Only one ring, no wedding band

There's no law that says you have to wear a wedding band to be married. None. It's more of an outward evidence of a marriage -- again, something you don't need to be married. If your engagement ring is what you want to wear, then go for it (it's lovely by the way). Just be prepared to answer random, "Oh, when are you getting married?" questions...which I'm sure you'll handle beautifully.

Listen, as a woman who's been married for 35 years, I've been through multiple incarnations of engagement rings and wedding rings (four engagement rings and three different wedding rings -- I have them all). At this point, all I wear is my last ring -- a gold wedding band with three rows of diamonds. My point is, be open to changing your mind in the future. You can always buy a wedding band -- they're readily available.

He slipped an E-ring on your finger at the engagement. Then he's gonna slip the same ring on your finger at the marriage? Get a wedding band.

Engagement rings are so ornate these days, I often have trouble telling if I'm looking at an e-ring or e-ring with soldered band(s). I don't think anything is "weird" anymore and people should stop making assumptions based on jewelry choices. The e-ring is already a symbol of your emotional commitment, you don't need to prove your marital status to anyone with a second ring. (that's what the marriage license is for...)

I'm also in the one-ring club, but wedding band only, since my e-ring is made of wood and rock and not exactly designed for long-term daily wear. I've gotten surprisingly few comments about my super non-traditional engagement ring, so I'm not worried about it when I wear my band alone.

I know this isn't quite the same, but my wedding band doesn't stack well with my e-ring and the combination of the rings detracts rather than enhances the set, so I've opted to wear my wedding band on my left ring finger and wear my e-ring on my right ring finger. Either way though, you definitely don't need a wedding band if you don't want one.

I've finally decided that I want a wedding band but not one that goes with my e-ring (because it's not a traditional engagement ring so it has been impossible to find something that fits right) so i will be wearing my e-ring mostly on my right hand after the wedding and my band on my left. This way there is also room for stackable anniversary bands.

This is the band I'm leaning towards, and this is my e-ring

That's what I'm planning on doing for the exact same reason. I felt like every wedding band took away from how much I loved my e-ring. Extra expense that I didn't really feel the need for

I have one ring. We loved the uniqueness of the ring and felt that any wedding band would take away from that. I've had people ask me when they hear that we're married to see my wedding ring, my husband has fun showing them his as he's the one that officially got a ring at the ceremony.

Glad to know I'm not the only one!

I have a unique engagement ring shape that looks odd with a lot of bands I've considered pairing it with. One of the jewelers we went to recommended wearing my wedding band on my left hand and my engagement ring on my right hand so they don't have to clash or detract from each other. This personally doesn't work for me because I wear my late grandmother's wedding band on my right hand (only finger it fits on me and I refuse to resize it), if you did something like this, you could still happily get both and really let your engagement shine alone.

I have known people to only wear engagement ring. It is a stunning ring. Congratulations!

I know people who have done this, my friend has a very ornate e-ring and her husband just used

that during the ceremony. this is up to you and your preference, there are no rules. Trust me, no one will be looking at your hand and asking when you're getting married, the general population is not that observant. I wear just my e-ring all the time and it's not like strangers are running up to me asking when I'm getting married.

Personally, I would want a wedding band. Even if you don't usually wear it and keep it in a safe, the symbol matters to me. I also would still want a band to wear when I wanted to go without my e-ring. For example, I don't wear my e-ring at the gym or on the beach.

I don't know anyone whose done this - I'm among the first of my friends to get married - but your engagement ring is absolutely gorgeous and can stand alone!

Yup! Instead of a wedding band I'm just thinking about adding diamonds on to the other bands to my ring. Don't worry about it.

My sis in law doesn't have a wedding band. I keep forgetting to ask her why she made that decision. I'm thinking I wont have one for budget reasons. Maybe for an anniversary

I didn't get an engagement ring when he proposed. I used my grandmother's engagement ring as a placeholder until we designed my engagement ring together.

Except when we got around to designing it, I decided that I only wanted one band. I am sure that my jeweler could have designed something to go with it - but I think it is unnecessary.

If you "regret" it or change your mind in the future, you can get a band a later stage.

OP, love the ring! Is that from Ritani?

I don't see anything wrong with that. It's fine

I did not get an band... No regrets! I loved the original style of the ring and since I'm not huge into jewelry, decided against the band.

@annakay511 good point about the gym and beach, got me thinking even more about situations where I'd want a different ring. Now I'm thinking I might get a band in either yellow gold or rose gold. That way I can switch it out for places I don't want to risk wearing my e-ring and I can have a different color.

@MrsHToBe thanks! It's from BlueNile