Exchanging of the Rings

amlaplante · December 2009

Maybe this is common knowledge but I don't have a clue. When exchanging rings during the ceremony, if I have a wedding set (an engagement ring and a wedding band) would I already be wearing my engagement ring and he puts the wedding band on my hand? Or would he put both the wedding band and engagement ring on my hand and I wouldn't be wearing either before the ceremony?

lyndausvi · December 2009

you can do it however you want.

Some ladies wear the e-ring on the left and move it over afterwards.

some ladies wear their e-ring and then put the band over it and switch it later.

Some like my sister had both rings blessed and her DH put them on together.

Really whatever works for you.

crfische · December 2009

Depends. A lot of people get them soldered before the wedding so it's a non issues.

I didn't want mine soldered, so I wore my engagement ring, he put the wedding ring on during the ceremony and then I just switched them after the ceremony.

It's really just personal preference. A lot of people get all up in arms about making sure the wedding ring is put on first, so they'll wear their ering ont heir left hand until after the ceremony.

I don't believe in shiit like that, so hey. Do what you want.

georgia_bride09 · December 2009

Most brides just have their engagement rings on their right ring fingers so it's there but not in the way. Then you can just move your e-ring back over after the ceremony.

anna.oskar · December 2009

It's all personal preference. I left my e-ring on so he would know "which finger to aim for".

michaelandjulie2 · December 2009

From what I understand, typically you wear your engagement ring on your right hand during the ceremony and he will put the wedding band on your left hand. Then at whatever point you feel (probably after the ceremony?) you can move your engagement ring on top of your wedding band. Other people might do it differently though.

SwedishChick2011 · December 2009

You could either wear your engagement ring on your right hand during the ceremony (this is pretty common, I think) - or you could just wear your e-ring on your left hand like normal and put the wedding band over that, then switch it later.

kristinanddan · December 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_exchanging-of-rings?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:5becadcc-c34b-4344-b04f-5ea8e8a3af9aPost:fbaf992f-e9fa-4072-8efa-c73b9463b079">Re: Exchanging of the Rings</a>:
[QUOTE]It's all personal preference. I left my e-ring on so he would know "which finger to aim for".
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]

Good idea!

I left my e-ring on my left hand. I would have worn it on my right ring finger, but my mom gave me a pearl ring that went with the rest of my jewelry that I wore on my right hand.

I switched the e-ring and weding ring during a time in the ceremony when we were seated.

ring_pop · December 2009

I intended to put my e-ring on my right hand before the ceremony so that he could put the wedding band on my left hand, but I forgot. So I just flipped my e-ring over to my right hand just before the part of the ceremony when we exchanged rings. No biggie.

Pirata13 · December 2009

I will probably wear my e-ring on my right hand. After he puts the band on my finger, I think we will do the engagement ring blessing I copied from someone here on TK and FI wil put my e-rign back on my left.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · December 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_exchanging-of-rings?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:5becadcc-c34b-4344-b04f-5ea8e8a3af9aPost:fbaf992f-e9fa-4072-8efa-c73b9463b079">Re: Exchanging of the Rings</a>:
[QUOTE]It's all personal preference. I left my e-ring on so he would know "which finger to aim for".
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]

When FI proposed I had to point out which hand to put the ring on. "Psst - it's this one." He was so nervous.

I might tie mine to my bouquet or something like that, then put it on after the ceremony.

brookelynpaisley · December 2009

I had wording in the ceremony after the ring exchange that talked about how my e-ring represented a promise and that was now fulfilled. So after we exchanged wedding bands, the e-ring was put back on my finger (over the wedding band) by DH. So I wore neither ring for the beginning of the ceremony.

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