Choosing Your Wedding Band Rings

Clever marketing today means that wedding rings are often seen as just one in a series of rings which starts with a promise ring given at the beginning of serious courtship and is followed by the gift of an engagement ring on betrothal. While the jewelry trade has had some success in bolstering its sale of rings, most couples will choose to stick with the age old tradition of an engagement ring for the bride-to-be followed by wedding rings for both the bride and groom and, as we will see, it is the choice of engagement ring which often dictates the couple’s choice of wedding band rings.

Wedding Band Rings

There is a great deal of custom associated with the wearing on engagement and wedding rings. Customs also vary in respect of the wearing of engagement rings. In some cases the engagement ring doubles as the wedding ring with a change of hand and often the addition of an engraving changing its role from that of an engagement ring to a wedding ring. In most cases however the engagement ring is worn on the same finger as the wedding ring and the wedding ring is either placed inside the engagement ring so that it is nearer to the heart, or worn outside the engagement ring sealing the engagement into the marriage.

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