How Is It That People Confuse Wedding Rings & Engagement Rings?
Just curious, but I see lots of questions on here like “how much should I spend on a wedding ring” and they really mean the engagement ring or “what is the difference between an engagement ring and a wedding ring?”.
So I’m wondering how is it that alot of people seem to confuse the two or not know what the difference is. Or are there just alot of young people here who don’t know the difference??
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As the guy ring shopping for my engagement ring at first if it didn’t flat out say “engagement” or “bridal” I had “no clue what-so-ever”.
I’m even a hopeless romantic, just shopping for engagement rings is kind of one of those things you don’t do much in your life, and really don’t think about much until you realize you’ve found “her”.
After a while you figure it out the one with the big crazy rock is the engagement, the more elegant one is the bridal, but that takes time.
I’ve always chalked it up to cultural & linguistic differences. Remember, Yahoo! Answers is a global community; American marriage customs are not universal. For many posters, English is a second or third language, so words and concepts like “marriage,” “engagement,” and “wedding” have may different connotations or imperfect translations, depending on the poster’s culture.
Also bear in mind that the average Y!A user is quite young–mid-to-late teens would be my guess–and so they and their peers have less experience with weddings/marriage than those of us who are adults. What seems like common knowledge to you or I… isn’t for everyone.
I agree with the fact that it depends on the culture. My family is from Poland and our close friends just got married. They wear only bands and on the right hand; it’s customary. It truly depends on the person. I know for a fact that there is a difference and I’m considered young. I guess I agree with everyone else in that it is unusual to not know.
It actually depends on the culture. In the US it is common to have a separate engagement ring for the bride only. In Europe, when getting engaged both fiances usually use wedding bands and when they marry they only switch hands and also add a further engravement.
Engagement rings are not an every country issue. We, in the United States adapted it from one country, some say Greece, others say Rome. However, it is not the same in every country. Nor are the hands it is worn on. Maybe we should take into account culture and not age.
I don’t know how people could confuse the two. They are completely different rings. It might be that there are a lot of young people on here and they just do not know the difference, but I am young and I know the difference between the two.
yeah I mean honestly, how can you be so sheltered that you have never been to a wedding or have never known anyone who was engaged? in the past 2 years every single one of my close friends save 1 has gotten married, I’ve been to over 20 weddings in my life!
only in america is the difference so pronounced in other countries not so
Some people who have never been married or apart of someone else’s marriage may not understand that there are two rings. But some of them do understand this they just say wedding ring instead of engagement out of habbit.
It has got to be a lot of young people, because I doubt really stupid people would find their way here.
I know.They must be really young.
i think culture would have to with that…becasue its differtnin other countries
people who have never been married are clueless