I just got a new diamond ring that is an emerald cut. My original wedding band doesn’t fit this style because there is more metal on the setting. My other ring sat up higher, so I was able to wear whatever band I chose with it.
I need to find a band that is appropriately fitted for an emerald cut diamond, but until then, I would like to know if it’s okay to wear my wedding band on my right hand, and wear just the diamond on the left.
Will people think I’m just engaged instead of married if I do this?
Does anyone know where I can get a wedding band fitted for a square ring?
Thanks!
In order for me to think that you were just engaged, I would have to be looking at your hand really hard and I would not be doing that. Do you want people to ask you about your marital status or something?
While I believe that in continental Europe a wedding band may be worn on the right hand rather than the left, this is not the case in America. So you can either wear the wedding ring on your left hand and leave off the engagement ring until such time as you match the two, or leave off all bands period, either wedding or engagement.
You are not required to wear any rings at all – for years men didn’t wear wedding bands – but wearing an engagement ring only does signify that you are engaged and not married.
I don’t even wear a “traditional” wedding ring even though I’m married. And most people see my ring and comment on how they like it. No one ever asks whether it signifies marriage or engagement. Most people will see a ring and think, “She’s taken,” regardless.
Do you really care? Obviously, anyone that you know and care about will know you are married, so does it matter if strangers think you are only engaged?
First do you really care what “people” think? All the people that count know you are married so who cares.
Second take your ring to a jeweler and find out how much it will cost to custom make your band, If you don’t have the money now save up and maybe you can get it on an anniversary.
My husband lost his band in the first year we were married… he;s still married even though he doesn’t wear a band. I have not been able to wear either of my rings since I lost weight…. I’m still married without them and could care less what people think!
I don’t think you’ll be asked often or think much of it. But I do have a friend that has been married for 26 years and only wears an engagement ring. She just loves it because it means so much to her. She has a wedding band but leaves it at home. People do sometimes ask her if she just got engaged but not that often. She just smiles and says no.
Wear your wedding band on your left hand and your engagement ring on your right until you can get the wedding band fitted.
Go to a jeweler.
Does it matter? Your marriage is in your heart not on your finger.
Some people who don’t know you may think that you’re just engaged. However, why do you care what people think? My parents have been married for almost 20 years and my mom still wears just the engagement ring. I don’t know if they even have bands, since my dad doesn’t wear it for safety at his work.