How to choose the perfect engagement ring

The engage­ment ring is not an ordi­nary gift, but a real sym­bol of great impor­tance. Almost every unmar­ried girl is wait­ing for such an offer from the future groom.

Signs and traditions associated with engagement rings

Pre­vi­ous­ly, objects made in the form of a cir­cle were a kind of sym­bols that cement rela­tion­ships between peo­ple. In ancient Rome, the guy pre­sent­ed the rings only to the par­ents of his cho­sen one, there­by show­ing that he had enough oppor­tu­ni­ties to sup­port the fam­i­ly. And in Ancient Rus­sia, the cer­e­mo­ny of the engage­ment itself was much more impor­tant than the wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny held lat­er.

Accord­ing to tra­di­tion, the engage­ment ring and the wed­ding ring are worn on the same fin­gers. In Rus­sia, they are worn on the mid­dle fin­ger and on the right hand, and in Europe, as well as the Unit­ed States, on the ring fin­ger of the left hand. It is strong­ly not rec­om­mend­ed to wear it after the engage­ment on oth­er fin­gers, in order not to inter­fere with the planned wed­ding.

In the case when the girl agrees to the pro­pos­al giv­en to her, she puts on a ring. After that, the ring is removed on the day of the wed­ding itself, and the engage­ment ring is imme­di­ate­ly put on instead. In some cas­es, girls con­tin­ue to wear these rings togeth­er as long as they match and match each oth­er in style.

Choosing the Right Engagement Ring

The engage­ment ring has always been giv­en great impor­tance, and in many cas­es the ring itself is kept in the fam­i­ly as a kind of fam­i­ly sym­bol. That is why it is nec­es­sary to approach quite seri­ous­ly and take into account all the nuances and sub­tleties when choos­ing it.

The bud­get is of great impor­tance influ­enc­ing the choice, since the cost of rings starts from hun­dreds and ends in mil­lions of dol­lars. Many well-known man­u­fac­tur­ers also pro­duce exclu­sive mod­els in a sin­gle copy, dis­tin­guished by their sophis­ti­ca­tion and, accord­ing­ly, cost.

Accord­ing to estab­lished tra­di­tions, the ring is made of pre­cious met­al, prefer­ably gold, and addi­tion­al­ly dec­o­rat­ed with nat­ur­al stone. When choos­ing rings, it is bet­ter not to pur­chase them for var­i­ous pro­mo­tions, since a lot of the same rings can be released and the girl could already see them. In this case, the mod­el of the ring will not be a sur­prise for her.

It is very impor­tant when buy­ing to know exact­ly the right size of the ring itself (its inner diam­e­ter). To find out this secret from the future bride, you can con­tact her friend, who may know the nec­es­sary data or find out. If the girl already has rings, there is always the oppor­tu­ni­ty to mea­sure their size. It is also nec­es­sary to remem­ber that the ring will def­i­nite­ly be worn on the ring fin­ger, and the oth­er fin­gers of a per­son have a dif­fer­ent thick­ness, respec­tive­ly, rings of dif­fer­ent sizes are put on them.

A clas­sic choice for an engage­ment ring is a thin open­work ring made of gold and adorned with a small dia­mond. How­ev­er, if a girl likes sil­ver jew­el­ry, then the engage­ment ring may well be made of sil­ver.

When choos­ing a stone for a ring, a num­ber of require­ments should be tak­en into account. So, it is not advis­able to use pearls (which, accord­ing to pop­u­lar beliefs, can cause tears), opal (caus­es mis­for­tune) and dia­mond chips (may sym­bol­ize bro­ken love) in the ring. But the dia­mond itself has always been a sym­bol of long-last­ing and last­ing love.

The size of the stone also mat­ters. For exam­ple, too large is not com­fort­able to wear, espe­cial­ly in win­ter under gloves, so it is bet­ter to stop the choice on small open­work prod­ucts.

When choos­ing a ring for the engage­ment cer­e­mo­ny, it is nec­es­sary to take into account the taste of the girl. To do this, you need to look at the jew­el­ry that she already wears, find out their style. At the same time, if she prefers orig­i­nal, extra­or­di­nary and extrav­a­gant things, her choice should be made on cus­tom-made exclu­sive prod­ucts.