Is this a new trend or just a one person thing???

An aquaintance of ours is getting married this Summer, and I have noticed a (what looks like) wedding ring on the Groom-to-be's ring finger. Looks just like a wedding ring, so I asked if they had eloped??? Nope, that's an engagement ring, I was told. Um, for the guy??? I was thinking to myself, um, you really don't have much to worry about.....I actually thought he was a closet homosexual. Can't imagine the women beating down the door for this one

Has anyone seen this or heard of it?

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I've never heard of it and although I don't watch the wedding shows I do watch a lot of the style shows and have never heard it mentioned.

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I haven't heard of it either. My husband doesn't even wear his ring. I do have a friend though like the one you posted. He is a little different than many men I know. He does wear a ring on his left hand and he is engaged.

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I've seen a lot of guys wear claddagh rings for their engagement/betrothal rings as well as their wedding rings. But then I have a lot of friends of Scottish and Irish descent.

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Could it be this is the newest marketing phase to make money? With men paying more attention ( and money ) to products, services, etc designed to make them look and feel better, perhaps the jewelry industry sees possibilities.....

dl

If this is a new trend, I can't see most men buying into it. An engagement ring for the groom? (Buddies of the groom would have a heyday with that one). I could only see a feminine man being interested in this trend.

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Haven't heard of the trend but I have always wondered why they didn't wear one since the women do.

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I've never heard of that. It seems a little strange to me... How would that work? Would the man still be "responsible" for proposing? Then, does the woman feel bad if she hasn't already bought the man's engagement ring? Or is that something they do together?? Interesting....

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Never heard of it!

I've never heard of it before either. ~Lisa

I have a friend that lives in England, and her man wore one.

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Probably just insecure women who don't think they can trust their soon-to-be-husbands. Sounds like a control issue to me!

Well, my friend was far from insecure....she said it was common where she lived. So, is it a control issue when a man gives one to a woman?

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Kinda. I always thought it was odd that women got marked as "taken," but men didn't. When my husband and I talked about getting married, I told him I didn't want an engagement ring because it was sexist and more importantly because of the diamond industry's human rights abuses.

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If you feel that way about both, that is totally different.

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I made sure I got a conflict free diamond

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Get something other than a diamond.
My engagement ring is a sapphire.
Judy

I don't have an engagement ring because we could think of a million other things to spend the money on. My wedding ring is very nontraditional. It's a family ring given to me that has a blue sapphire and two small diamonds.
It never would have occurred to me even if we had millions of dollars to get my husband an engagement ring. He doesn't wear his wedding ring because of his work.

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Well that wouldn't work for me because it doesn't avoid the sexist part of the tradition. Also, sapphire mining, while not as notorious as diamond mining, still has its share of human rights issues.

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- Stephen Colbert.

Good Lord - how catty. Would there be a problem if he was a homosexual?

As for the man's engagement ring, well, who really cares? If it's an expression of love and commitment to a relationship, more power to them.

cj/

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DH wore a cheap silver band when we got engaged. We exchanged it for a gold band when we got married. He wanted an engagement ring too. I was fine with it. We both got cheapo Walmart rings (young and poor, LOL).

14 years later, we have both upgraded. We have matching wedding bands, but his is white gold while mine is yellow gold. And I also have a 1/2ct. diamond anniversary band I wear.

I have no problem with a guy wearing an engagement ring - as long as he wants to. I would never ask him to, but if it was brought up, that is fine by me.

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Yes, I think there would....he's engaged to a woman. Why would a homosexual marry a woman???

I don't really "care", was just interested to see if anyone else had heard of this.

Sheesh, wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?

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I am a old fashioned romantic at heart and I totally love the idea, of course it would be personal and a total personal decision between the couple. I guess I kinda think of the idea that while typically the girl wears the engagement ring, the man is now engaged as well and I think a simple ring of any kind would be wonderful . Peace. Catherine

When my husband to be got me the big rock, I got him a big TV. Nothing says commitment to a man like a commercial 61" plasma....

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