14K white gold vs. 10K white gold-- does it really matter??

I'm OCD enough that yes it would matter to me. My e-ring is 10K yellow gold and I had to make sure the band I'm wearing wasn't 14K yellow gold before I told FH I wanted to wear my grandmother's ring.

My e-ring is 18k and my wedding band is 14k. I can't tell the difference from the outside, so I don't care. I got a great deal on the band and couldn't pass it up.

@Ashley, the band is for me, but neither of us have any metal allergies that we know of.

@DisneyNut, I have OCD too which is part of the reason why I'm leaning towards the 14K! haha.

@KirstenMichelle- I'm most worried about being able to tell the difference from the outside, if not now then in the future as my rings age. I'm not sure if the rhodium plating (which I plan to have re-done each year) would prevent them from looking different eventually or not.

Eh, it might, but usually they only wear that much underneath the rings. It's not like someone's going to look at the bottom of your rings and go "Oh my, did you actually buy two rings with different gold? I can totally tell by the way they are wearing on the bottom. How could you???"

IDGAF

Lmao! Good point. As long as one's not glowing yellow while the other one is bright white, I guess I would probably be okay.

Alloys are more durable than gold, (making 10K more durable than 14k). Because your e-ring has more gold in it, it is actually softer. Over time, the 10K would "beat up" your 14K e-ring.

Go with the 14k. It is more, but think of longevity.

Personally, if I'm going to spend money, I want to spend it where it will last the longest.

The higher the karat the softer the metal. So, the 10K ring could damage the 14K ring by bumping and rubbing against it. But, on the plus side for 10K is that you'd be less likely to lose stones.

If you ever wanted to sell a ring, of course, you'd get less for the 10K.

I didn't even think about one metal beating up on the other one; that's a very good point. Thank you so much for the help!!

My e ring is platinum and my band is 14k white gold. It's all bling so you can't see much of the metal. I'm not worried about having two different metals together.

Champagne, your platinum ring is much harder than your 14K ring. Once you're wearing both of them, keep an eye on them in case you need to make repairs or make a swap.