Question about mens rings

**MummyDuck** · February 29th, 2008, 11:41 AM

If a woman was to propose to a man then I can understand the man getting a ring....

If A man proposes to a woman should she or would you buy him an engagement ring??

If you are a guy, would you have liked an engagement ring (or do you have one)??

If the answer is yes then what happens to the ring when you get married?? Is it worn on the same finger, different finger or removed all together??

Thanks

**Kazbah** · February 29th, 2008, 11:44 AM

great topic smudgie!

I'd be tempted to get a Claddagh ring for him, and have it facing out, and turn it around for the wedding itself. I was going to get my then-DF one for that reason, never got around to it ...

**melham74** · February 29th, 2008, 11:46 AM

My DH wont even wear his wedding ring, he hates jewlery

**meow** · February 29th, 2008, 11:53 AM

My H would have hated an engagement ring. He only wears a wedding ring cause I told him there was no choice

**MummyDuck** · February 29th, 2008, 01:15 PM

In my circumstance my DP has been wearing a ring on his middle finger (until he lost the ring) so I bought him an engagement ring - I want people to know he is taken

I started to have second thoughts about it..... well not really second thoughts, but started to ask the above questions in my head. I wasn't going to get any answers that way though

Ben01 · February 29th, 2008, 01:35 PM

argh!.. "engagement"

hate the word. As a guy i wouldnt want a ring for engagement. Wedding ring will do me fine. i personally think the engagement ring for females is ridiculous as well, but in sticking to tradition i will definitely get one for DP when the time comes.
Dont wish to offend anyone, but the whole idea of calling dp my fiancee is a bit of a turn off. People use it to glamourise their relationships and i think its sad.
I dont see "fiance" as a title- like boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife.
Reason being, you ask so many engaged people when is the wedding "oh we havent set a date yet" or "in two or three years" .. whats the point?..
Ive known so many 18, 19, 20 year olds who get "engaged". 6 months down the track the relationship is over.
My personal belief is people should get engaged when they are ready to be married, no long/indefinite waits. Being engaged is not a committment, its just an excuse to make your relationship sound more exclusive than it really is.