The Eternity Ring

These days it is quite hard to find time to sit down and talk. Being parents are not an easy job for us. As we are preparing to celebrate our son’s birthday, Hubby reminded me that how the birthday will always be celebrated about a week after our wedding anniversary..yes, we have been married for almost a decade now.

It reminds me how young we were when we first met each other back then in college. And once we started working we decided it was time to get married. With the unstable financial situation at that time, getting an expensive wedding ring was really out of question. We just made do with whatever the budget allowed us.

I always told Hubby that he should get me a better ring for our 10th year wedding anniversary gift. And then I found about this eternity ring. For those who never heard of such term, the eternity ring appeared about 4,000 years ago at the time of the Egyptians who were the first recorded people to make and wear eternity rings…(now I feel like Cleopatra..haha!)

Eternity rings are essentially a continuous circle of metal studded with stones either halfway or the full way around the ring. The symbolism of a circle made with precious metal, which has no beginning or end, reflected everlasting or eternal love between two people. In addition, some eternity rings have multiple strands or are plaited to emphasize unity.

As I read further, I found that the eternity rings have more recently become known as celebration rings, given at the birth of a child or marking a wedding anniversary. They are usually worn on the third finger of the left hand, next to the engagement and wedding ring.

Now, which precious metal should I choose? It’s either white gold, yellow gold, rose gold or platinum. Which one would you choose, help me decide.