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Etiquette or Practicality for Wedding Bands?

“I recently bought my fiancé’s wedding band. I have seen mine already. Does that mean he should be able to see his wedding band before hand too? Or does he only see it the day of the wedding?”

This question, posted by a soon to be bride, grabbed my attention immediately as an online wedding jeweler. The question was one of wedding etiquette vs. real-life practicality.

As a jeweler, the answer that came emphatically and immediately to mind was, “Yes, Please! Have him not only see the ring before the wedding, but try it on too!”.

That was my first instinct as a wedding ring jeweler who has experienced the exact situation in real-life with customers who have come back to us a year after their purchase, explaining that their wedding bands do not fit!

Although the majority of our customers take the time to go to a professional jewelry store and get measured before ordering, there are still a few in the minority who get mis-measured.

At Wedding-Band-Ring.Com, We accommodate our customers and do everything we can to meet their requirements, even bending our own policy to help where we are able. However, before making the decision between wedding etiquette, tradition, and practicality, think about the implications of “waiting to see the ring on the wedding day” only.

If you are ordering a handmade wedding band, for example, be sure to ask your wedding ring jeweler if they the wedding bands you are purchasing are re-sizeable in case they do not fit. Many design wedding bands are not re-sizeable, because the design is continuous all the way around the wedding band. In many cases, wedding rings can be sized or stretched upwards slightly, but they cannot be sized or cut down without compromising the quality of wedding bands.

Wedding Etiquette experts are right in one sense: traditionally, you should wait until the wedding day for your husband-to-be to try on his wedding band. But years of marriage and three children later, perhaps I have become too practical. Do you choose romance and memories and risk it? Or do you have enough money in your wedding budget to purchase new rings if they do not fit?

In either case, before purchasing be sure to ask your wedding jeweler all the right questions.

Oh, and by the way, what did the wedding etiquette experts advise? “He can see the ring before the wedding, but he can’t try it on until the wedding”.