Cost of Ring(s)?!

View Quoted Comment You're welcome! My hubby wears his silicone frequently and that's because he works in elevator construction and real metal can conduct electricity and harm him. He wears his real ring on the weekends or when we go out somewhere nice. I understand that because his safety comes first

View Quoted Comment Hi Girl, I NEVER wrote that I was mad. Are we reading the same post? He won't be buying me a wedding band. My parents never bought each other rings nor wore any jewlery. His parents have been married for FIFTY years and they didn't buy each other rings. His mom doesn't even wear a ring.

View Quoted Comment Um yes, definitely safety first. How are you guys doing with politics now? You can pm me of you want. My future in laws always try to debate with FH and I. It's getting annoying.

View Quoted Comment I'll pm you!

View Quoted Comment Sorry I insinuated that you meant mad when you wrote that you were a tad irritated, that was my fault. Yeah you guys obviously don’t have to exchange wedding bands, but it’s probably the only piece of jewelry in his life that will have meaning to it. Just maybe ask him if there’s anything more in your price range he would consider, or maybe buy him a super cheap version and a nice version so he doesn’t have the potential to break the nice one (I was reading up on your earlier comments- I would hope he wouldn’t wear his ring while weight lifting and I understand your concern about spending all of that money for it to be damaged, but I would assume he would take it off any time he would be doing heavy lifting as that’s what I do with my engagement ring)

I answered earlier in the thread. I was just making conversation with someone else lol

View Quoted Comment The good thing about gold is that you can do a lot to fix it, but we still got a silicone one for stuff he wouldn’t chance it with, like car stuff. That said, I’ve still seen a lot of guys work on cars or life weights with gold wedding bands on. It really depends on the person. But you’re not wrong - it is a lot! My fiancé and I had a conversation before picking out bands about where both of us were comfortable budget wise. That was under what I said so it worked for us. I’d recommend talking to your fiancé about where you’re comfortable at price wise. If he wants gold, maybe say you can put X amount of dollars towards it and he could cover the rest. Or see about anyone that plan. Our jeweler we go to does 12 month interest free financing, so maybe try something like that.

View Quoted Comment Okay thank you for your suggestions

View Quoted Comment Okay, Thank you for your suggestions

View Quoted Comment I don't think the price of the ring correlates to a person's love, but like your FI said, there's frugal and then there's cheap. It's not that your priorities are different from mine, your priorities are different from HIS. He wants a wedding band that costs more than 4/$10 at Walmart. He feels like that's cheap. The band you attached a picture of can't be more than a few hundred dollars and is what he wants to wear as a symbol of your marriage. That is not a lot of money for something that sentimental that clearly means a lot to your fiance. Yet you are insisting to us that it's a waste of money. I can tell you right now if I picked out a reasonably priced engagement ring or wedding band and my fiance told me it was a waste of money, especially if they were wearing something more expensive on their own finger, I'd be pissed.

My husband doesn't wear any other jewelry but his wedding band. Gold prices were far cheaper when we got married, so his ring only cost around $650 then. I just looked up a similar style at the place we got his from, and it's now $980, so right around $1000.

I would definitely try to encourage him to wear the silicone rings when he lifts weights. This is not only better for the ring, but safer for him in case something happens.

Also I just want to add that it doesn't matter what his parents or your parents do. If he wants a ring, it's his marriage and he's entitled to wear one.


I have never even seen my parents' rings or my mom's e ring. I don't think my FI's parents wear them either, I've never noticed. I have a gold e ring and I wanted a wedding band, but couldn't find one in my price range so I'm not wearing one. FI wears a silicone band as an e ring and will get a regular band when we get married. I have a silicone band as well. Just talk to him about your concerns and get a second silicone one as a stand in.

View Quoted Comment You can’t compare relationships. His parents are happy (I’m assuming this) with their wedding jewelry arrangement and your FH is not.


You may be happy with a silicone ring but he obviously isn’t. I don’t think he’s asking for a lot.

Just to add based on comments - he can totally take it off while lifting! My husband puts his ring in his pocket when lifting weights and puts it right back on after. I have a wristband which I do the same with when lifting weights. Only time either of us take it off.

View Quoted Comment The picture I attached IS the ring (real gold) that I bought him. I recommend youvask for clarification before passing judgement. Whew.

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View Quoted Comment I brought up our parents to make a point that a ring doesn't make a marriage. Statistics actually say that the more money spent on rings increases chances of divorce.


The picture I attached in the original post is the gold ring that I purchased for him.

View Quoted Comment Of course I had knowlege that any one can take off their ring while lifting 😔 whew.


I honestly think he won't renember to do this every single time. It's fine. He'll get his gold ring.