Have you browsed the diamond wedding band selection at your local jewelry store lately? If you have, you've likely noticed the beautiful selection and styles of diamonds. Persons who plan to marry in the near future are likely interested in diamond wedding bands. Although many wedding bands don't feature diamonds, some brides and grooms prefer a band with a little sparkle. There's nothing wrong with this. However, at what point do you draw the line? In other words, when is a diamond wedding band to expensive?

Some people argue that wedding bands are an outward symbol of love, and it's okay to go crazy and spend a lot of money. I have to disagree. I don't want to sound negative, but in some instances, diamonds outlast the marriage.

In the past six years, I've known five couples to marry, spend more than a reasonable amount of a diamond wedding band, and then divorce within the first two years of marriage. In all cases, the wedding band wasn't even paid off! It's a little ironic to pay for a divorce and a wedding band simultaneously.

I don't know whether the divorces could have been prevented. However, the headache of paying on a diamond wedding band for five years could have been avoided.