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Mens Engagement Rings Becoming
More Popular
The traditional
engagement has always consisted of a man proposing marriage to a woman,
offering her an engagement ring, and she either accepts or not. If she accepts,
she wears the ring and the man walks around with no jewelry to identify him as
‘taken’. Over the past several years, some European men have been wearing
engagement rings, and the trend is slowly making its way into the United States.
Now, as engagements sometimes last a few years, more women want their future
husbands to be marked as engaged, and men themselves want to show that they are
going to be married. Some brides-to-be think of it as sexist and unfair that
they show that they are engaged, while men appear single until the day of the
wedding itself. So the trend began. Now women are buying engagement rings for
men, too.
Increasingly, in the US, couples either custom-design engagement rings, or pick
simple bands that can, ultimately, be connected to their wedding rings. Men’s
wedding sets are even being made by forward-thinking jewelers.
The pricing for men’s engagement rings can be similar to women’s engagement
rings. While the rings tend to have less showy diamonds, they make up for it in
the weight of the metal chosen. Men traditionally wear much thicker bands, so a
diamond set into a thick platinum band can cost as much as a diamond set into a
more delicate woman’s ring. A man’s ring is also more likely to be custom-made,
as some American jewelers are slower to embrace the trend. Contact a
forward-thinking trusted jeweler, such as Incendia Diamonds, to collaborate on
your one-of-a-kind men's engagement ring.
A
custom piece is going to be more expensive than a pre-made ring. Even if the
ring doesn’t contain a diamond, having it hand-carved or engraved with a
specific message, as women like to do with a man’s engagement ring, it can
become an expensive piece of jewelry.
This trend is ever-growing, becoming more and more common worldwide. Now, many
men are embracing the idea of wearing engagement rings, and many women are happy
to see the playing field becoming more level.
Call Robert at
Incendia Diamonds for further advice on engagement rings and wedding bands or to
set an appointment for a jewelry fitting - 858.692.3939
