As we all know that engagement rings are worn by woman after accepting their marriage proposal from their men. Presenting an engagement ring is a tradition to the woman with whom you want to spend your rest of the life. These rings are symbol of your love and commitment. Presenting engagement ring to ladies by men is a very common idea but today presenting a ring to the man by lady is also becoming very popular especially in UK. There are many countries where you can see both men and women wearing two rings, one as their engagement ring and the other one as their wedding ring.

But in Germany, the couples during their engagement wear the bands on their left hand. And at the time of wedding the same ring is used as the wedding ring and is moved from the left hand to the right.

Why engagement rings are worn on the left hand?

Generally most of the couples place their engagement ring on the ring finger of the left hand. It is the fourth finger next to the middle finger. And the reason of placing the ring in this finger is that it is believed that the vein of this finger generally leads to our heart and is known as vein of love.

But there are many countries where people think that left hand is weaker and hence by placing the engagement ring on the left hand will indicate strength that you have gained from the couples just like "two become one".

Why ring is presented?

The purpose of engagement ring is to express emotions and feelings of true love, eternal commitment, happiness and togetherness. Generally these rings signify eternity between the recipient and the giver. A ring is a complete circle with no beginning or no end, and it means that it will just go on and on. It is eternal and hence a ring is presented to propose a lady.

In short we can say presenting a ring to your partner is a tradition which is followed from many centuries. It is only a way of exchanging a contract of marriage or betrothal. But it is true that it is not as romantic and glamorous as today.

Today you can find engagement rings made of beautiful metals such as platinum, white gold and yellow gold. You can also find different gemstones such as sapphire, diamonds, ruby, emerald and pearl. But generally beautiful diamond rings are very popular for engagement as it has power to melt the heart of your lady. And the best thing of diamond engagement rings is that it will never go out of style.