Single ring ceremony?!

I have never seen a single ring ceremony but I do have the same issue. My FH hates jewelry of any kind and his job prevents him from being able to wear any. We talked about it and planned on going to get him a simple band ( for like $100 at most) to use for the ceremony and for him to wear on special occasions in the future. He may not be able to wear it often and he may never want to wear it all but I still feel that he should have one.

FH doesnt want a physical ring either for similar reasons. He plans to get a tatoo ring after the wedding. But I want him to have a ring for the ceremony. I've never heard/seen a single ring ceremony. So I bought him a $9 ring off tanga.com

We have also decided to have one for the ceremony and Helzberg has a few nice options on sale right now. But if he doesn't want one and can't stand jewelry, should we even entertain it?!

They have cheap sterling silver bands at Walmart for like $7. I'd just get one of those to use for the ceremony, and then if he doesn't wanna wear anything after that, you only wasted a few bucks!

I'm agreeing with the girls above. I would at least have one for the ceremony, a LOT of men don't wear their rings, but I just feel like the ring exchange makes the ceremony official. we had a girl on here a while back who was going to use friendship necklaces or something. don't do that.

Okay, so he and I talked it over and I showed him one from Helzberg. He likes it, although he probably will only wear it to church or on dates, but he'll have one nonetheless! Thanks so much ladies.

My parents have been married 35 1/2 years and I think I've seen my dad wear a wedding ring 3 times. That said, he owns one and received one on my parent's wedding day. It's a must! Check Amazon, there a lot of men's wedding bands for under $50. I think a tungsten band runs at about $25 even

We aren't doing rings since our wedding bands will be tattooed the following day. Since the exchange of rings is technically the first gift you give each other as husband and wife, we are toying with the idea of giving each other leather Bibles with our names on them (our faith is important to us and the only Bibles each of us has was given to us in middle school). Not that you have to do Bibles, but is there a different gift that you could give to each other that would be important to both of you?

I think it's a personal preference between you and him. My FH isn't a jewelry guy either and a lot of his work prevents him from wearing a metal ring, So I am purchasing him a Tungsten band (for special occasions) and two Qalo rings (they are made of silicone) and great for everyday wear for people who are active. I myself will have a ring too, for training and other active times (such as rock climbing, biking, etc.)

Seconding Qalo bands if your FH is mostly worried about safety or damaging the ring! If he's just not into wearing it, that's fine too.

I was a linguistics major so I find things like this interesting--the ring ceremony is a combination of two things: an exchange of gifts that marks a moment and a declaration of intent. "With this ring, I thee wed" could be replaced by anything else that marks the moment that begins your marriage. It could be something as simple as "with these words..." or "at this moment..." or "with this kiss" or "with this [insert other gift here]." As long as you mark the point in time and declare your intent, I think it will be absolutely beautiful.