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When to Buy Your Wedding Bands

A question we get asked often is, “When should we buy our wedding bands?” The true answer, of course, is that it’s up to you. As long as you have them by your wedding ceremony, you’ll be fine. But since we prioritize what these rings mean and love seeing couples have a fun in-store experience (especially if you didn’t go engagement ring shopping together before the proposal), the standard Jack Lewis recommendation is to come back in and buy them together after you’ve been engaged for a few months. So for example, let’s say you propose and get engaged in June, and plan on having your wedding the following July. You might make it a fun Christmastime experience to come get your wedding bands together in December, around the halfway point.  

Who Pays for the Wedding Bands?

It’s probably common knowledge that the proposer pays for the engagement ring, but…who pays for the wedding bands? Does the proposer pay for both of those too? Or just one? Traditionally, the man pays for the woman’s wedding band, and the woman pays for the man’s wedding band. So if you’re a traditional sort of couple, that’s your answer! However, we’ve seen it done every possible way: the man pays for both, the woman pays for both, or you split them. It’s current year and new traditions are being created every day, so it’s really up to you!