A deal on a ring

Deciding what ring we wanted for me motivated us to find his.
We had already looked at rings before to get a general idea of what he was looking for. Back then I had ahd to drag him in the store for him to look at someting.
From the star he had be adamant about no gold. He definitely did not want yellow gold, but even white gold was out of the question. The metal is too soft for him, especially being outdoors all the time and climbing at times (although he would remove the ring in such a case).

So we looked at alternative metals: tungsten and titanium were the main ones, we also considered stainless steel. At first he mentionned silver, but I was against that one. Sure silver is a precious metal, but it's just as fragile as gold and it darkens a lot as it ages and I didn't see that as a good symbol of our marriage. We had in mind the qualities and flaws of each metals.

That day I had a special incentive for him, especially after going over budget for my ring: two jewlery stores at the mall were going out of business and had clearance prices on most of their stock.
Neither jewleries had stainless steel ring; but they had tungsten and titanium. I think it's again the practical part that helped Hubby decide. Tungsten is much heavier than gold and you do really feel it on your finger, while titanium on the other side is a lot lighter, and for him easier to wear because of that.
Hubby tried several rings, he didn't want something too wide and something flat.
The first store had a potential winner, 5-6mm wide and the price was great.

But it was in the second store that we find the right one. By then he had decided that titanium was what he wanted for its lightness and practicality. They only had one ring left in titanium, 7mm wide, 2 different polish and Hubby loved it. It was just a little bit more expensive than the previous ring, but still under $100. So even if he looses it, we can always get a replacement. The size was right so we left with it and I went to play in the garden with my camera and the rings.


What metal did your husband/future husband picked for his ring? Any reasons?