5 Women Who Opted For Unique, Nontraditional Wedding Rings

Not everyone's on the bandwagon: some millennials are spending less on engagement rings while others are erasing the word "Engagement ring" from their vocabulary completely "As an interracial gay couple, our relationship hasn't been traditional and I wanted my ring to follow suit," said Geena Russo, one half of a couple that's from Newport Beach, California, and has been together for a little over two years Before there were ever any talks of engagement, he knew that I wouldn't want a diamond ring.

To the people who understood us, and understood what this ring really means, the response was "Aww That's perfect." We actually don't have 'wedding rings' either, we have tattoos GeenaI opted for an untraditional ring because my partner and I are untraditional.

Growing up, I was attracted to lapis, malachite and stone rings my mother would buy at craft fairs My mom gifted me my dad's wedding band and we decided to use the gold to melt down and create my wedding band since the band needed to be slightly curved to fit with the shape of the ring. . Source