Wedding rings suggestions/opinions

My wedding ring and my wife's were done by this local guy. Mine is inspired by the 3rd model down. I love it. My wife's ring is a cross between my ring and her engagement ring.

The maker is a guy around my age who loves designing those. But like he said, the majority of his business ain't from the wedding rings, but stainless steel sextoys he also design, and there a huge demand. Which is awesome.

My suggestion...don't do it. Why screw up a good thing with marriage?

Go custom, if you can. I was lucky enough to get my mother's engagement ring, so we had a local guy that we met at a local art fair craft a wedding band that went with it. We weren't swimming in cash at the time, so price was a consideration. We ended up getting a great deal on it and it looks fantastic. He ended up also doing my wedding ring as a custom job and it blows away ANTHING that we were considering and is quite a bit less expensive.

Custom artisans are hurting right now. Depending upon the metal that you select, you can probably get a good deal.

Judas is right. These guys deserves the money, and they'll make you a great price job for a great price.

Also, stainless steel = inexpensive. Both our rings: 500$. We hate diamonds, sapphires and so on. We got simple zircons.

That's cheap, tough as hell, and it's quite different.

When people compliment you on your rings, you'll enjoy being able to say that you had them custom made from a local artisan. It sounds better than 'we bought em at Zales one Saturday'.

I know a couple from a wedding I did earlier this year that made their own rings.

Not out of like, pieces of string or something - they went through the entire process themselves, with professional assistance. Don't imagine it's that expensive and it's definitely different.

I know a (hipster) couple who had theirs tattooed on.

Might I suggest something of the three-finger variety?

My girl's a jeweler, so she's going to make our rings. Didn't have the time or the money to make them right now, so we just got a couple of cool looking bands and she'll make them in the future. I got a black titanium one that feels pretty comfortable, although of course I haven't been wearing it yet (2 more weeks...)

2 more weeks...that's plenty of time to fake your death, Alex.

My fiancee and I have just been shopping for rings -She wanted yellow gold and they are re-setting my grandmother's engagement ring into her band - classic $500.
I on the other hand have crazy skin which reacts to pretty much any metal that isn't hypoallergenic, so even 18K gold is out because of the copper/nickel shit that the other 6K is made of. I could have gone pure platinum but I'm not made of money so I've plumped for titanium. I think they look great and they are nice and light - bear in mind though shops will try to see you them for $100-$200, this is almost pure mark up, as the metal is very very cheap (lots of jewellers won't even talk about it because of this) - they make buildings and planes out of it! Look on ebay there's a big selection for $10-$20 I've ordered half a dozen to try em out. If i lose it, no problem - for $10 I can get another one. Titanium can't be re-sized (because it's so freaking hard), but it can be engraved - so get sized properly!

I'm already planning on renting a helicopter, so's that when it's time to exchange vows I can scream, run away, bust through the window and grab on to the rope hanging from the helicopter- who'll take off and fly me away to safety.

I assume like your doppleganger Pierre Bernard you are a big fan of Stargate SGI. I recommend getting her a ring that resembles the stargate.

Our (my wife and I) rings are platinum, with a Celtic knot design. She likes the distinctive sound they make when tapped together.

Well, at least it'll be a memorable day. You have hired a photographer who takes a journalistic approach, right?

DaveB and I wear plain, matching platinum bands. His is slightly thicker than mine, as I have teeny hands. I wear mine with my engagement ring. I am not a jewelry person, per se, but we're going to be wearing these things for the rest of our lives, so we did it up right. In light of that, here is my advice -

1. Keep it simple. There's no predicting changes in personal fashion and you don't want to be stuck with a ring that looks silly 20 years down the line. There seems to be something of a rage for Celtic knot wedding jewelry among my (weirdly non-Irish) friends. Think long and hard before you do something like that. If you want to customize it, get an engraving on the inside.

2. Consider materials. Gold is the traditional way to go, but it's soft and will look pretty beat up fairly quickly. Metals like platinum, titanium, and stainless steel aren't going anywhere.

3. Consider comfort. You don't want it to be too heavy or to feel like it's getting in your way. If you're not used to wearing jewelry on your hands, there's no avoiding feeling like that at first (I love watching newly minted husbands at the reception try to twist their left ring finger right off), but, if you don't regularly wear rings, big and clunky is probably not the way to go.

4. An aside - wedding rings on cute boys = rowr. Seriously. It's science.

edit - Apologies to nekkerbee. I'm sure your Celtic-themed rings are very nice.

OK, what the hell is up with this? It's like my wedding ring is an aphrodisiac to unmarried women who want to mess around. Where were they when I was available?

::shrugs:: It's a little, shiny seal of approval. One of my sisters is announcing to the world that you are a prime piece of real estate. It makes you more... interesting.

But, no. I, personally, don't want to mess around, as I have my own prime piece of real estate. I just want to think about how cute and married you are.

A word of advice to you single guys out there: Wear a damn wedding ring; you won't BELIEVE how many women out there want to see if you will cheat. They must consider it a challenge or something.

I am NOT kidding on this. Can any of you other married guys back me up on this?

The man speaks the truth. I went from flattered to alarmed relatively quickly.

I have an engagement ring, wedding band and a grooms band for sale.

Just in case anyone is interested.

He said no?

I'm buying a wedding ring...for myself.

And for the apparent sexual advantages.

No, she said yes. Just kept saying it to too many other men on her "girls nights."

Fucker.

This is a sad sad truth. I've been approached by fair ladies due to my look I guess (sometimes should I presume), my husky pup (more often), but when my wedding ring is preeminent, oh boy...

MissZooey is right, it's science. Can't tell you what, but it's quite frustrating.

My wife and I got matching platinum and gold bands with a design cut into the platinum portion. The inscription on the inside is the date we got married, and my ring says, "Hers" and my wife's says, "His".

Yep.

Very, very true. I tried wearing a wedding ring a couple of times and I was in like Flynn.

Absolutely. I can't tell you how many ladies started checking me out once I got my ring. Had I known about its power, I'd have bought one when I was single, like InTheShadows. Maybe not though, as I would've used that ring from a desire to do good... but through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine (there's a reason the One Ring looks like a wedding band, folks).

Anyways, I got my wife a neat engagement/wedding ring twofer where both rings kind of swirl around each other to form a complete ring. I'll try to post a picture of it soon.

Alternate theory: the ring is like a Green Lantern ring - its wearer knows no fear. You have nothing at stake, so you're suddenly way more comfortable around women, easier to talk to, etc. And the girl (usually) assumes you're "safe", so rapport happens much more quickly. Girls who wouldn't give me the time of day as a single man are now very touchy-feely-flirty. It's weird.

But if you wear a wedding ring to pick up girls, then what? Do you have a friend pretend to be your wife, like some bizarro straight beard? How far do you take it?

It really depends if the woman wears yellow.

While the flirting/touchy-feely shit that you describe above is what I have USUALLY experienced, I've also had women be very blunt and outright proposition me a few times. Away, you vile harlots!

Well, yeah, I was trying to be a gentleman. Co-workers texting you across the table during meetings, happy hours turning raw, etc. Life sometimes imitates Mad Men.

It's not the ring, it's your penis hanging out of your unzipped pants. It's the oldest trick in the book...

At my prior job, I pretty much had to cease going out after work for drinks because of one female. She was waaaaay too blunt (and unfortunately tempting) and I had to take myself out of that situation.

Wow. I was just talkin' cute. I've never actually hit on anyone. Maybe I'm doing this wrong?

It's only a matter of time, Zooey... Only a matter of time...

Zooey...it's only a matter of time until you go into 'cougar' mode and start hitting on young, single men in their 20s.

One or two nights at the most. Then you act all guilty and get the fuck out of Dodge. And you never try it at a regular hangout. Unless you travel a lot you can't overdo it or you'll get found out.

Wow...I guess a wedding ring is the way to go. Time to start saving up.

I'm actually having my own personal horror story regarding a custom made ring. If I weren't currently mad enough to kill I would rant on about it...

I have a wedding band and wear it sometimes. Have yet to experience this so-called hitting on. Of course, it actually is the One Ring of power...maybe that has something to do with it...

This is my fantasy wedding ring;

It's a knot, get it? Get it? Ha.

It's $54. I'm not too hard to please.