Unique Wedding Rings

My fiance gave me a stunning engagement ring. It’s very dainty but has reasonably sized diamonds. As soon as people see it the say "It’s so cute and dainty!" The diamonds are from a good jeweler and much higher quality than the ones you get from mainstream stores – and my "dainty" ring has a higher value than those big chunky rings also.
The thing is – my fiance believes that an additional wedding ring is unneseccary. My mother things it’s impreative – especially because my engagement ring looks just that – like an engagement ring. She feels it needs an extra inexpensive band to make it look more like a wedding ring. My fiance says (and appearantly the jeweler said so too) that and extra band would spoil the unique design of the ring. I’m on the fence. My fiance said I can buy myself a wedding band from the wedding budget, but he’s not buying one. Your opinions?
Pardonne – you misunderstand me – like I said – I love the ring, it’s my taste and it’s beautiful, but I just wonder if people might preceive it as an engagement ring once I’m married.
I thought by adding an inexpensive small band, it would look more like a wedding ring.
Good grief – alot of you don’t seem to GET THIS: I LOVE MY RING, before we got engaged I hinted at the dainty type as this is MY TASTE!! Please don’t tell me how I’m possesion obsessed as I’m way past that phase in my life – I’m a grown woman. I wouldn’t get married otherwise. This question is purely based on your opinion on aesthetics and perception.

I need to come up with a tank top design for my best friend for her bachelorette party. We’re going to Mackinaw Island and Mackinaw City for the weekend. I’ve been searching for a bunch of stuff online and all I can find is the same cheesy stuff…."buck for a suck", "final fling before the ring", "buy me a shot I’m tying the knot", "buy me a beer my wedding is near"…I hate all this stuff and she would too…. I was thinking about something like the invite I designed it says "going to d ‘island mon" (that’s what she wanted). So maybe something with an island-ish theme? Someone help, I need to get these designed asap! I want it to be unique, and not stupid! I’m normally more creative than this, but with all the other wedding stuff and work, my brain is fried….

I went to metacrtitic.com and looked at the reviews for inception. They were mixed reviews. I actually really like the movie, i thought it incorporated the story in little details such as a wedding ring that many didn’t even notice, or the background BRRRRRRR sound that you hear is really the french song they play in slow-motion. I hear people say that the ideas weren’t unique. But i think that there hasn’t been any other movie i’ve seen that had the ideas this movie had. There has been movies with reality and no realities, but not with the detail of this movie. And i’m not the average person who thinks twilight was the best movie ever, in fact it was a horrible movie. So i was wondering what you thought about inception?

I hear allot of women complain about their overbite, They think It’s a hideous flaw that needs to be corrected. I want to tell them don’t change a thing, that their smile is unique and sexy . Personally I find women with an overbite more attractive than women without, especially when she bites her lower lip with the front two teeth or when she slightly parts her lips and her front two teeth show or just when she smiles; It drives me insanely wild and It’s usually the first psychical attribute i look for when i meet women (besides a wedding ring). Don’t get me wrong i look at other physical and mental attributes to judge whether we are compatible or not but I’ve been told that being attracted to overbite is strange and I know I’ll get more of the same here. I want to get thoughts and opinions from other men and women about the subject; Is there anyone else with this "strange" attraction?
Examples of women that have an overbite, i would have a crush on or find attractive:
1. Felicia day
2. Beth Orton
3. Olivia D’abo
4. Geena Davis

okay, here’s my conundrum;

I am divorced, and I’m seeing a man who is also divorced. He has 4 wonderful wonderful children, and we’ve been friends for almost 14 years, and we adore each other. We’ve discussed marriage, and we’ve established that we are both of us in this relationship ‘for the long haul’. okay.

He has told me that he is getting me a claddagh ring for christmas. I’m not sure, as of right now, if this is meant to be an engagement ring. It might be. It might not. The assumption that I am making right now is that it is not. We are both long-time career celtic medievalists, so the fact that it is a claddagh ring has deep significance, for those of you who don’t know what that is, here’s a copy paste of the short version;

"Early 16th century legend tells us that a man from the village of Claddagh, Co. Galway, Richard Joyce was enslaved to be shipped off to the West Indies. Captured
the same week he was to be married, his bride-to-be was inconsolable. While at sea, the slave ship was attacked by Moor pirates. Its contents intercepted, Richard
became a Moor slave. As the years went by he became a master of his trade (Goldsmith). His skilful hands shaped a unique ring for the woman he could never forget
at home. Two hands cradling a crowned heart, the heart for love, the hands for friendship and the crown for loyalty. The design represented the wish that love and
friendship should reign supreme. After eight years he was released. He returned to his native Ireland and to his great joy, her heart remained with his, never to be
separated again.

Originally a great traditional wedding ring among the people of Claddagh, in Galway, two centuries ago, today it is commonly accepted that the joining hands, heart
and crown represent a perpetual bond of friendship, love and loyalty.

Traditionally the Claddagh ring can be worn three ways. When placed on the right hand with the heart facing out the wearer’s heart is still searching. When placed on
the right hand with the heart facing in, there are possibilities When worn on the left hand with the heart facing in, the wearer’s heart is promised forever."

Okay, here’s my dilemma, maybe I’m overthinking this;
In one way, I am extremely touched, because I know he means this gift in the original legendary meaning. He means this to be an oath of love from me, forever and ever, literally. He is a celt, absolutely through and through. In another way, I know that he has been burnt by women in the past, and he sort of has some trust issues. I know he trusts me, but I’m feeling like he is giving this gift as a way of exacting a promise from me. On the one hand, I’m proud and touched to be the woman he loves enough to want loyalty, love, and friendship from forever. On the other hand, I also have my issues from my previous marriage as well, and the reason I am no longer married is because I got sick. I started to cycle and now I have bipolar disorder, and my previous husband could not take care of me. I have a serious mental illness that impairs my functioning, and I need to be with someone who can take care of me, not someone who needs to be taken care of constantly and cannot return the care I give him(my previous husband). I have tried my best to explain this to him, and he seems receptive at least to the concept of being with someone who needs care. He has told me he wants the job. We intend to go through premarital counseling, once it comes to that, and I am hoping at that level to have an ally, in the counselor, in explaining to him the many facets of my illness and what it does to me and what being married to someone with bipolar disorder will require of him.

How this pertains to the claddagh ring;

I recognize in this gift his very real need to have someone who has promised themselves to him. He has been hurt and this is a two-way street, I have to give to him what he needs, too. However, at the time that I accept this gift, and make this promise, as I intend to do both, I want something to give to him, and it has to be something that impresses upon him MY need, the very real responsibility he is taking on. If I am promising to him, he also must be promising to me.

What can I give him? What can I do? We’ve talked and talked, we’ve gone over it as far as we can outside of premarital counseling, so I feel that more talk is not what is required at this time, what I need is a symbol, because that’s what he is going to understand, do you know what I mean? With this claddagh ring he is communicating with me by means of a symbol, what it is he needs me to know, I need a symbol that communicates back to him what I need HIM to know.
These are the worst answers I’ve ever gotten from this board. Is no one who follows this categoory the least bit creative?

1)I need a SYMBOL, not a contract, not more talk. Read the whole question if you’re gonna botther answering. It won’t take you THAT long.

2)the circumstances surrounding his divorce are not only irrelevant to the question, they are none of your business.

3) I know he means until death. How do YOU know that’s what he means? Because I told you. That’s all you need to know.

I know this decision is totally up to me and it will result that way BUT

I just want others opinions to kind of help and lead me to the better

choice!
I want a smoky quartz ring for my engagement ring and am giving my

boyfriend examples of my favorites which I have narrowed down to two!
I can’t decide which one I like better..the oval more vintage looking

one or the square cocktail looking one..I could see myself wearing both

but am leaning more towards the oval but am concerned how oval will look

on my finger…HELP!

What one is your favorite?!

http://www.unique-weddingdresses.us/wedding-dress-hs0841-p-677.html

http://www.unique-weddingdresses.us/wedding-dress-hs0843-p-679.html

I’m getting married this summer – and I’m trying to find a unique idea to make my large (600person) wedding feel personal.
We are looking for unique ideas for the Unity Ceremony and also we had wanted to do something special with the rings… any ideas?
My dad is actually doing our ceremony…and my fiance is a goldsmith – so he made our rings. We have incorporated music that is special to both of us…and as we are both professional musicians we have a lot of friends who are performing at our ceremony and reception. I really just wanted some other options for the Unity Ceremony…and something for the rings…we had both liked the idea of having our guests bless the rings…but with our numbers it is impossible to do…

OK so here is the deal…..

I need help picking out the carat size. She has a size 5 finger. She is very tiny only about 5 feet tall. I was think about .9 or 1 with a ring that I liked from blue nile. I was going to get the diamond some place else.

Here are my other dimensions:
SI1 or VS2 clarity
G or H color
Ideal Cut
No color

Other concern. The ring that I was looking at does not have a wedding band because of the unique design…..is this an issue????

Also, does anyone know a good place to look for loose diamonds?

Thanks,

I have a black diamond, old school looking ring. I like it, it’s unique and it suits me. The problem is that there is no way a band can go with it because the ring is molded round, so a band would not fit with it at all. I’m getting married in three months, and I don’t really care about classic traditions, but I would like to receive a new ring on my wedding day. I really don’t want a band that I’ll just throw in a drawer and never wear. The only options I’ve come up with are just keep my ring and not take a band, or I could get a brand new ring. I found a ring very similar to the one I have now, it’s a slight upgrade, but it’s very me. Is it okay to just retire this ring and get a brand new one? Or should I just keep this and not get anything on my wedding day?

I thought I wanted a white sapphire, but as usual I am rethinking it. I don’t like that it doesn’t have very much fire, and I’m afraid once it gets set it might not look great.
Heres the sapphire: http://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/Sapphires/Unique/U3082/Round/stoneid=U3082
setting: http://www.sunjewelry.com/er2475.html
(yes the setting fits the sapphire, I asked sunjewelry)
Here is the asha I was thinking about- http://www.ashadiamonds.com/product_ring_info/asha-rings-wedding-sets-cyc-c-1_78/round-asha-cathedral-wedding-set-38ct-p-1538

and heres a mossanite- http://www.moissaniteco.com/round-moissanite-channel-set-cathedral-wedding-set-38ct-p-10165.html

I’m leaning towards the asha because it looks more like a diamond. I know its part cz, but what do you think about the diamond infusion? I really like the way it looks. Its more affordable than the mossanite too, especially because I would want the mossanite enhanced.

I don’t want a diamond, so save it. I don’t want one because of the possibilty of being a blood diamond, and they are very overpriced.

Anyone have a asha? Do you like it?

We were going to have a slideshow w/music at the reception but we can’t find really nice pictures of him to put in it. So I need some new ideas. I don’t like "normal" ideas. I want something unique. I don’t want a memorial table, or a plant for him. ALso, i want more than just "in memory" in the bulletin. He loved fishing, and hunting A LOT. And the only special jewelry he has is his class ring and that is waay to big to wear on my finger and too bulky and ugly to wear on a necklace with my dress.

Thanks!
xXx
umm its me and my fiance’s wedding but I want to honor my dad in some special way because we were very close.
my dad didnt really listen to music much either. its really hard to figure out something that would go w/what he did/liked. we were thinking trucker hats w/pigs on it cuz he wore them all the time but that was 10+ yrs ago and would be impossible to find.

For my Bridesmaids Im wanting to give them totes. But all the websites I have come across the totes look boring & plain. Im looking for stylish ones I can personalize that they will surely use again. My budget is roughly 20-25 per tote. I plan to fill the tote with flip flops for the wedding & something else if I can afford it.
Yes I would LOVE to be able to get their hair done, or spa day. We are paying for all this ourselves & with 6 bridesmaids, 7 groomsmen & 3 ushers, & a flower girl & ring bearer. 60 dollars per person is just not feasible.

So anyone know of any websites with cool totes or awesome & DIFFERENT bridesmaids gift ideas???

I’ve seen that there are lots of questions about getting sims married in The Sims 3 but none of the cases are like mine. My sims are engaged and have the "get married"/"have private wedding" options. When I click on them, they go through the ring ceremony, have the music, and kiss, but then it still displays them as "fiancee" and they still have the wedding options. Why don’t they actually get married?!

Also I’ve been playing for a while and I’ve gone through 2 family cycles but I can never get the "ask to move in" option or w/e it’s called. Why can’t my people move in together either…?! I’ve only been able to use cheats to do it and then everything gets sort of screwy…HELP PLEASE!!!
Sorry, I figured it out. I had to use "friendly" options to get them to move in, and they had to be moved in before they could marry. I’ll leave this up in case anyone else has the same problem.

As divorce becomes more and more common I am finding that my situation is not unique however I wonder if my feelings are? I have been dating a wonderful man for almost 3 years now. Before we started dating, he had dated and married a woman, after 3 years of being together they got pregnant. Just after thier daughter was born his x-wife realized she was gay and he realized he didn’t love her anymore and they divorced, on good terms. About half a year after the divorce he and I started dating. His daughter was almost 1.5 at the time. When we began dating he was completly upfront about his sitatuion and me being a lover of kids and family thought I would be fine with him having a child, expecting that things may be harder but we would make it work. Almost 3 years later we have made it work. My question arises because recently events have been comming up where he and his x will spend time together. His x and her entire family(parents, 5 siblings, ect) are throwing a birthday party for thier daughter and his x’s neice (they will be both turning 4). He said it would probably be okay if I went. I do not want to go because it is not my family and because it is his x’s family I know I would feel akward. Even though I don’t want to go I feel like I need to make an effort to go to be cordial with his x. Do I have to? I know I don’t have to be friends with her but is it normal to be that friendly? I do not feel comfortable with him going either. He and his x also have a mutual friend whose birthday is tommorrow. He will be going to a resturant for his friends birthday party and will bring his daughter. He said his x will also be there. That also makes me uncomfortable. I am not sure why this makes me uncomfortable. He has made it clear to me many times that the only reason he and his x maintain a relationship is for thier daughters sake. I know he loves me and because they had such a terrible relationship I am sure that given the option he would never go back to her. Still I cannot shake this jealousy of them being together in social situations. They meet on the weekends to hand off thier daughter and they use to hug each time they saw eachother. I was very uncomfortable with this and so was his x-wife’s girlfriend so they stopped hugging. Sometimes she sends him text messages saying if he needs someone to talk to they can talk and once early on she called him "sweetie". HE still has jewelry she gave him including his wedding ring. I have tried to be friendly with her but I resent her a bit for having a child with and marrying the man I want to have a child with and marry so its hard. I understand completly that it is vital for them to maintain a good relationship in order for thier daughter to develop and be happy. It is wrong of me to not want them to be around eachother even when thier daughter is invloved? I do not want to be the bitchy girlfriend ruining a family but im just not okay with it. Being the loving man that he is he says he understands and offered to not attend such events but I feel like thats wrong of me to ask. But we always throw his daughter a bday party with HIS family. IS it nessesary for him to be around his x’s family? We are headed toward marriage in the future and I don’t want to always have problems like this but I don’t know if I am in the right asking him to not attend events where she will be or do I just have to deal with it? Am I being irrational? It is putting a strain on our relationship because he feels like I don’t trust him and he feels like I knew that he had a daughter and an x from the beggining so these feelings shouldn’t be new or occuring now after the fact. At the moment I go to school full time in another town so I only see him on the weekends (until we move in togther next summer). He has his daughter for sundays, some saturdays, mondays and half of teusday. I need some solid advice, not critism. Am I right or wrong for feeling the way that I do about him and his x spending time together?
Just an aside- I have no problem with the fact that his x is "gay". I say "gay" because she is known to be very wishy washy about relationships and recently told my boyfriend that she considered leaving her gf for a man. I dont want her to go after MY man. But that being said her and her girlfriend do a wonderful job of educating thier daughter about different types of families and since this family style is the way it has been since she was born, I doubt his daughter will grow up feeling strange about her family especially since these days it is fairly common. His x is a great mother and in no way do I have a problem with her sexual orientation.

I asked this question earlier I just want to see what others say, because one a question is up for a bit it seems like people stop answering.

My parents have been together for twenty years but they never got married? Like we live together and I also have a sister and brother, we are all from them. I am seventeen, the oldest, is not it kind of weird they never got married. They say they do it for tax reasons since the are both really successful and have high incomes, dad is a lawyer and mom is a doctor. Like my mom wears a diamond ring and my dad wears a "wedding" band. Why would they have never gotten married, people are always shocked when I say they are not married like teachers are shocked, like they think its inappropriate. They have different last names obviously and my siblings and I have both last names so people ask why. My friends all think it is really funny and weird, like people think they hook up with other people but they do not, they are committed. I think people think it is like weird to have kids and not be married if you are wealthy, what do you guys think?
We live in Bethesda Maryland. (Montgomery County) Like sometimes when they are talking to people they will say my wife/husband.

My fiance and I have a unique history and a unique engagement story and we would like to incorporate our past (we both come from beef cattle farms) and our future (we will take over his parents farm once we are married).

We have a little less than a year (Aug 13, 2011) until our wedding, and have been trying to find a unique "country" venue that would suit our lifestyle and "story".

Just a little background, including how he proposed:
We met at a county fair cattle show in 2006, became a couple right after the county fair in 2008, and he proposed to me in August 2010 at the county fair, and his proposal was quite unique.

He apparently had planned his proposal for weeks, but managed to keep it all a secret (usually he is bad with keeping secrets). We were preparing to show cattle at the fair and nothing was out of the ordinary, but then he disappeared for about a half hour (I didn’t think anything of it, just figured he was taking care of registration). During this time, however, I later learned he was talking his proposal plan over with the show judge.

We were in a showmanship class together (for those of you who are unfamiliar with livestock shows, showmanship is where you, as a presenter, are judged on how well you present the animal to the judge and how well you answer questions asked by the judge about your animal) with five other people. The judge began at the beginning of the line and questioned each showman individually, but when he got to my now-fiancé, he just smiled, took the lead on my fiancé’s cow, and nodded toward me. At this point, I was just very confused. My fiance approached me, smiling, and he took my show stick (an aluminum rod with a hook on the end used to set up a show cow) from me and laid it on the ground. He took my now-free hand in his, looked me in the eye, dropped to one knee and proposed, right there in the middle of the ring. Of course I said yes, and the entire audience applauded (I immediately turned red…)

Now that we have begun planning our wedding we have decided that we would love to return to the fair grounds and be married in the show ring with our show cows as "guests of honor" because they were what originally brought us together. The wedding will be private (just us and our immediate families) with no reception. It will also not be a religious ceremony.

My question is, some of my friends have expressed concerns that our location is not "the social norm" and we have been criticized for not taking a more traditional approach because our venue is one that "uneducated hicks would enjoy, not civilized human beings" and so many laugh at our ideas and say "cows don’t belong at a wedding". Most people tell us that we would be better off just getting married at the courthouse since we dont want a religious ceremony, and we have considered that, but its not likely an option.

What do you think of our venue, and how can we respond to this criticism?
Just to make it clear, there will not be any one attending other than our immediate familes (parents, siblings).
No wedding party, no flower girl, no ring-bearer.
And we will be wearing jeans.
@ Ashley D, it is a private ceremony, only our parents and siblings will be attending, they come from the same background as we do…no big deal to worry about offending anyone.

And jeans are perfectly acceptable for them to wear, and they will know that.

My sister is getting married soon and her hubby to be is having trouble to find unique gifts for the ring bearer and jr. groomsmen. Their ages are 3 and 6. The families aren’t super religious and the one who is more into sports is the younger one (soccer, football, wrestling) and the older one is more into games (like to play on his ds and what not but we wanted something more unique for them) Any ideas??

Most sites have personalized piggy banks (in the shapes of trucks, pirate ships, etc.) but I know the 6 year old already has a piggy bank so I’m looking for something different.
Yeah we were thinking the same thing about the ds game for the 6 year old but he also owns like every game under the sun so we weren’t sure. He also loves lego so we might go to the lego store and get him a set.

As for the 3yr old, I like the piggy bank idea a bit but still not so sure.
The three year old is a boy not a girl, he is the ring bearer. And he is a very active boy who owns every toy there is and you can’t just buy any toy all the time either cause some parents are really particular of what the kids play with. We didn’t want to ask the parents though what to get.

All the girls in the wedding got jewelry and things to use on the wedding day.

So I am thinking of getting my boyfriend a ring for our 1 year, he got me one for our 6 months. (its a nice cute heart ring) However, I do not want to get one that was meant for a wedding band. He is rather a geeky type, really into computers, and something unique or cool would be great. I cant seem to find anything. If you know of anything or anywhere I could look, please let me know.
Price is not really an issue, and I really want a ring, just something more unique than a plain band.

I’m trying to decide on what type to ring to buy for myself. I will be wearing it alone since my engagement ring is a unique birthstone ring.

Thanks in advance!
I don’t need an actual pic. Just a link for a similar one would be helpful.
Strong Marriage – As I said above, I am not asking for the actual pic. I just want a link for a similar one. If you didn’t want to share this personal info, you don’t have to. It’s not like I asked for your address. Geez!
My mom has a plain band to match her engagement ring but she never wears it because her fingers swell. I wanted something a little less traditional.

Loki – That’s the type that I want to buy for myself but mine has less stones. 3?

Blunt – Yours is beautiful

I’ve never been to a renewal ceremony so I was just wondering, how it plays out. like, did you buy another dress or wear your original one, send out invitations, get a pastor, have food and dancing? I know you don’t have a whole bridal party stand up with you again, but did you walk in by yourself (the bride) to meet your groom or was it more casual? I know you can do it however you want, but I’m looking for ideas from those of you who have renewed your vows and had a good time with it.

My husband and I want to renew ours on our 10th anniversary, because we got married young and didn’t get to have total control of our wedding/reception, etc. And we want to write our own vows this time and show our love for each other is still there. no rough patch, just the occasional bickering, like most married couples, lol. But also, we are picking out different wedding rings, because we want something more customized to go with our vows.

Also, did you do another bouqet toss or garter toss? We never did the garter toss at our wedding because I was younger, as well as didn’t have any music or dancing like I had wanted.

And this time, we want to be able to have drinks too. And having alcohol at a church just is bad taste, so where else could be have a ceremony? I’m thinking May, since that’s when we got married, but it also depends on when I get authorized leave from the military…..any ideas or suggestions?

Also, if you have any unique or creative ideas to make it more memorable, that would be great! and, we also didnt even get a piece of our own wedding cake! the first bite, yes, but we went back 10 min later for a piece after talking with guests, and it was all gone! a 3-tiered cake!

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/smiley_in_nyc/weddingband.jpg

I really like the style because it’s unique but I want to look like a wedding band.

Thanks!

i want to get my wedding ring engraved, but not with normal english…i want it to be engraved in elfin script from lord of the rings! it is not like normal english letters, it is its own unique thing. i want it to circle the entire ring too like the Lord of the Ring ring. the only difference is that instead of saying:

"one ring to rule them all, one ring to find them; one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them"

…like the ring from the movie…it will say:

"one ring to show the way, one ring that tied us; one ring to show our love and in the future guide us"

here is a link to what the writing will look like:

http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz105/hurricane63/runes.png

(the top line would be on the outside of the ring, and the bottom line would be on the inside of it)

i know it is unbelievably cheesy…but my wife and i love the idea! i’m wondering if it is even possible to get something like engraved on the ring??
if you look in the picture in the link i put up, i want it to look exactly like that picture…in that font and everything

Site? I’m trying to find a unique wedding band for myself.

My boyfriend and I are shopping for rings but I don’t want diamonds I think they are too expensive and I want something unique. Maybe a ruby or sapphire?
Oh I had a moissianite ring and I didn’t like it. I like moissianite in earrings or a necklace but not for my engagement ring.

I believe the plot is… there is a knight back from the crusades and he takes a wife (I think its a forced/arranged marriage)… not exactly unique ; ). The notable things I remember about it is that on the wedding night – the bride passes out from too much alcohol and the groom slits his arm to fake bedding his wife (but he actually soaks the sheets in blood). The knight is very feared and I believe he is also a virgin.

Ring any bells? I believe the book may be a part of a series, but I read it so long ago I just cannot remember who wrote it/what it is called.

Thanks!