RaniMaria : things I love

It is very common for couples to become engaged after the groom presents the bride with a beautiful diamond engagement ring. For many couples the diamonds stop there but for many others there are diamond wedding rings. I remember being in weddings years ago where the engagement ring was a beautiful diamond piece of jewelry that sparkled and glittered in the sunlight. Then the wedding bands were plain gold bands that sometimes had a design engraved on them but usually they were your standard gold bands for both the bride and groom. Times have changed.

My wife wears a beautiful one-carat engagement ring and when we picked out her rings she wanted to make sure that she got a diamond wedding ring to match her diamond engagement ring. She got the diamond wedding ring to go with her engagement ring and the set looks beautiful. I had never really seen a diamond wedding ring before and, while I was pleased at how relatively inexpensive it was, I was really struck by how wonderful the set looked together. Then it came time to pick out my wedding band and much to my surprise the set she purchased also offered a diamond wedding ring for me. What, a man’s diamond wedding ring? It was an interesting idea but it required some thought on my part.

Wedding Bling For The Groom

So as I am looking at the groom’s diamond wedding ring that is part of the set my wife just picked out, I started to think about wearing a wedding band on my finger that was filled with diamonds. Being the traditional guy that I am I turned to my wife and asked her if guys wear diamonds. The choice was mine and I chose to go with the standard gold band with no diamonds. Guys are not like women. Guys do not spend their lives dreaming about their perfect fairytale wedding and the notion of spending all that extra money on diamonds for me seemed like such a waste when it wasn’t what I really wanted. So I chose the plain gold band and, as I looked at it on my finger, I was convinced I made the right choice. That was, I was sure until I saw a friend of mine wearing his diamond wedding ring.

I am not a flashy person at all and the notion of diamonds being set in my wedding band really struck me as being way too obvious and almost arrogant. Like I said, I am a traditional guy and I like traditional things. But when I saw my friend wearing his diamond wedding ring I started to change my thinking and started to wonder if maybe I want a diamond band as well. My friend is far from arrogant and I always thought he was even more traditional than I am. But that set of diamonds on his finger does look really good and I can’t help but wonder if maybe traditions are starting to change.