replacing DH wedding ring - senitmental reasons?

boyohboyohboy wrote: When DH and I were married, he had our rings made for us, well the morning of the wedding is the first time he saw our rings, they almost didnt make it to the ceremony! turns out his ring was wrong as well as mine...
He decided to take the money we had left and get mine fixed for me,and then never did get his fixed...well for christmas last year I found the ring he always wanted and got it for him, and he was so happy...
However I feel now like, that isnt his wedding ring, it wasnt at the ceremony. I have accepted he likes it better, and my feelings are getting better about it, but now I am thinking of melting his ring into mine, (wedding band) so that our wedding rings are together..
what do you think?
would you want your husband to wear the rings that were at the ceremony?
has anyone upgraded their rings, and just didnt feel like they were the wedding rings?

redchief replied: What a neat idea!!! I haven't been able to wear my wedding band for years because my fingers have gotten bigger since we were married. I didn't have a lot of money when we married, so in all honesty, the ring isn't all that. I'm going to think about that, and maybe discuss it with Lisa.

holley79 replied: I would melt it down. That sounds like a neat idea or have it made into an pendant.

jaytrevjax replied: That is an awesome idea! I sounds like that perticular ring didn't strike a cord with him like the other one you got, so why not melt it down for you to wear with yours! I think a ring is just a piece of jewlery. It's not when you got it, it's the meaning of it. Don't be so hard on yourself! Melt it down and you will both be happy!

J-rod replied: a ring is metal....its the memory that is special. i think you have a great idea.

Mommy2Isabella replied: Sal was allergic to the orginal ring that we used at the ceremony so we got him one that he wanted orginally and I am making a shadow box type thing, once I get my new ring! Our rings used to match so I felt a little akward at first but ... now I feel fine about it!!

AlexsPajamaMama replied: I would melt it too!
My nana did that with her and papa's bands after he retired and got him a new one because it was all abused from working sooo much for many years.
I would want him to wear a ring he liked and no matter if it was at the ceremony, it still represents your marriage together. IMHO.

msoulz replied:
Exactly - the ring is just the symbol for everyone else to see!! But I too like your idea, may as well make something neat out of it!

Kaitlin'smom replied: we upgraded around our 4th year. Our original was to thin for him and he kept bending it, so we got new ones. We like ours to match. I still have his original in the lock box and still wear mine with the new one. Does not really bother me as long as he wears it.

C&K*s Mommie replied: I had posted a semi-similiar question in Relationships a few months back, asking if anyone bought another ring "just because". I was wanting to get another wedding ring, for two reasons. One we have two girls and the my current ring set belongs together, I cannot separate them between the two girls- eventually I would want to pass down two rings for the two girls. And 2, I wanted to upgrade to platinum or even a nice sterling ring, because I tend to wear more sterling silver nowadays than I do gold. Chris would not mind getting a new ring similiar to his grandfathers ring-- so that has a true meaning to him to be like his Gfa.

I would go for it. The ring was the symbol of the promise that you made to one another on that day. The symbol to the outside world of the promise made. Chris picked out my set by himself, and I could not be happier with it (even if it were from the dollar store I would be happy ). It will never devalue if I get another ring, it will always be special to me. It will be just as special to me, even more so on the day that I pass it on to whichever one of our girls get married first.

Go for it!

TheOaf66 replied: we have not upgraded our rings and I think we are both happy with ours

luvmykids replied: I gave up on being sentimental about DH's ring after he lost, oh, the fourth or fifth one. Actually, only lost three or four, threw one away and forgot and put it out the day the garbage gets picked up.

I think it's a great idea and that way it's even closer to your heart than when it was on his finger!

gr33n3y3z replied: Its the thought that counts
If thats what you would like to do then that will have a special meaning