Fashion bag and Jewelry Place: WEDDING RINGS – WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO WEAR THEM ?

Wedding rings – What’s the best way to wear them?Although you may have some pre-conceived notions of how you are supposed to wear a wedding ring, did you know that there are a variety of different methods used that people all around the world and from different religious groups have established as tradition? Most people wear their wedding ring according to how their parents wore the ring or how a ring is predominantly worn in their country. However, if you are looking to find a different way for wearing a wedding ring, possibly the best way that you can think of, consider the following ideas for how to wear a wedding ring:

Closest to heart is traditional. Many people wear their wedding ring around their neck on a chain. This ensures that the ring remains as close to the heart as possible. After all, the ring is a symbol of the never-ending love that those who are choosing to marry feel that they share. Some who have had their spouse pass away wear their late husband’s or wife’s ring around their neck for the same reason, to ensure that their memory remains close to the heart.

On same finger as engagement ringSome couples have both an engagement and a wedding ring. The engagement ring is worn for the length of the engagement and the wedding ring is then worn after the marriage ceremony on whatever finger that the engagement ring was worn on. The two rings are worn together in this manner.

Can be a good idea to select a matching set – nice symmetryThe best way to wear both a wedding and an engagement ring would be to try to coordinate the two rings in some way. This is not to say that the two rings have to come from a perfectly matched set, but more that the symmetry of the rings should be something to be considered both for aesthetic and for functional appeal. Jewellers are well aware of this trend to have both an engagement ring and a wedding ring that coordinate and are therefore creating pieces that are designed to be able to mixed and matched to create a cohesive set.

Consider the metal type of the engagement ring compared to the wedding ringThe design of the ring or rings that you choose is important but so too is the metal that you choose to have the ring be made of. Typically a wedding band and an engagement ring will be made of the same metal or at least of metals that are similar in color. This decision to match the metals of your rings may dictate how much you are able to spend with more expensive metals and is therefore an important consideration to make before making a final purchase decision.

Wearing your wedding rings on your “ring finger”There is some debate about how the fourth finger on the left hand came to be recognized as the wedding or ring finger. Some insist that there is a vein that goes directly from the left fourth finger to the heart. Others say that the ring finger was the last finger that the ring landed on as the old world English ministers would recite the names of the God head. In some cultures not having your wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is a sign that you were not married in the English church and are therefore unclean or somehow unworthy of marriage. Historically the wearing of a wedding ring is relatively new. Not everyone was able to afford a ring and so one was only given in the case of rare wealth or station. A ring was by no means an expected exchange as it is now.