Wedding Invitations

What a surprise!  Many brides were surprised with an engagement ring by their suitors at the time of the proposal, but it’s becoming more and more accepted for couples to select an engagement ring together. Yes, it takes away some of the surprise of the proposal, but the bonus to selecting the ring together really reduces any secret disappointment the bride-to-be might have about her ring. For example, what if you’d dreamt of a lovely round solitaire and your fiancé presented you with a marquise-cut stone? We all can agree that the marquise is just as beautiful as the round solitaire, but at the same time, it’s not quite what you’d been dreaming of all those years.

Keep in mind that in terms of wedding etiquette, there aren’t really any hard and fast rules about the rings. Contrary to what some might believe, in engagement ring etiquette there is no rule that states that if a ring is worn it has to be a diamond. Additionally, there is no rule that an engagement ring must be worn at all for an engagement to be official. There’s no question that many people consider an engagement ring to be absolutely compulsory, but by no means is it required according to either etiquette or the law.

As far as wedding rings go, once again, it’s more tradition than etiquette that has the bride-to-be purchasing her fiancee’s wedding band while he purchases her wedding band. Couples today often like to select matching wedding bands, matching either in style or type of metal, such as white gold, platinum, titanium, tungsten, or yellow gold settings or perhaps they just have the same meaningful engravings inside.