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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 10:40:56 PM
if, of course, you are married?
hank and i had our first rings designed .. they had the jewish sign for "life" on them. loved it ...
we went to the bahamas on a rugby tournament .. and when i was getting out of the boat to party on a private island .. it fell off my finger .. and i guess it's either at the bottom of the ocean or a fish swallowed it!
a few years later, in a rugby game, hank broke his finger ..his knuckles 'swelled' and he can't get a ring over it anymore.
i had an antique one for some years .. then lost it! now i jus' don't wear one.
tell us YOUR 'ring' story.
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 11:38:07 AM
On and off I wear mine. I have allergies and if anything gets under the band I break out. I have an engagement ring but it is a solitare diamond and gets caught on a lot things so I rarely wear that unless dressing up. My husband does not wears his anymore as it doesn't fit. We have his put away. We decided that they are important to us but are only an outward sign to others. So neither of us is offended if the other is not wearing their ring(s).
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 06:34:52 AM
My husband and I both wear rings that are supposed to signify our marital status, but somehow neither of them is actually the wedding band anymore.
His wedding band started to bother his hand and he's ended up wearing an odd ring that a friend of ours gave him several years ago because it was too big for her finger. Sometimes he can't find it and he'll ask me, "Have you seen my wedding ring, the one that's not really a wedding ring and some other woman gave it to me but it means that I'm married to you?"
And when he stopped wearing the wedding band we bought, I decided to stop wearing mine and go back to wearing my "engagement ring." It's a plain gold cladagh ring that he gave me as a Christmas gift when we'd been dating for a year. We both knew that it was really an engagement ring, but we never admitted it out loud. I wore it every day for 6 years, and I was rather sad when I had to replace it with the wedding band.
So, we both wear wedding rings of a sort. One of these days, we're planning to sell the wedding bands that we picked out hurriedly when we were throwing our wedding together. We'd like to get a pair of special rings that match and that we both like. |
| CountryBorn |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 7:25:38 PM
Yes I wear a wedding ring. The same one I have had now for 42 years. It is a wide gold band. Tom had two and lost them both, so I gave up on that!! For our 25th anniversary he got me a band with 12 small perfect diamonds. I wear them both all the time. I am not a jewelry person at all. That and earrings is all I ever wear. Oh, and my watch. Everyone else in my family loved/loves jewelry. I just always think of so mnay other things I could spend the money on!
MJ
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| theoanne |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 6:54:28 PM
This is the second marriage for both DH and I. We got married at 50, so, he wanted to get things just right so I would not turn him down. We had been dating for 3 yrs when he totally surprised me at a restaurant one night. He had been listening to several conversations I had had with friends over our dating time and he paid attention to things I said. He even got the size right by picking up another ring I wore and tried it on his finger to see where it fit. Then he had the engagement ring sized to that spot on his finger.
When he handed me the box at dinner I was totally surprised. Inside was a 1 carat marquis cut diamond solitare ( my favorite) He had it set in platinum so it would never wear out or get thin. The 1 carat was to make sure he got my attention. Well it got my attention all right and I said yes! Our bands are plain matching platinum.
I know he did this partly because he wanted to get my attention and also because he knew if I picked it out that I am the tightwad and would never let him spend what he did.
I have to admit I love it and would never trade it ever!! Mostly I wear the set,but if we are gonna be outside hiking or working then I just wear the band. I don't wear any other jewelry. Not much of a bling person. I do have a necklace from him and 2 necklaces my sons have given me. I wear these to church.
Sure have enjoyed these stories. Frannie Your so sweet. You always know how to pick a subject to get us talking.
Teddie
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 4:00:01 PM
I had my original rings up until about 5 years ago - had them rebuilt twice because I kept wearing off the prong and making the center diamond loose. Then when we had only one child left at home, we were at the mall one day just browsing in the jewelry store looking at the pretties. When we got home that day, I noticed dh was really quiet. I asked him what was wrong and he said "I was just trying to figure out how to convince you to let me buy you the new wedding set that you liked." Boy was that humbling - I never realized I was such a tightwad! I was so used to finances being so tight when we had all the kids at home, I hadn't realized I didn't need to be quite such a martyr anymore! Needless to say, I gave him "permission" and we went back and bought them the next weekend. I never take them off and they serve as a reminder to me that I am important to him, more so than exactly how many dollars we have in the bank.
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| mommom |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 3:52:12 PM
We will celebrate our 30th anniversary in August and we still wear our original very thin gold wedding rings which have dents and dings in there as they were not too expensive. My grandmother and grandfather were from France and married in the swiss alps and I inherited her engagement ring... a very plain gold band with two rubies side by side. I wear that when we go out because I'm terrified of losing a ruby! We're talking about getting gold bands to commemorate our anniversary this summer, but I like my original because you can see where dh and I have worked our fingers off! Susan |
| nashbabe |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 2:46:33 PM
Yep, simple solitaire, with a super secret, super long acronym engraved inside. It's engraved in his band, too. :-)
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| Whimsy_girl |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 1:09:55 PM
We hadours deisgned. there is a small hear shaped diamond on top for the first band and the attatched wedding band is a v shape that fits snugly under the bottom of the heart with a row of 3 sapphires on each side and another little diamond in the middle.
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| kissmekate |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 1:09:03 PM
I am no longer married, but when I was, I just had a plain gold flat band. My engagement ring was my Grandmother's diamond reset by my ex into a new cathedral setting that matched well with said plain flat band.
But I am a plain flat band kinda girl. If I ever married again, I would get another one, and probably forgoe the diamond ring if he were worried about having to get me one. But I wouldn't turn one down either. LOL
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 12:54:42 PM
I wear mine proudly. Although, the one I wear now is not the original. I cannot get that one on my fat fingers. But, the present ring was a gift for our 20th anniversary from dh. It has 9 diamonds, but four of them are tiny. The larger five represent each member of our family. I guess the tiny ones could be the pets. :)
Karin
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| Alee |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 11:14:47 AM
Laura- what is a "No pest strip" ring?
Alee
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| marmieto12 |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 09:30:47 AM
When I was single I wore a "no pest strip" (ring)..after getting married and losing 2 rings in the 1st 5 years I do not wear one. DH does tho'. Been thinking a little simple band would be nice.
I love the ideas of the some who have rings with family sentiment or unusual settings.
I am not a "bling" girl, tho' I like funky bracelets and ear rings in the summer.
Laura;Dreaming of big girl farm...
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| jcbtxstars |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:42:25 AM
I wear my grandmother's engagement ring, my mother-in-law's wedding band and my engagement ring...nothing matches(I like it that way)sometimes I just wear my engagement ring.
Miss Julia
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:33:06 AM
My diamond came out of my engagement ring so I only where my band. It is gold with a silver band in the center. My husbands ring is also gold with a silver band in the center. It belonged to his father before he passed away. We both wear our all the time. The only time I take mine off is to mix meatloaf.
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| Rebekka Mae |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:30:12 AM
My engagement ring was a delicate gold band with a rough cut ruby spinning around on it, so tiny and Erik knew I loved Beth Orduna so he picked the perfect one. Now I am too clumsy and pick up too many kids a day to wear it without worrying about hurting someone or breaking the ring so it comes out only on special occasions.
Brenda- Erik has stopped wearing his ring when he works for the same reason...once he started doing the engineering job at work there was too much to catch it on. Apparently firefighter and medics do get some terrible injuries from getting their rings caught. He is so cute- he wears it on a length of leather around his neck!!!
My wedding set was my Grandma Ressa's and it rarely comes off...she was such a classy lady, very San Francisco and she had the biggest heart;) My Grandpa Norman's Mama Rose owned a jewelry store- Bader's Jewelry in LA, and I am pretty sure the ring came from there. It is white gold with pretty, colorful diamonds (I would never have picked diamonds but since they were hers I am keeping them! They were married in the late 30's and I love the simple vintage design.
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:21:55 AM
I need to clean mine if I ever wanted to show you gals a photo. It has some garden dirt in it! Maybe I'll do that tonight!
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| Alee |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:09:02 AM
I wear my rings! Doug and I had picked out some rings at a jewelry shop here in Moscow that were nice, the ones I liked best at that shop, but I wasn't too wild about them. They just were if you know what I mean.
Then I went home to do some wedding planning last summer and in Billings there was a jewelry store having an estate sale! Oh my gosh! I found ring after ring that I just was dying to have, but one little wedding set jumped out at me!
The "engagement" part has a round diamond raised up and in front of that kind of flat to the profile of the ring are small elongated ovals that represent petals or leaves on a flower. Then the wedding band part curves to meet the engagement ring and has another oval diamond to complete the leaf/petal pattern.
I have a great picture of it- but it is on my camera which is out of batteries! I will make sure to add it as soon as I can!
Alee
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| 4forMe |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:01:31 AM
Yes, mine is the same gold band we bought at Walmart (we were not looking to spend a lot of money when we got married at the court house), his is matching and I have no desire to take it off.
He had my solitare diamond engagement ring reset after we were married into a thick gold setting as I was scratching the kids all the time but I only wear that on special occasions.
I am a plain gold band kind of girl. I feel very odd if I take off my ring.
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 07:54:07 AM
Agreed, Meg...that's lovely and from what I've seen of your photo, it suits you to a tee.
J
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| mima |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 07:48:14 AM
MEG!!!! gorgeous ring!!!!
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| GaiasRose |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 07:36:00 AM
I do! Mine is a really pretty white gold band (I am allergic to yellow) and has sapphires and diamonds inlayed. Rob searched for just sapphires because neither of us are fans of diamonds because of the diamond trade, but couldn't find one. I also wear a white gold ring that has a huge blue topaz-Rob's birthstone-that I saw and loved and ROb got for me.
Rob also wears his ring. Actually 2 rings. One is the one we married with and was my grandpa's ring. the other is one I got for him for Solstice and has a little message imprinted that means something to us personally. He doesn't ever take them off unless he is doing mechanical work. no need to lose a finger!
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| sweetproserpina |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 07:35:40 AM
Yeppers :) I found a beautiful antique ring on ebay and dropped a hint to the fella, lol. It's my engagement ring/wedding band - I don't need to wear two rings. I'm really not a ring kind of girl.
It's art nouveau, probably 1910, made from yellow and white gold, the band splays into two stylized flowers, set with 6 little old mine-cut diamonds (jeweler said probably 1880's), and in the center is a small pearl. My name means pearl, and it always make me think of the quote from when Anne and Gilbert get engaged "Give me pearls for my troth ring".
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| Kathie |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 06:58:13 AM
Great idea for a thread!!
I don't wear one either!
I had one of course, when we got married.. It was a very pretty gold band we had matching rings.. there is a single etching all the way round right down the center.. with the prettiest little cuts going out from that center etch toward the rim.. Well the ring was perfect for my 16 year old finger.. However over 30+ years of marriage it simply does NOT fit anymore.. & has developed this crack on the INSIDE where that nice etching goes all the way around..! I've taken it to a couple Jewelrs to see about getting it fitted.. But they both felt that the ring would just crack in two! so.. it sits nicely packed away in an old Jewelry box..
My Husbands ring was worn for just a couple days.. then he went back to work at the Die Cast Plant.. where they weren't allowed to wear rings.. & he just never got used to wearing one..
About 10 years ago he decided I needed a nice pretty Diamond..
It was a very pretty ring.. But.. like you Frannie.. I'm just not a Diamond girl.. never been something I've wanted.. or needed.. I wore it though since it was from him.. & he was so pleased with himself for finding such a gorgeous ring on his own!!
I think i had it for maybe 2 years before i lost the stone out of it..
Poor Butch.. I think he's getting a complex now..
I do wear a ring on my left hand now though.. it's just a funky Silver ring.. I bought it myself..
But.. it's a ring.. & it makes him happy..
Kathie.. Farm Girl Sister #29
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| Past Blessings |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 06:51:55 AM
Yes! I love mine. At the time DH worked at Pounders Jewelry so he got it at wholesale. Mine is not huge (.64 carat diamond solitaire) with three marquee saphires around it and then a row of tiny diamonds on the second ring. I will be without for a while though as I have lost one prong and part of another so it needs repaired before I lose the diamond. I am not a big jewelry girl by any means, but this is sentimental to me. DH is finally getting his sized up so he can wear it. He hasn't worn it in years and I really want him too. He has a fear of getting his finger "Caught" on something and "degloving" his finger. He is a paramedic and has seen a lot of this over the years, so he has a valid fear. So who knows if he will actually wear it once it is sized. I don't want to force him to wear it and then have him get his finger "degloved" and feel guilty!
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
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| asnedecor |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 06:49:45 AM
I wear a ring and so does my husband. His is just a plain gold band, a "comfort" fit - he did not want anything flashy. When we went to purchase my ring, we also did not have a lot of money and DH told me that if we couldn't find a diamond that you could at least see from across the room, then would I be fine with just a band - which I said would be fine. To our surprise though, the jeweler was willing to "haggle" on the price of my ring. It is not a huge diamond, but I have a center diamond, with what is called diamond channel set on the bands and then surrounded by 4 marque cut rubies. I usually do not take my ring off, the only time I can think of it when it has had repairs done to it or when I was plastering the walls in our house.
Anne in Portland
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