Like many little girls, I grew up with fairy tale princess stories, which led me into believing the idea of that prince
who would slay the evil dragon for me, and we would live happily ever after.
Well, as I came of age, I realized dragon slaying princes only exist in fairy tales Despite this realization, like many of my follow sisters, I still dream
of that grand proposal, engagement ring of my dream, and the wedding of a life
time. In the last few years, I had a
change of heart on the meaning of life, wedding, family. As a responsible grown-up, I have a more
realistic view about the wedding and the life after. I am lucky; I see pretty good examples around
me. I see firsthand what it means to be a wife, mother and a modern day woman. As result I also had a slight change of heart about that grand engagement ring and the wedding ring that I never really considered in the past.
Until a few years ago I was all
about the engagement ring. Gal pals and I would have discussions about size,
cut, and clarity. I gathered more information about diamond than I really ought
to for my own piece of mind. However I noticed many gals including many close
friends and family members do not regularly wear their engagement rings. According to these gals, their role as a
mother/wife who regularly performs housework and taking care of children, it is
not most practical. To them, it is a hassle to put on and take off that diamond
ring constantly. A gal pal has lost her ring as result. She was sad because it
was a big diamond. Instead, they all wear their wedding bands everyday and
wearing the diamond engagement ring only on occasions. This makes me take a
seriously look at the wedding band from a more practical perspective. A few gal pals recently got themselves new diamond
wedding bands to wear everyday in place of their diamond engagement rings. This
way, they each can have a little sparkle or a lot and still be practical to
their lifestyles. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a
really nice wedding ring.
But, the practical me can see myself
wearing the wedding ring everyday and the engagement ring on occasions. I am in adoration with this ring from the Selini Bespoke Wedding Rings Collection. I can see myself wearing this as a everyday ring, not just as a wedding ring. What
about you, do you wear engagement ring everyday with your wedding band or are
you the wedding band only sort of gal?
Oh lordy I am all about the bling. I want a big sparkly engagement ring and a matching sparkly band to go with it. ;)
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous. I try not to spend too much time thinking about engagement rings, because then it makes me think that maybe I won't get an engagement ring one day and then I get sad. It's a downward spiral from there, I'm afraid.
I've designed a style of ring that I think is great as a cross between an engagement ring and wedding band!
ReplyDeleteI think the idea of having a really nice wedding is great since you'd wear it all the time and to be practical you'd take it off at home anyway which is what i do cause I wouldn't think of cooking or cleaning in my rings.
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Beautiful all!
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion before buying any rings, you need to decide how much you are willing and able to spend on an wedding ring.
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