When to Solder the engagement ring and wedding band?

[Jena17]

I can''t decide when I should solder the rings together. Do you do it before or after the wedding? If I do it before I won''t wear my ring probably the week before the wedding and the day leading up to the ceremony, but then I won''t have to part with it after the honeymoon to get it solder together.. What are you girls thinking, if you are even going to solder them together.. I need to cause it is a diamond band but only diamonds half way around that matches my engagement ring so I don''t want them moving around all the time, that would drive me crazy! Thanks!

 

[FrekeChild]

I won''t do it. I know I''ll want to wear them separately, plus then I wouldn''t be able to stack them with other bands (I like mix and matching). I wouldn''t do it until after the honeymoon. That''s when one of my close friends did it, because she didn''t want to wear the wedding band before the wedding, but you sure as heck weren''t getting that engagement ring off of her!

 

[sunnyd]

Ditto Freke. I would wait. Who knows, you might not be as bothered by it as you think. Then you''re not stuck with it soldered.

 

[Prana]

I think I would wait as well. Wear them unsoldered for a while to determine if that really is what you want.

 

[Haven]

Never! Don''t do it!

 

[cammy85]

I swore up and down I wasn''t going to solder my rings together. Then I wore them for about a month together after my wedding and realized that my wedding band (half-eternity bead-set diamonds) ALWAYS ended up facing my palm instead of facing up and I felt I was putting a lot of unnecessary wear and tear on them. And then my e-ring and wedding band didn''t match up when the w-band shifted. I knew I would either wear both or none of my rings (both all the time I can, and none if I was baking or gardening), so I decided to get them soldered. I was so unsure of my decision all the way until we handed both rings to the jewler but, once I got them back, I was so happy.

My rings always look perfectly matched and symmetrical, they don''t pinch my fingers and the jeweler said it makes them wear better as a whole as well.

I would do it again in a heartbeat (and it didn''t even affect the inscription on my w-band!).

 

[Londongirl1]

Date: 7/20/2009 1:10:03 PM
Author: FrekeChild
I won''t do it. I know I''ll want to wear them separately, plus then I wouldn''t be able to stack them with other bands (I like mix and matching). I wouldn''t do it until after the honeymoon. That''s when one of my close friends did it, because she didn''t want to wear the wedding band before the wedding, but you sure as heck weren''t getting that engagement ring off of her!

Ditto! I take my e-ring off when I go to bed but will keep my wedding ring on. Also I won''t keep my e-ring on when I''m doing housework etc. so I definately won''t be soldering them together.

 

[ficklefaye]

oh i wouldn''t solder my rings as well, i like the idea of mix and matching stacking bands, but just a personal choice, if you do decide to solder, i''d wait until after the honeymoon or maybe give it some time and you might get used to them

 

[wannaBMrsH]

I agree with the other girls, I am not soldering my rings together. I love my engagement ring, but it sometimes makes me self conscious, especially when I am trying to get a better deal from someone and they look my rock and think, "Yah, right!".

I want to be able to wear my wedding ring only sometimes or stack it with other bands in the future.

 

[Clairitek]

Now that its getting hot out I don''t always wear both rings. When I am doing gardening and chores I take off my engagement ring. When I travel for my honeymoon in a month and a half I plan on leaving my engagement ring behind because I don''t to risk it getting lost in the water or stolen from my room.

Personally, having my rings soldered together, even if I had a semi-eternity WB that matched my e-ring like yours would really bother me. I would definitely wait until after the wedding to make your choice.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Please don''t do it! Your fingers will change their shape many times over the coming years, through heat and pregnancy, and weight gain or loss, that wearing both together may be uncomfortable on some days, and you may need them both on others.

Plus, I just love the look of a wedding band on its own - screams "married" to me!

 

[ms.halo]

Try sizing beads first. I have a 3/4 eternity and sizing beads keep it facing up properly without being soldered to my ering. Having flexibility in your rings will make a huge difference.