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Wedding Etiquette Forum
Kneekey75
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How to wear my rings
Hello all I am recently engaged and my fiance got me a lovely heart-shaped ring. Since it didn't come with a band I went to a local jewelry store to see what they had. Everything I've read says my wedding band should be closest to me on my finger & that I should wear my engagement ring with the point of the heart facing away from me. The girl at the jewelry store said my band should wrap around the point of the heart. That goes against what I've read. Has anyone else run into this problem? Any thoughts on this. Does it really matter which way the ring faces?
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Re: How to wear my rings
(One day, I'm going to go through all the posts and answer based just on the title without reading the post.)
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[QUOTE]Hello all I am recently engaged and my fiance got me a lovely heart-shaped ring. Since it didn't come with a band I went to a local jewelry store to see what they had. Everything I've read says my wedding band should be closest to me on my finger & that I should wear my engagement ring <strong>with the point of the heart facing away from me. </strong>The girl at the jewelry store said my band should wrap around the point of the heart. That goes against what I've read. Has anyone else run into this problem? Any thoughts on this. Does it really matter which way the ring faces?
Posted by Kneekey75[/QUOTE]
The only time I've hear anything about which way the heart should face was a <span class="emphasis">Claddagh ring</span>.
Maybe soon on a rainy day
Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
[QUOTE]I suggest on your fingers. (One day, I'm going to go through all the posts and answer based just on the title without reading the post.)
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]
I do this all the time!
... in my head.
[QUOTE]In Response to How to wear my rings : The only time I've hear anything about which way the heart should face was a Claddagh ring .
Posted by Matty143[/QUOTE]
Me too--and once you are "with" someone or whatnot, you face it towards you. So, this would fix your problems.
[QUOTE]I suggest on your fingers. (One day, I'm going to go through all the posts and answer based just on the title without reading the post.)
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]
Marry me.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: How to wear my rings : Marry me.
Posted by BecW2be[/QUOTE]
Wait to ask that until after you've read the rap battle.
Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
I'm insulted.
Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
Um, there will be a wifely duties schedule. MLK day is coming up.
Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: How to wear my rings : Me too--and once you are "with" someone or whatnot, you face it towards you. So, this would fix your problems.
Posted by staceycaine[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Claddagh ring is point out when engaged and point in when married (both ways are left hand, right hand is single and in-relationship). If it's just a heart it doesn't have that custom but you can do the same thing if you want. Or just wear whichever way looks better, which personally I think would be with the point outward, but that's without seeing the specific ring so it's just speculation.
Traditionally, you wouldn't remove the wedding band. Ever.
The E-ring you switch from right hand to left hand after the ceremony, or sometimes this switch is written into the marriage ceremony.
Then you can remove the Ering to do laundry or gardening or whatever, and leave the band on.
And the point of the heart should point at your elbow, so that when you look down at your hand, the heart is right-side up, not upside down. You are engaged to be married and then you will be married, so you wear your heart turned toward YOU, not open to other people to date you. The pp is correct that this tradition comes from the claddah ring, which also features a heart.
You can get a wedding band that accomodates the point of the heart with no problem.