rings
mine just wore out and became very thin. so did hers after a few more years
we both wear simple bands now
I’m on my 4th, lost the other 3.
I have ben married for ten years and I have changed my ring three times. my wife has changed her twice. I t all depends on you and your style or you finances I changed mine because of my style, I switch off all the time depending on what I wear. I work in a field where my rings get beat up pretty good. s o I have a cheap ring that I wear to work then I have a ring I wear on the week ends and I have a dress ring which I wear when we go out .. So to some people changing your rings is no big deal the one you need to please is yourself and if hubby is cool with it then it should be okay….
The ring is only a symbol and you do a disservice to the reality of your marriage when you give it too much power. Any ring you wear with the intention of doing honor to the relationship is appropriate. How many other childish hang ups do you have about things that are of no real consequence?
yes i have changed mine but only after 4 years i loved the one but when i had our baby i gained weight it had been sized once but i just got a new one my husband didnt mind and i think they just want to see us happy not holding our fingers in pain if you feel guilty just put it on a necklace and wear both
You could buy a nice but strong gold chain and put the ring on it, and wear it around your neck.
At being married hmm 5 years or so we replaced our wedding bands, at around 8 years I replaced her engagement ring. Comically I’m back to wearing the original wedding band. Our first set was a cubic zirconia engagement ring, and the ultra narrow plain white gold bands (I think the 2 bands together were around $ 100). Now she’s got a 1.25ct perfect trillion cut diamond in a custom band/setting, and we have pretty wide woven gold wedding bands (links to pics of both in source). The reason why I switched to the old band is my hands got a little smaller from when we got those, and they aren’t resizable.
and I think pearl is lying, I think she threw away the prior rings hoping the marriage would end with it
I tried it, it didn’t work.
My husband buys me a new wedding band for our anniversary every year
Nope…I’m one of those old fashioned girls that doesn’t think upgrading or swapping your wedding rings out is appropriate. Today though, I am a rarity it seems…everyone else I know keeps “upgrading” every few years…anyways, I digress.
In your case…why not send it back for resizing again? They can enlarge the band with more gold…That’s what I would do.
No I absolutely love my engagement ring and wedding band. I plan on wearing it until I die then I will gift it to my children.
I still wear my original engagement ring and wedding band. Over the years I’ve collected quite afew diamond rings. My mom passed away, my mom in law passed away, and my grandma passed away. I received all their diamond rings, and take turns wearing them on my right hand.