I heard that you are supposed to replace your wedding ring with your anniversary ring. What if I don't want to?

There is nothing written in stone that says "Those who receiveth anniversary rings shall take off their wedding rings and replaceth them with their new anniversary rings." This means that all of these people who have been telling you that you should wear your ring on a certain finger or that you should replace your ring with your new ring, are talking about convention, tradition, and style. If you don't feel like replacing your wedding ring with your new anniversary ring, then don't. You won't be doing anything illegal, that's for sure. I have friends that have a ring on every finger, and friends who have only one ring. Some women replace their engagement rings with their anniversary rings, some simply wear all three on one finger, and some wear two on the same left hand ring finger, and move one to the right hand ring finger. It really is up to you. So don't let it bug you. Decide how you want to wear your rings, and go for it. Don't let peer pressure or convention convince you that you have to wear your rings in a way that isn't comfortable for you. Wedding rings and anniversary rings are very intimate objects, so you should make sure that they retain their meaning to you and feel right when you are wearing them. Good luck, and make sure you stick to your guns!

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No matter what you've heard from other people, you need to do whatever you want to do – if you want to keep your original wedding ring, then so be it. Just like you, there are a lot of women out there that feel very sentimentally attached to their original wedding bands and thus choose not to replace it with the more extravagant anniversary diamond ring. The reason this custom has become more popular over the years is very simple. Back when married couples first got married, most chances are that the husbands weren't as financially well off as they are today. In order to be in par with their current financial status, a lot of husbands provide a more expensive diamond ring as a replacement for the previous one. A lot of women have no problem doing so because they could still keep the former wedding rings as a pendant or reset its diamonds in another piece of diamond jewelry. Whatever you decide to do, it is entirely up to you. You don't always need to follow common customs such as replacing a wedding ring with an anniversary ring. If you still want to enjoy both of them, I would suggest wearing your newly purchased anniversary ring on your right hand, so it won't outshine the existing engagement and wedding rings on your left hand.

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