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The beginning of wedding planning begins with the placement of an engagement ring on the bride’s finger and ends with the exchange of wedding rings. These important symbols of your marriage and your love deserve the same amount of attention as any other part of your wedding-planning duties. Here are our top tips for finding the right wedding band for you.

• Girls, decide if you want a new ring, a wrap or just want to wear your engagement ring. Some women think it’s silly to wear their diamond for a year, then replace it with another ring. Therefore, they just keep on wearing their engagement ring as a symbol of their marriage, and think nothing of it. Other women add a wrap, which is an additional piece of ring that wraps around the engagement ring, making it look like a whole new ring. These two pieces can be welded together to create one ring or kept separate. These wraps can range anywhere from $100 up, depending on if it’s adorned with more diamonds. Finally, some brides decide that the hassle and risk of wearing their diamond engagement ring is too much for everyday, so they go with a plain gold, white-gold or platinum wedding band.
• Don’t go cheap when buying your wedding band.  This is especially true for the men, who don’t have an engagement ring as a symbol of the marriage. Wedding bands are forever, so spend accordingly. If you used the “two-months-salary rule” for spending on the engagement ring, a “one-month-salary rule” is appropriate for the wedding band. Is that too much? Start by buying temporary, less-expensive wedding bands and start saving for higher-quality permanent bands for the future.
• Don’t worry about matching his-and-hers wedding. How often will you really be comparing your wedding bands side by side? If her taste is white gold, and he prefers yellow gold, then who cares if they’re different colors? It’s great if the couple choose complementary wedding rings — some jewelry shops will even offer a great deal for these type of matchy-matchy rings — but it’s more important that both the bride and groom’s taste and style are reflected in the ring. You will be wearing it for the rest of your life, after all.
• Start shopping early, especially if you want engraving on the wedding bands. Six months prior to the wedding is a good timeline. Many wedding bands need to be special-ordered, and personalization can take even longer. You don’t want to be stressed that your wedding bands haven’t arrive a week before the wedding ceremony.
• Another one for the girls: Buy a ring that’s the same material as your engagement ring. If you’re planning on wearing them together, you’ll probably want them to match. But even more important than that, the two rings will rub against each other if they’re being worn on the same finger. The ring that’s made of a harder, stronger material will wear away at the ring that isn’t at durable.
• Buy from a jeweler you trust. Most reputable jewelers will offer free cleaning and adjustment for the life of the ring. Hopefully the groom did his research before buying the bride’s engagement ring. If the engagement ring is holding up to your standards, then returning to the same jeweler is a great idea. You might even be able to negotiate a good deal by flashing the bride’s super-expensive engagement ring at the jeweler.

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