How We Met and Other Musings

I met Pathrick on a hot sunny day in July, 9 years ago. My, my, my, how time flies! I started at a new job and this cute young man avoided me like the plague! Hmm... I guess I have to kill him with kindness, I thought. I started greeting him every morning at the time clock and you can tell he was a little thrown off by that. But I secretly loved it. I knew the instant I laid eyes on him he was, "different". Little by little, he grew more comfortable around me during our time at work and one day he asked me out to lunch. "Yes!" From there on we were iinseparable. I lived 45 minutes away and he would drive to meet me morning, noon and night... I loved how he would drop everything to see me even if it was for a little while. We would steal kisses at work when nobody was looking, it was totally cute. We would be in love forever after that.

And They Lived Happily Ever After... 

Wedding Band - The Symbol for Eternity?

The wedding band is said to come from ancient Egyptian custom. The fourth finger, or ring finger, was believed to have a special vein that connected to the heart, and plant rings were fashioned to symbolize everlasting love.

Our American Tradition:

The saying "closest to your heart" has become popular as that is where the wedding band should be placed. Though an engagement ring can symbolize a "staked claim," a wedding band symbolizes a lifelong commitment.

So my question is, do you need 2 rings or is it more just "tradition" or "status" to have the engagement and wedding ring? I personally would love a wedding band because I believe it symbolizes a never ending cycle, eternity and commitment. I have a few friends that would beg to differ, even my fiance thinks we should do the wedding ring along with my engagement ring.

I'm pretty torn, but in any case we are still browsing :) I mean who hates to shop for jewelry right?! (*cough *cough, NOT ME!)

I'm going to keep it simple since I absolutely adore my engagement ring, it looks similar to the picture below.