Its your ring, its your hand, its your choice.

Thats what I think anyways.

I agree. It's your hands and they can be put anywhere you want. It's what they stand for that really matters anyway

I think they should go together on the left hand, but the choice is fully yours... and of course his ask your man!!

Beaner, I have the exact same problem!!! Except, instead of tapering in, my diamond is cushion-cut and surrounded by pave-set diamonds, so it would have to be an extremely curvy band, and I really just love my engagement ring all by itself. I think a band on one side would just look sloppy, and on both sides would be too thick. You seem to have a really good solution though. I'm going to mention it to my fiance and see if he has any problems with that, though I'm sure he won't. Thanks for the great idea!

I think I would keep the band on my left ring finger and wear the engagement ring on my right.... tough choices LOL

Missisippigirl - ur ring sounds beautiful. You should post a pic of it. Ur wedding band would be so curvy. I think we should both wear them on our right hands after we get married, and wear our bands on the left.

One prob though - my ring fit's my left hand perfectly and might be too small for my right hand (it's bigger since I am a righty).

It's symbolic. It's tradition to wear rings on your left hand because it's closer to your heart.

Congratulations, by the way!

I am in the process of thinking about what I want for my "wedding band" as well. I definitley think you should get an eternity band or something that you can always wear on you left hand since it is tradition.... I don't think it is weird to wear your engagement ring on you right, you'll just be blingin'!! ha ha...

Yeah bling! I agree. it's just so weird that the jewelry store was so adament abou it. They said, "you wear both on your left hand. That's just what you do."

I'm glad to hear that they were wrong, and I can do whatever I want with my rings

I'm seriously so glad I read this. I can't believe I hadn't even thought to put the engagement ring on my right and band on my left. I mentioned it to my fiance at dinner tonight and he had no problem with it. And P.S. jewelery stores are ridiculous. You and I can just start a new trend! I'd love to show off my ring to you. Where should I post the pic?

Okay, I've posted a pic of my ring in my public photos. It's not a very good pic because it's hard to take pictures of diamonds. The ring is very old and delicate - hence the un-perfectness of the craftsmanship. I have a deep love for all things vintage and antique though, so I wouldn't have it any other way! Also, my finger is not that fat - I have them bent, hence the bulging skin. Enjoy!

no rules baby! enjoy your rings any way you wish! and congrats.

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I think you should do whatever you want to do. Look for a band that looks great with your ring, but if you don't find one than put the engagement ring on the other hand and wear a nice band by itself. When I first got married, my band was so pretty, i felt that it was over shadowed by my engagement ring. So I wore one on each finger, with the wedding band on my left hand. Then eventually began wearing them both on the left hand and that is what I am used to now. Also, my sister in law couldn't afford a wedding band at the time, so she just used her engagement ring as her wedding band during the ceremony. It looks great! I say to hell with what "you should do". Since when do you ever listen to that?

Yes! Agreed. I'll do what I want. Thanks for all the advice.

Do what you want! My engagement ring was exactly what I wanted, and I opted not to use a band at all. I wear my engagement ring on my left hand, and it doubles as my engagement and wedding ring. Having just wrapped up all of this wedding stuff in January, I can't stress enough how important it is to DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY. Rules are there for people who don't know what they want and can't make a decision on their own! It's one thing to break a rule when you didn't know it existed, and a totally different thing to KNOW the rules, and choose which ones you want to break.