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What the tradition with men's wedding rings?
Is the women supposed to choose / buy it?
Also if you were getting married to me would you be pissed if I didn't want to wear my wedding ring?
I hate wearing jewellery - I even have to remove my watch when I get to work - can't imagine wearing a ring on my finger forever!!
My Dad has never worn his - in act I've never even seen his ring - if he has one at all.
Is the women supposed to choose / buy it?
Also if you were getting married to me would you be pissed if I didn't want to wear my wedding ring?
I hate wearing jewellery - I even have to remove my watch when I get to work - can't imagine wearing a ring on my finger forever!!
My Dad has never worn his - in act I've never even seen his ring - if he has one at all.
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No, I don`t think so.. wouldn`t you do it together?
Well personally, if it was me yes I would want my husband to wear one. But a lot of men don`t even HAVE one. It`s just something you`d have to work out between yourselves.
But look at it this way... a wedding ring is a symbol of your commitment to each other. What would you think about your wife not wanting to wear one? Just a thought.
you would be suprised at how comfortable they are. I dont have any rings apart from my wedding ring and when its not on (like now) I feel really lost, im feeling for it and its not there.
Our rings were matching with I love you scribed on them.
I would be pissed off with you if you wouldnt wear a wedding ring, but thats just me. Not everyones the same.
I think another good reason for wearing a wedding ring is so when you are out clubbing or whatever chances are the opposite sex look for a wedding ring and if they see it they may not try to get off with you, well thats what i used to do anyhow
Do I take it you don't like her?
I used to but now we just dont get on.
I started hating her when she hoovered Rambos tail. Rambo is my cat.
That's exactly how I'd want my wife to be ... to want me to wear a ring .. Maybe I would get used to it and feel lost without it - I feel so funny driving my car without putting on my seatbelt - so maybe similar thing.
I still don't think I'd feel cmfortable wearing a ring all the time though .. maybe she'd settle for a tattoo instead?? Although I'm not into Tattoos at all I think I'd get one for the right girl - not sure where though!!
You're totally right I probably would prefer my wife to wear a ring .. although I'd be more upset if she turned around and said she wanted to keep her own surname - in fact I think that would be a deal break for me - because I'd really want us to have kids and all have the same surname.
Mr_Wobble
My parents don't wear theirs. I know that my grandparents do though. So I guess it's quite personal. =]
I guess a female would go with her husband to be or husband and help him select a ring.
If I had bought my bf something that he didn't use then yes I'd be abit cheesed off but these things happen its not the end of the world.
A simple gold band is the only wedding ring I've ever seen a man wear. No idea about who's meant to choose it etc though - not having got married before, I'm not that experienced... :rolleyes:
and yes if the girl wears a ring I think the guy should too, and if he doesn't like fancy rings, just a plain gold band or something.
I want one of those!
As a few people have pointed out, wedding rings needn't be huge and uncomfortable. I prefer subtle ones anyway, and think I'd go for a small white gold band
What Diamondgeezer said about surnames made me think though...I don't really like my boyfriends surname, as it's very boring (Brown), but as the big F1 fan that he is, I can see him quite fancying changing to my name (McLaren) Maybe that's an idea
My fingers are just a few weeks away from swelling up in the heat and being coverd in a red and itchy heat rash!!
Does any country use rings made from wood?
I've been looking at some wooden archery bows and you get some amazing woods in all sorts of colours and hardnesses - Now I'd love to be different and have something like that a natural organic material worn close to the skin.
I don't think looking for a wedding ring is always a good indicator of whether someone is married though, because neither of my parents wear a ring and none of my friends' parents do either.
Like someone else said, I feel naked when I don't have my engagement ring on. I feel for it and when it isn't there I panic. My boyfriend has an engagement ring too, it wasn't overly expensive but it is just a plain silver band. He didn't like wearing it at first, he said it irritated him and he fiddled with it all the time. Now he too feels naked without it.
My mum works in a jewellers and she said, more often than not, most couples come in and choose their wedding rings together
In fact, I have thought about it and I'd probably choose a plain silver or white gold band - a really really really thin, delicate one.
You can have wedding rings made out of silver can't you? It's just that most people seem to have gold, and I absolutely hate gold :yuck:
I don't think my boyfriend would want to wear a wedding ring. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I mean, I understand that he doesn't like jewellery, like me, but I think wedding rings are a bit different to just regular jewellery. But if he really didn't want to, then I guess I'd just have to understand and respect his view.
But anyways...marriage is a loooong way off !