How do you feel about not wearng a wedding band with your e-ring?

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#16
my e-ring is almost impossible to match with a band too, so DH and i got matching cartier love rings as wedding bands. mine is the one with diamonds and his is a platinum with the insignia. i never ever take mine off my left hand ring finger, and when i do wear my e-ring nowadays, it goes on my right hand ring finger! i don't think there are any set rules as to how to wear your rings. it should be whatever you are comfortable with! :)
 
#17
I did not have an e-ring. I received a diamond band when we married. 5 years later I received the 3 stone ring. It kind of went with the wedding band. 11 years into I had the 3 stone reset with diamonds surrounding each stone and down the shank. wedding band definately did not go. Incidentally, the DH had a diamonds by the yard necklace made for me at xmas this past year. Had I known that, he could have used the diamonds from the wedding band for the stones in the necklace.
 
#18
I have a custom made engagement ring...rectangular princess diamond set east/west, 2 small princess diamonds on either side, and it starts out as yellow gold on top, then feathers down to white gold along the sides, and solid white gold in the back of the ring. Very unique, and not only would it be extremely difficult to make a matching band, I think it would take away from the beauty of the ring. Also, I think the idea of a matched wedding/engagement set is becoming old-fashioned.
 
#19
My e-ring has 3 rows of diamonds on the band and is quite tall and wide already. I guess it is more of what they are now calling a Bridal ring vs. engagement that would traditionally go with a separate band. I have my heart set on a 2ct 5 stone asscher band and on one finger that will definitely be a lot going on though I have gigantic hands and long 'piano' fingers as compared to most women (I wear a size 9) so I think if anyone can pull it off I can. Though like many have said when I don't want it to be so ostentatious I figure I will just wear one on the other hand and not on both. I can see that there will be times when my e-ring will get in the way and just wearing the band will be more functional.

I agree I do think the traditional ways are not so common anymore...anything goes! Not much about my wedding will be traditional so it follows that my rings probably wouldn't be either!
 
#20
I don't have a band with my wedding ring. It is a mixture of white and pink diamonds on platinum.

I think if it doesn't work, then don't get one. There isn't a rule that you have to have one.
 
#22
Wear what you like. My e-ring is a 3-stone princess, and my "band" is two round brilliant shared-prong eternity bands. I had originally intended to wear them on either side of my e-ring, but they're too big. They look better if I wear them stacked together with my e-ring on top.

Sometimes I wear one band, sometimes two, sometimes two plus my e-ring. I also have 3 diamond solitaires (plain 6-prong settings) that I wear stacked on my left hand ring ringer. Oftentimes I wear nothing at all. I'm married, I know I'm married, and I don't feel compelled to wear a ring to prove it. (I know that sounds judgmental, but I don't mean it that way at all. I just don't view a ring as any huge barometer of commitment. Lots of people in my family go without, and they're as committed as they come.)
 
#25
Where i'm from everyone wears a wedding band with their e-ring. If i see a woman with only an e-ring i would automatically presume she's engaged not married.
It's just what i'm used to ..... mind i never ever see anyone with e-rings as beautiful :love: as on this thread!! So i TOTALLY understand why some of you opt against a wedding band as it might draw attention away from the huge e-ring! :yes:
 
#26
My bands are both plain, and my diamond is set very low on my ER so as not to get in the way when I do things with my hands.

I agree with c*jo - I don't think I'd heard of a married woman only wearing her engagement ring until I came to the US. I would personally never wear my ER on its own now I'm married. In fact, when I sent my wedding ring away to be buffed out and polished, I bought a costume band rather than only wear my ER.
 
#27
Personally, it would bother me to wear an engagement ring without a wedding band. I think that people would assume I was eternally engaged! To me, the wedding band is more important because it symbolizes the marriage.
 
#29
i've been married for eight years, and have never gotten a wedding band. i have however, gotten 3 different e-rings over the years and have never found a band that looks good with any of the rings.
 
#30
we had to design a custom band to fit around my ering. i m glad we did. bc i m so young (26, got married at 24, engaged at 23) i think people would assume i m engaged not married.in my social circle everyone wears both rings but i have lately noticed a lot of people just wearing one (colleagues, clients etc). that said when my sis got married last yr all her bridal mags still had pics of sets so i assume that most people still at least wish to purchase both
 
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