need ideas for ring ceremony

[katiedid]

Hi everyone, I''ve gotten such amazing advice and feedback here on the purchase of my new ering/wedding band set (which is due to arrive next week) that I wanted to ask another question. Here''s the history... I got married a little over 2 years ago and my original ering and wedding band are white gold with diamonds in them. I''ve had to continuously have them rhodium plated--and they still turn yellow-looking very quickly. Apparently, some people have a body chemistry that wears off the rhodium more quickly. And some rings have a thinner plating on them to begin with. Regardless, we decided we were tired of paying to have these rings dipped and would go ahead and upgrade to platinum. I found the new set at Signed Pieces and they are making me the ering semimount and wedding band right now. Assuming that I love it when it gets here, we''ll have my original center stone reset in this new setting.

Here''s my question--we''ve both been a little torn emotionally about doing this. It feels odd to be doing away with my original set--especially the wedding band. But the current band does not go at all with the new ering mounting. My husband told me to just try to sell the original set (minus the center stone) to get $ to put towards the new set. He is fine with the new set and really thinks we should do this. I think it''s a great buy, beautiful, and will be perfect. But I''d like to somehow make the bands "special" to us, as the emotional significance of them will be missing if we just pop the old stone into the new setting and I start wearing it.

I thought about asking the minister to do a little private ring ceremony of some kind with us--to say a few words about the meaning of the ring(s) and to make the new ones feel "blessed" or whatever. Neither of us are religious people but I mentioned this idea to my husband and he really liked it. I think it could make both of us feel a little more settled with this swap.

Please give me suggestions and ideas! I need to figure this out soon!

 

[surfgirl]

katiedid, why dont you re-post this under the Brides WorldWide forum...I think you''ll get more response on this over there!

 

[katiedid]

Thanks Surfgirl! I just re-posted it there. I figured since so many people in this forum have done re-mounts, that maybe someone had been in my shoes before. Apparently not...

 

[griffiam]

Katie,

Congratulations on your new ring! I think the ceremony you have in mind is a wonderful idea. You could probably even renew your vows. Here''s another thought, for what it''s worth. My husband just gave me a new ering and wedding ring. We''re going to celebrate our 8th anniversary in June. and it''s been a running joke with us that he never really formally proposed. We just agreed that we would get engaged during one of our famously long talks, and the next thing you know... Anyway, he got sick and tired of me teasing him every time we saw a proposal on TV or in a movie, so when he gave me my new rings, he officially proposed.

I''m sure that you and your husband will come up with a way to make these rings special and significant to you as a symbol of your relationship. Again, congratulations and best wishes for continued happiness!

PS - As for the original WG wedding set, you could always have them made into something new, like a pendant.

Ann

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I was a little sad about replacing my original rings as well. But I really don''t see any significance in a ring ceremony either. The marriage (people) are what are really blessed in a wedding ceremony, so rings are just a symbol for the marriage. I would not sell my original wedding ring even though I don''t wear it anymore. However, I do enjoy my new rings and don''t think about missing the old ones anymore. But it is certainly fine if you want to do something special with your new rings!