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Chanie
Dedicated April 2021

Who buys the weddings bands

Chanie, on May 22, 2019 at 1:09 PM Posted in Wedding Attire 0 12

So my FH picked out his wedding band from a local jeweler and I bought it and am having it customized for him. When he bought me an e-ring it came with a thin wedding band which neither of us like. He told me that I can get a new one. My FH is letting me find my the band Ilike best, so I found a jeweler and am having it custom made and engraved. I put the deposit down for them to start making it. I paid for my FH band and wanted to pay for mine as well.

Is that customary for the bride to buy her wedding band or does the groom buy it?

He got me a pretty expensive e-ring so I feel like the least I can do is get both the bands and that is still only like half the cost of my e-ring.


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Latest activity by Courtney, on May 22, 2019 at 4:53 PM
  • C
    Devoted June 2019
    C R ·
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    I think whatever the two of you decide together is totally fine. FH paid for both of ours, but, this close to the wedding.....we're already living as though there's not much "yours" or "mine" being discussed anymore. It's all ours.
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  • FutureMrsKC
    Master January 2019
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    I think it depends on the couple and your finances. My husband bought my e-ring and my wedding band (they did not come together, I picked a band we both loved.) I still wanted his opinion on my wedding band since he was buying it so we looked together. I always wanted him to pick the ring he wanted even though I bought it. We set budgets and just shopped in that price point. I don't think it's strange for you to buy your own ring. It's 2019.

    We bought each others rings because we decided not to do any silly gifts or anything to each other on the wedding day so instead our gifts to each other was our wedding bands. We prioritized it that way but every couple is different.

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  • Summerbride77
    VIP July 2019
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    We originally decided we were going to evenly split to total cost of the wedding bands. But my wedding band ended up being more expensive than we planned for, so we split that cost and I insisted on buying my FH’s out right. The ring he chose is literally 1.2% the cost of my combined e-ring and wedding band, so to me it just made sense.
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  • Kelsey
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    My FH bought my engagement ring and band at the same time, I picked both out. He got a great deal when buying them together plus my band was actually on clearance when we found it with free re-sizing. I am planning on buying FH's band, since he bought mine.

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  • Chanie
    Dedicated April 2021
    Chanie ·
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    Mine was bought together too but I do not like the band its super thin and plain. I was gonna just keep it because he bought it already but he told me to get something I love. I think I will just purchase it myself since he technically got me one already.

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  • C
    Super July 2019
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    My sister bought our wedding bands as a wedding gift to us.
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  • Chariece & Sterling
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    Chariece & Sterling ·
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    I actually bought our wedding bands .When I saw the bands I fell in love with the set.
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  • Cristy
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    Since we've lived together for 2 years now, we've already combined our finances. So, anything we spend on the wedding (including rings) comes out of the "wedding fund" and there is no his or her money about it.

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  • Kelly
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    Overall I think if you're getting married it's all both of yours money now, it doesn't matter who pays for what because it should be coming from your wedding budget?
    But overall because I wanted my grandmothers ring for my engagement my fiance wanted to be in charge of wedding bands, but I picked what I wanted. Each couple is different
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  • H
    Master July 2019
    Hannah ·
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    While we still have separate bank accounts (and 1 joint for living expenses), we already view the money as "our" rather than his and hers. We just don't want to fully merge finances until it's official. So there really isn't a who buys what, rather a we buy this.
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  • Sarah Katreen
    Dedicated August 2018
    Sarah Katreen ·
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    I think what you have already decided sounds good to me. For myself, my wife and I just wanted one ring each for everything so we bought our rings and each paid half.


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  • Courtney
    Master December 2019
    Courtney ·
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    I paid for both of ours because I'm the responsible one haha.

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