Weddings are usually all about planning ahead – when you ask someone to marry you, you are asking them to spend the rest of your life with you. Unless you elope, even the wedding event itself takes quite a bit of planning and foresight. So, it just makes sense to shop for a wedding band and the engagement ring at the same time.
I don’t mean that you have to buy them together, but at least keep the band in mind.
For example – jewelers offer sets of rings, engagement rings that have matching wedding rings, as well as stand alone engagement rings.
Matching stones on both rings bring the set together visually. Wedding bands don’t have to be plain, boring, bands of gold – they can include designs, diamonds, and other stones and they don’t have to be shaped in a straight circle: they can be twisted, pointed, or knife-edged (seen below).
Sometimes the shape of the rings complement each other. Keep this in mind when you buy an engagement ring – if it’s an odd shape it might be difficult to find a wedding band that will sit next to it comfortably, without an awkward-looking gap.


Or, the two rings may fit together and actually appear to be one larger ring. This is my favorite style of matching rings – they fit together perfectly (just like the two people getting married, hopefully!).

Here’s another great example- the engagement ring actually rests on top of part of the wedding band, binding them together on your finger.

Trust me, this is something to think about – I write this as I glance down at my white gold engagement ring and yellow gold wedding band… I always intended to just wear my wedding band but I found I was very attached to my engagement ring by the time my wedding rolled around so now I’m wearing both together. They don’t really make a great looking pair but they have learned to tolerate each other…
And don’t worry – if it’s too late to think ahead (she’s already wearing her engagement ring) – a simple wedding band like this will work with almost any ring:

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astrology signs
May 5th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
astrology signs…
I believe astrology happens to be of extreme significance so far as human compatibility is concerned……