Saturday, March 12, 2011

Choosing Matching Wedding Rings . . . or Not!

By Avery Brown


The question "do wedding bands have to match?" is a common one, but the truth is that there's no one way for a couple to choose their wedding bands. If corresponding wedding rings do appeal to you, however, there are a lot of options for achieving the look.

The most basic approach to matching wedding rings is choosing two rings or a set that are actually identical in color, width, shape, metal, and so forth. However, if the couple's hands or ring sizes are drastically different, the same ring can look perfect on one but strange and disproportionate on the other.

Alternately, and more commonly seen, is the practice of pairing wedding bands with some key traits in common such as metal type or design, but presenting differently scaled widths and other slight variations for each.

If costs are a concern, as they so often are when planning a wedding, a strong, good quality cheap wedding set in tungsten carbide is a particularly solid choice. Rings in this material are attractive and affordable, and they hold up extremely well. Buying them in pairs makes these styles even more budget friendly.

Some other wedding band traditions you may or may not wish to observe include the practice of each member of the couple paying for the other's ring, and for the respective rings to be given to the best man and maid of honor for safe keeping until the rings are exchanged during the ceremony.

The selection of matching wedding bands can be a pleasant process even for those "opposites attract" type couples, as making decisions together is something the two of you will be doing a lot of from now on and coming to an agreement on wedding rings is a romantic, meaningful, and fun way to get started.




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