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Engagement Rings for the man!

  • 09-10-2006 10:29AM
    #1
    NeVeR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,360 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    Myself and my girlfriend just got engaged. and she wanted to know if she was to get me a ring.! is it normal for the guy to get a ring as well?


Comments

  • #2
    JoeyJJ
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    I got a ring when I got engaged, didn't wear it on the wedding finger but got it so I would be well used to wearing it before I put on the wedding one as I didn't ever wear a ring.

    Now I always have it on and never leave it lying around, but the first couple of weeks I misplaced it a few times and if that happened with the wedding ring there would be trouble.

    Its not expensive ring just a nice silver ring.


  • #3
    JoeyJJ
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    ohh and Congrats..


  • #4
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,280 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    NeVeR wrote:
    Hi All,

    Myself and my girlfriend just got engaged. and she wanted to know if she was to get me a ring.! is it normal for the guy to get a ring as well?

    Congrats.

    No, it's not customary for the bloke to wear an engagement ring. However, many girls will buy the bloke a token gift.


  • #5
    GAA widow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭GAA widow


    Awwww, congrats!
    Got engaged a month and a half ago myself. I really wanted to get him an engagement present, but he wouldn't let me. I'm going to buy him a really nice watch this Christmas as a surprise though and I'm going to go to the jewellers where we got the ring.

    Maybe you should go for a watch?

    I need advice on nice watches actually...where would i post it?


  • #6
    Eoin
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    GAA widow wrote:
    Awwww, congrats!
    Got engaged a month and a half ago myself. I really wanted to get him an engagement present, but he wouldn't let me. I'm going to buy him a really nice watch this Christmas as a surprise though and I'm going to go to the jewellers where we got the ring.

    Maybe you should go for a watch?

    I need advice on nice watches actually...where would i post it?

    A watch is a good call. Try the "Fashion / Appearance" forum maybe? (and congrats to you also :))


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  • #7
    r3nu4l
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    No, got engaged last year, didn't get a ring or any other gift (apart from acceptance of proposal, which is all I wanted!). I would say that if she wants to get you a ring and you don't mind wearing one then go for it!

    I wear a celtic 'trinity knot' ring that is distinctly Christian and Irish and people have asked me if I got it for my engagement, truth is my fiancee got it for me years ago when we were only going out about a year or so. I wear it all the time and love it. Don't mind anyone who says it's weird for the guy to wear an engagement ring, I couldn't have cared less then or now...she said yes :) That's all that matters :)


  • #8
    iguana
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    Neither my husband or I bothered with an engagement ring, I got a laptop and he got an ipod.

    If your girlfriend wants to get you a present how about getting you a really nice pair of cuflinks that you will wear on your wedding day.


  • #9
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Congratulations, I never heard of a man having an engagement ring. I didn't have one anyway.


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