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tara t · Marc Jacobs

wedding bands

Elle · Hermes

www.bluenile.com

www.shaneco.com

www.benbridge.com

Googling 'diamonds' yields some pretty good results, too.

luckyclover · Dooney & Bourke

tara t wrote:

where do i start? i can afford a really nice one for butthead,

I'm sorry I don't have any suggestions but i just had to tell you I read that and just started laughing so I had to read it to the other half. Thanks for the smile

tara t · Marc Jacobs

luckyclover wrote:

I'm sorry I don't have any suggestions but i just had to tell you I read that and just started laughing so I had to read it to the other half. Thanks for the smile

butthead and i have been dating for a while now, and when he was acting like a jerk, i'd call him butthead on this forum, and it stuck.

but he is a good egg. :)

jj · Kate Spade

Are you looking for a wedding band for him or you?

If him, how about a platinum band from Tiffany's? That's where I got DH's. Even though people may argue it's a lot of $$, I felt like he should have something special too, since he did a good job blinging me out with my rings.

tara t · Marc Jacobs

jj wrote:

Are you looking for a wedding band for him or you? If him, how about a platinum band from Tiffany's? That's where I got DH's. Even though people may argue it's a lot of $$, I felt like he should have something special too, since he did a good job blinging me out with my rings.

for him, and that's how i feel. like i need to get him a really good one!

Elle · Hermes

FWIW, I'd seriously consider white gold instead of platinum. Platinum is pretty soft and dents pretty easily, which is more noticeable on guys rings. We decided to go with white gold ourselves once the lady at the ring place showed us her 3 year old badly dinged anniversary ring.

valenciana · Dooney & Bourke

also another thought about white gold vs. platinum for guys...

platinum is pretty darn heavy and with the amount of metal that is in most men's rings (since they're generally bigger, wider and thicker than women's), they can get pretty heavy and bulky-feeling. my husband actually preferred the feeling of the white gold on his hand once he tried them both on. not that it's gonna like weigh his hand down, but it just feels more obstrusive knocking against your knuckles, etc.

also worth a mention, again, because of the sheer weight of metal in men's rings, my hubby's ring in platinum would have cost about 175% more than *my* wedding ring, which has 8 small-but-decent-sized diamonds in it, and is platinum. yikes! i mean, i felt like he deserved something nice too, but it just didn't really seem worth it. and other than the weight, he didn't really care or notice the difference.

jj · Kate Spade

Elle wrote:

FWIW, I'd seriously consider white gold instead of platinum. Platinum is pretty soft and dents pretty easily, which is more noticeable on guys rings. We decided to go with white gold ourselves once the lady at the ring place showed us her 3 year old badly dinged anniversary ring.

I've heard multiple arguments for/against both white gold and platinum. I was worried about messing up my e ring and his band (both are really thick platinum) but they look great after 5 glorious years of marriage. I may get mine polished in a few years if it needs it.

laken1 · Hermes

I got my DH a titanium ring - for whatever reason he thought it was cool. We got it here & they did a great job engraving a pretty lengthy quote inside it. Just thought I'd mention another option. It ended up being about $300 so it's not like it was "cheap" - IMO for a man's ring. Though obviously I have no idea what price range you are looking at.
http://www.titaniumrings.com/custom.html

-- Edited by laken1 at 12:57, 2006-04-12