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Across the Fence:  do you wear a wedding ring?  |
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nashbabe
True Blue Farmgirl
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
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 Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 3:52:12 PM
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| 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 |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 4:00:01 PM
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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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Edited by - mikesgirl on Apr 17 2008 4:01:03 PM |
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theoanne
True Blue Farmgirl
282 Posts
teddie
CARROLLTON
GA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 6:54:28 PM
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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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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 7:25:38 PM
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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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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 06:34:52 AM
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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. |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9325 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 11:38:07 AM
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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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