Too solder or not to solder that is my question

I'm not soldering mine because I have to wear them on two different fingers (my e-ring is a large flower and the petals jut out, preventing a band).

My mom soldered hers after the wedding, and wore it like that for the rest of her life.

I would wait to do it after the wedding - not because you're not married, but because I personally love the idea of slipping just the ban on at the ceremony.

I'm not soldering mine because if anything happens to either ring and I need to get it serviced, I will still be able to wear the other ring. Also, I don't like soldering them in general.

Oh I forgot to mention the my e ring and wedding ring are the interlocking rings so that was the main reason I thought about soldering.

Thank you Erica and I need to see pics of your e-ring I bet it's gorgeous

U actually should wait until after u is married bec u isnt suppose to wear your band until after u is married.

What if u want to wear one without the other? You wont be able to.

My e-ring used to be my avatar. :-)

One thing to also consider - do you have a lifetime warranty on it? If you do, soldering might void the warranty.

I'm not. I want to be able to just wear my band if needed/wanted

I'm not, because I want to be able to take off my engagement ring when we travel. It cost waaaaay too much for me to want to lose it, while my wedding band only cost $600.

I'm in the same boat as you, I keep going back and forth! My band is a contour band, so it looks weird without my engagement ring (which is a solitaire), so I would never wear it alone. If I didn't want to wear any diamonds I would just wear a plain band I own or something. BUT to get them soldered would take 6 weeks somehow according to the jewelery store my band is from! And I don't want to do without my engagement ring for that long because... I wanna show it off at showers and stuff So I'm gonna do it after we get back from our honeymoon!

OMG Erica that is awesome! I love it

Well everyone gave a lot of great advice and brought up things I never thougt about! That's what I love about WW

I am leaning towards not soldering now and will tell FH that if we do solder it will be after the wedding. Thanks

I'm not soldering mine because I'd like to wear my wedding ring on its own, when it might be too much to wear both rings (like the gym). If you're having it soldered before the wedding, I would think that you won't wear it between the time that it's done and the wedding, so make sure you're ok not having it. Also, I love the pictures of all of the rings together and yours would be just one ring. That may not be a big deal for you, but it's something else to consider to make sure you're ok with it.

I can't solder mine because my e-ring is a solitaire that sticks up and I can't wear that at my job some days. I bought a band that has a low profile so that I can wear it on days I can't wear my e-ring. If I soldered them I'd be without either band somedays and that makes me twitchy, lol.

I'm not, because it devalues the rings. Plus I don't want to be without them both if one needs to be serviced. The cost also goes up if they are soldered and you need one re-dipped for example. They will charge you for both.

And I, too, would like to wear my wedding ring to the gym.

Not soldering. My e ring kinda gets in the way so I'll be glad to have the option of just wearing the band if I want.

I soldered because I have the interlocking rings as well that would potentially cause some fumbling when putting on the band. The downside is that I now have to wait until our wedding to wear my rings. I am wearing my promise ring as a stand in until the day of.

I don't want to solder because it does devalue the rings (my engagement ring is from Tiffany and my band will most likely be from Zales/local jeweler depending who gives me a better price!).

I am going to solder them after the wedding. My band and e-ring are a set so look really good together. I don't care so much about it devaluing the rings. I am never going to be selling the rings so all that matter is how much I value them!! Also, I have heard from other brides that if they don't solder them together your skin gets pinched a lot between the two if you are wearing both of them.

I will probably solder them. I have a contour band, so it's curved and looks funny alone. I also realized the day I picked it up I wore it (we were running errands and I didn't want to leave it in the car), that the stones in it scratch the ering band a bit from rubbing up on each other. My insurance plan includes free redipping, resizing, and soldering/unsoldering for life, so if I hate it I can go back.

I soldered mine. Mine are a set and the band fits to the ring so I can't really wear it alone anyway without it looking weird. It meant I had to go without for three weeks but it's better than sending it out later. FH got mine from Kay's...it's not an overly expensive set so I wasn't worried about value but I did ask about the warranty - no problem there either. Here's my set the day I got it back from soldering. Only put it on to try it for fit and take a pic. I get to wear it for real Saturday!

I would solder if the rings were a set like above but due to my engagement ring and wedding band are not a set I wont I thought about it tho. do what you would like but do it after the wedding cause I don't know about you but I would feel naked without a ring on that finger. this is my e ring I have to get it fixed due to the missing stone and a split where they resized it and the other pic is both the e ring and the wedding band, I don't think they would look good as one.

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