Wedding rings

I always thought i would have a gold ring too (being traditional and all) but i never wear gold jewellery and my DH ended up buying me a beautiful white gold diamond engagement ring. He shopped around a lot as the style was pretty simple and Patridge Jeweller offered him a fairly good price at $2300 cash (its valued at $2500) and he had found similar rings elsewhere with worse diamonds (smaller, less clarity) for more than that so was pretty happy.

The matching wedding band was $500 and DHs was $750 so not too expensive and again both white gold. Now i am very happy to have them and glad i didnt get gold because i never wear it and i have my silver bangle i always wear from my father so everything matches




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I bought my engagement ring from Pascoes. Refused to go back there for my wedding ring as when I went back in with my engagement ring the lady was sooo pushy and horrible!

I ended up getting my wedding ring made to match- I couldn't find anything I liked! So a local jewellers down here, made it exactly to what was in my head. As soon as I showed the guy my ring, and explained what I wanted, he knew exactly what I wanted! Even though most of the jewellery in the shop was expensive (we saw one guy shopping looking at $8000 engagement rings ) my $800 ring was just as important to him as the guy buying the $8000. Their customer service was awesome! He knew we were young and couldn't afford much, yet we still mattered! (Not like in other stores where they figured out pretty quickly we weren't going to spend $1000+ on a wedding ring. My set all up cost $1600)

DH's ring is a stirling silver one from the Chch markets. It cost $20. He doesn't wear it cos he's a electrician, so he wears it when we go out somewhere... He hates it on his wedding ring finger though, so wears it on his thumb. My brother likes telling him its cos hes under the thumb Hehehe

Nice rings heaf Mine are a bit like yours.


I went for gold.

My engagement ring has 2 small diamonds on the sides & a larger one in the middle which is raised...I did not ware it much when I had kids a it was a bit to sharp when changing nappies so wished I had a different setting in it then...I ware it more now. It cost $1600 approx

I love my wedding ring it has 7 small diamonds in it so it give a nice sparkle & its a bit different form the stranded band, it cost $400 approx

We are looking for my next ring for our 10th wedding anniversary & I want it like my wedding ring with maybe a x over look. So around $500 or under.

When we got engaged we went for dinner with friends & DH bought me a ring from a $2 shop it had a clear glass stone.....it was the funniest thing watching there faces as they tried to droll over it, so when they saw my real one it looked like a million dollar rock...ha ha

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I,,,,,,can't be bothered reading the other responses , but , my engagement ring was $1,200 .
It was white gold and aquamarine .
And then , I lost it (or I believe it got stolen)
and I hadn't insured it yet .

Dh bought me a replacement on trademe , for $150
its white gold , with diamonds and has a sapphire stone .

I love it .
At the end of the day , its not how much the ring costs that matters, its what it represents and reminds me of everytime I look at it .

(oh and our wedding rings are both white gold and about $400 )
I have a pic of them , but not my engagement ring

We bought DH a titanium ring, as it is super strong. One of our friends has a white gold ring, which is quite soft and scratches really easily. He is a builder, so has to take his ring off quite a bit.
DH loves his titanium ring, and from memory it was less than $300. We bought it online
Definitely buy something that you love, and dont settle for something that "will do", as you are going to wear it for the rest of you life!!
Oh there is also the option of diamond simulants. I know they are certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but they are cost effective. check out http://secretsshhh.co.nz/index-june-nz

Good luck, and have fun!!!

I have a plain wedding band from Michael Hill bought at the bargin basment price of $180! they were going out of that manufacturer - I really wanted one with 5 small diamonds on it but couldn't find one I liked that went with my engagement ring which is a 3 stone tension set white gold ring (can find my pictures of it!) I also got it in 18 carat as it is supose to stay whiter for longer - my engagment ring is 24carat. If you want to go something different my Dh got his ring made by Ash Hilton - in silver. DH is and electrician so can wear his everday so did want anything to exspensive - I think it was $250 approx.

ohh Nic, my first ring stone was around that colour ,its so pretty

I second the call about platinum but it's loads more expensive.
For white gold I'd definitely recommend 9ct. 9ct is 37.5 % gold, whereas 18ct is 75% gold. The other metals are what gives it the white colour (and also why white gold is more expensive than yellow gold - because they put more silver etc in... I think). So with a higher amount of the yellow gold in it, the plating wearing off is way more obvious.

Definitely don't go silver, it doesn't last and it's really soft so it can deform with body heat etc. Fine for stuff you don't wear every day but just not long lasting enough for a wedding set.

Regardless of the setting of any stones, it's a really good idea to get them checked regularly. Most chain stores do this - you can get them cleaned at the same time and they'll be all pretty and sparkly again!

Titanium rings, especially for guys, are awesome. That's what DH has. Just be aware that they can't be re-sized so choose carefully and tell DH to not lose or put on too much weight

Also re: weight, for anyone who's UTD and fingers are swelling, take the rings off early. I've lost count of the number of rings I've had to cut off pregnant ladies who waited a bit too long.

HUNTD wrote: I think $500 is a good roundabout price, not too much but not cheap junk. And ALWAYS barter!! Wish my DP could read this, he has such high tastes, my "birth of my son ring" was $1200 platinum and diamond ring which i am so paranoid about loosing and getting it dirty when i am outside. I hate to think what he will get for an engagement ring.

But it is a gorgeous ring!!

our wedding rings, his is the gold and white gold $699, mine is the white gold one i had made $490


and my engagement ring $290


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