Men Wearing Engagement Rings

[+ Lucky]

The WaPo today takes a look at the trend of men wearing engagement rings just like women have always done. Can you imagine wearing thousands of dollars on your ring finger?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/05/11/tiffany-engagement-ring-men-mangagement/

[rvwnsd]

No, actually, I can't. Never been a jewelry wearer and would probably struggle with wearing a multi-thousand dollar engagement ring.

[+ Topseed]

Lovely to have someone give me one. I'd probably go hock it.

[liubit]

Absolutely not. I am married, but neither my husband nor myself wear rings.

[big dale]

Does fingering an overpriced porn star count?

[BuffaloKyle]

Not a fan of jewelry wearing. Never worn a ring, necklace, watch, notta. Well unless you count a cock ring!

[jjkrkwood]

If you have your committment in your heart you dont need a symbol to prove it to others. On the other hand, if its a Big diamond, i'll put up with it

 

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[gallahadesquire]

Only a watch and my Brass Rat.

[kingsley88]

no thank you. I always heard most women nowadays keep their engagement rings in their safety deposit box at the bank.

[Tommygunzz]

We have been together for 41 years, but only married for 4. We bought wedding rings when we got married. I thought I would always wear mine, but but never having worn a ring before, I found that it was uncomfortable. Now, I don't wear mine everyday, but I do like to wear it when I leave the house. On the other hand, my husband has a landscape business and works with dirty hands everyday. I thought he would find that wearing a ring was impractical. Completely wrong. He loves wearing his ring and "feels naked" when he is not wearing it. He has even come home from work when he has forgotten to put it back on when he washes his hands or takes a shower. Go figure.

[BtmBearDad]

Have to say, not a fan. Most of my friends who have married wear a simple wedding band. I remember hearing growing up “men don’t wear diamonds - unless you’re a gangster“ ?

 

If one did adopt the whole engagement ring thing - do you both get one? If only one, does it mean the one getting the engagement ring is the passive one in the relationship? I can hear some of my more activist/outspoken friend’s railing about “conforming to heteronormative standards. lol

 

I do know one couple who in lieu of rings, got matching tattoos, another piercings. At the end of the day, do whatever you want, and f—- the begrudgers! ??

[+ Charlie]

I have worn some kind of ring on my left hand for all of my adult life, so when I got married, I simply replaced the signet ring with a gold wedding band. My spouse did the same. We were never formally "engaged" (we just lived together to 45 years before we got married), so I have never thought about engagement rings for men.

 

My parents were never formally engaged, so my mother didn't have an engagement ring. They had been married about 20 years when something happened that made my mother wish she had an engagement ring like one of her friends did, so my father told her to go out and buy one. She bought a simple diamond ring, and wore it all the time with her wedding ring for the rest of her life.

[+ Charlie]

Have to say, not a fan. Most of my friends who have married wear a simple wedding band. I remember hearing growing up “men don’t wear diamonds - unless you’re a gangster“ ?

 

If one did adopt the whole engagement ring thing - do you both get one? If only one, does it mean the one getting the engagement ring is the passive one in the relationship? I can hear some of my more activist/outspoken friend’s railing about “conforming to heteronormative standards. lol

 

I do know one couple who in lieu of rings, got matching tattoos, another piercings. At the end of the day, do whatever you want, and f—- the begrudgers! ??

Tattoos are a bitch if the marriage doesn't last--you can't take them off easily, and you can't pawn them.

[BtmBearDad]

Tattoos are a bitch if the marriage doesn't last--you can't take them off easily, and you can't pawn them.

 

I agree! And guess what? It didn’t! lol The one I’m friends with had to get a tattoo on it to cover the initials and date ?

[BSR]

Tradition dictates that the man save up for the engagement ring to present to his fiance. If she breaks off the engagement, she is expected to return it. If he breaks it off, she can keep it.

 

According to this new 21st century trend of men wearing engagement rings, who saves up for the ring? Far more women today get bachelors degrees than men, and women getting post-grad degrees still outnumber men. It's fair to expect that the woman pays for the ring, and whether or not the man keeps it depends on who breaks the engagement.

 

All that said, I would never wear a diamond ring ... way too pimpy. Pimpy's great if you can pull it off, but I would just make a fool of myself.

[+ FreshFluff]

For straight couples, the entire wedding ritual is mainly for women. The engagement ring is a status symbol for women, but it’s a also a sort of down payment, a disincentive for men who might be tempted to skip out on the whole thing. Maybe I’m not very woke, but I don’t expect the role reversal to catch on.

[+ MysticMenace]

Does fingering an overpriced porn star count?

 

how was the fit? pics? lol.