Eternity rings

[PeanutButterLovey]

I love the idea of getting an eternity ring at some point but know the tradition is to get it after the birth of your first child well we aren't having anymore children. I have DS7 already and my DH doesn't want babies. So was wondering at what other occasions did u receive eternity rings

I will be getting mine in June to celebrate 10 yrs of marriage. Ds is 6 but it didn't feel right to get one then

I got one when DH needed a new wedding ring and wanted me to have a new ring too.

I think tradition is on your first wedding anniversary or the birth of your first child.

But lots of people also seem to get them for any milestone anniversary starting from 10 years (I manage a jewellers so see plenty of people shopping for eternity rings 😊)

I had one for my 40th birthday

I've been married for 28 years & have three DC & still don't have an eternity ring.

I might have to drop a few hints to DH.

I finally got one last year, after forty years of marriage😳

We couldn’t afford one when DS was born so I had mine on our 10th wedding anniversary. We went back to our honeymoon destination with DS, it was really lovely.

I got one for my 40th birthday too.

It's a free country.

Sod tradition. Do what you want. If you want an eternity ring, get one.

I don't even have an engagement ring despite having been married 6 years and had 2 dc.

Tenth wedding anniversary. And I bought myself a bigger one when I went to the dentist

I got mine when I handed in my PhD :)

I got one when my engagement ring was stolen.

40th birthday. Seems to be quite the fashion.

I got one in2017 after ds was born. We’d been married 6 years. Dh didn’t buy it for me. I bought it for myself to commemorate the fact I’m awesome and I’d had a baby. Ds helped me choose. (At 6 weeks - I picked the one he continuously smiled at...)

Dh was a bit 😰 and kept saying he felt bad because he should have bought me one. I did point out that yes it is a tradition. But I’m more than capable of buying my own jewellery. And this way it’s a between ds and me thing. The wedding ring is between Dh and me.

I got one when I eventually dissolved into huge tears of disappointment when the births of our children, and our significant wedding anniversaries passed by without one despite what I thought was years of unsubtle hints. Eventually I just burst into tears and asked why he had never bought one. He looked bemused and said 'i had no idea you wanted one, I'll buy you one now'. So he did.

Oh, I just turned 40 and we just had our 16th anniversary. Four kids.

Maybe I shall buy myself one after 20 years of marriage?

My wedding ring is an eternity ring. Symbolic of the importance of marriage to us both, I think.

I got one when I was pregnant with my second child. It's one of my favourite things.

I got mine cos I fancied one and dh got a decent bonus from work.

As a pp said - tis a free county. Get one.

I got one when DS was about 5 months old.

I'd had horrendous pregnancy and birth and quite a bad first few months. I was in a terrible place and needed cheering up.
I started looking myself at sparkly things and showed many sparkly rings to DH and said I was buying one for myself.

He quite quickly got out there and bought a lovely one for me.

It wouldn't have mattered if I bought it myself.

The fact that he only bought it for me because I was about to buy it for myself doesn't really make it any more of a grand gesture from him than he probably thinks it is

I had one on our fifth wedding anniversary which I don't wear.
My dgm also bought me one last year before her dementia really took hold. I wear that one every day and it makes me feel close to her. I love it.
Make your own rules. Life's too short!

I got one on the day after my wedding day, we got married abroad and my husband went and bought me one. I wear the three rings every day and have done for the last 24 years.🤷‍♀️

I got mine a year after our wedding. I sort of harrased my husband into it, I don't like it much now, and never wear it. I wish I'd waited four a significant anniversary or after the birth of our kids, so it would of been more symbolic (and my tastes have changed a lot over the years).

My husband would not in a million years ever think of buying me an eternity ring unless I very specifically outlined my expectations.

That being said, I'm not really interested in diamonds or very pricey jewelry - my engagement ring cost a couple of pounds in India and I still love it most out of all my rings. But, our ten-year anniversary is coming up, and some kind of ring would be lovely I think.

I do love buying significant pieces for myself on special occasions too though, like some pp have said they did.

I suspect my DH does not know there is such a thing, if I wanted one (I don't, short fingers) I'd gave to tell him. I thought 10 year anniversary was the usual reason, never really spoken to anyone IRL about them though.