Engagement ring with no wedding band?

Question

When you get engaged can you just wear that ring as your wedding ring..and not add a wedding band to it? I have picked out a ring that I absolutely LOVE, but I can't find a wedding band to fit with it (it is antique style) and honestly I kind of like it just on it own. But would that be weird to just have my engagement ring and no band?

Answer 1

Keep in mind this is YOUR engagement ring, YOUR wedding, YOUR decision.  So what if you don't have a band to go on your finger.  You've found the perfect ring that is beautiful, in fact it's so beautiful that you don't even need a band to go along with it.  

It isn't odd at all!

Congrats!

Answer 2

How would anyone know its not your wedding band unless you told them? You are allowed to wear anything you would like as long as it symbolizes (to you and you husband to be) your love for each other. If you love it and he loves it then there you go you have a wedding band. I just recently got married and my husband can't wear his ring right now due to a sever allergic reaction on his hands from chemicals at work. I am fine with that because I know we are married and he knows we are married and to h**l with what anyone else thinks! Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials!!!

Answer 3

I don't have a wedding band yet. My fiance bought me a ring that didn't have a wedding band with it. I don't think he has even bought the wedding band yet. You wear the engagement ring and when you get married, you put on the wedding band

Answer 4

I have heard of lots of girls doing this, now especially that that one style is really popular with the diamonds around the big diamond (david yurman style). Maybe he could get you like a really cool necklace to wear! I mean, it is nice getting a new piece of jewelry on your wedding day :)

Answer 5

There is nothing wrong with just one ring, it's whatever you and your fiance want! You could always even get a plain band to wear underneath it if you're really worried about it, but seriously, there's nothing wrong with that...just as long as you have a ring on that finger that's all that matters!

Good luck and congratulations!

Answer 6

Nope. I don't like the rings that stick out, so I wore a wedding band as my engagement ring. It's 5 diamonds totaling one karat.  They are all the same size and don't stick out.  I hate it when I can't slide my hand into my pocket because of a dumb ring.  When we wed, I got another one exactly like it and had them bonded into one.  So, now I have 10 diamonds totaling two karats.  It's beautiful.

Everyone has their own style.  I know a couple who has wedding rings made of carved jade.  I know another couple who got theirs tattooed on (she blows glass so she can't wear a ring, he is a welder and can't wear a ring - if they wore rings, they would melt off anyway).  Another couple has plain silver bands.  

It's up to you.

Answer 7

no, i don't think that's weird - in fact, that's exactly what i'm doing! It's all to your own taste.  

Answer 8

no its what i will do, perfectly normal where i am from

not everyone have the US tradition of a own engagement ring for the female (if they have own engagement rings where i am from they get identical rings for both on this point as well)

where i am from you wear the engagement ring on one hand and wedding ring on other hand, so 2 options

1. with 2 rings you got one on each hand

2. with 1 ring, you take the engagement ring off beforehand, and then during the ceremony its put onto the other hand instead

as is unless i find a prepatterned ring we both like, then i'll just sugest geting a plain ring when we get engaged, and have it engraved before we get wed with a pattern we like.

Answer 9

it would be different but if thats what you want.

i will tell you some people may think you aren't married yet, but if you don't care, oh well!

and there is always a band out there to go with the ring

Answer 10

It's not "weird", but people will assume you're engaged and not married.

Answer 11

no. there are actually alot of people that do that. especially since its antique its probably great on its own. and as long as its on that left finger people will know anyways. so dont worry bout finding a wedding band

Answer 12

not weird at all

Answer 13

Nope. You could go to the trouble of having one made, but there is no reason for you to get one if you don't need it.  

Answer 14

Of course not, It's your wedding and you should be able to pick what ever you want in and at it, including the ring and wedding band. And if you don't want a wedding band then that's fine, It's what ever you want.

Don't forget to pick the best answer! :)

Answer 15

you should have a band of some kind just for the ceremony even if you don't wear it all the time and so it can be blessed

Answer 16

You don't need a wedding band. you don't want to buy something you are not going to like. you have to wear them the rest of your life.  

Answer 17

You don't NEED a wedding or engagement ring at all, so do whatever you like.

Most people aren't going to be looking that closely to notice anyways.

Answer 18

Yes you can wear anything you want to.  I have seen some beautiful rings like this.  Most of them are the wider style with a large stone and smaller stones around it...

Answer 19

In today's society--anything goes!  People realize that its their special day and their wedding event, so its okay to do what is unique to the two of you!!!

Answer 20

I can't find anything that will go with my engagement ring. However, my engagement ring has a huge sapphire, and is also an older style, so it's rather large. I'm planning on getting a plain band (and don't have high hopes for the colour matching, especially as I'm planning on getting 10K and my engagement ring is 18K). I'll wear one of the rings at a time. I can wear my engagement ring if I want something a little dressier, I know a lot of women do this.

The only problem I can see with not getting a wedding band is that a lot of weddings have an exchange of rings. If the ring is being given as a sign of "love and fidelity" then it might be a little odd if you're then giving the ring away again. It all depends on how you'd feel. There's nothing *wrong* with it, but I'm not sure how I'd feel with being a symbolic gift that wasn't actually being given to me.

Answer 21

Not at all.  

My "wedding" ring is a band with a tiny wrap around for the diamond that we had soldered together.  If you don't find an "add a bling", I mean wedding ring you like, I don't think you need one.  How many people would actually question it?  

Answer 22

You may be able to go to a specialty jeweler and have a band made specifically for it.

Answer 23

no because then anyone that looks at you will not know you are married, they will think you are engaged since you are ony wearing an engagement ring. you'll get lots of people asking you when the wedding is.

Answer 24

You can wear any ring for a wedding ring when you are married. Maybe you could have a band made for the engagement ring. I love antique rings and jewelry.