Have your engagement ring professionally cleaned and checked twice a year. This will not only maintain its brilliance and shine, but also ensure the ring hasn't been damaged from wear. A surprising amount of factors go into sizing up a ring finger. In addition to the shape and size of your finger, you'll also need to consider your lifestyle and the actual ring you have in mind.
If you're frequently partaking in activities that may cause your finger to swell like physical exertion or flying, you'll need to keep that in mind. Climate is an additional factor as hands and fingers swell in the summer and are more slender in the winter due to the cold.
The width of the band will also impact the sizing as thicker bands tend to have a tighter fit. To ensure the perfect fit, the best time to measure is when your body feels at its most normal—so at room temperature during the middle of the day fingers can swell overnight , preferably not after hitting the gym or post hot meal. Ring guards or beads can help offset slight fluctuations in finger size if they arise.
If you feel unsure about your ring size, consider getting professionally measured. Selle advises that if you're intending to switch the placement of the rings, either from one hand to the other or to different fingers, you'll need to "take into account that both fingers might not be the same size. From wedding rings to finger tattoos, there are many ways to express your commitment of love to your partner and stick with tradition.
As mentioned before, wedding rings are most often worn on the fourth finger from the right on the left hand, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. But, you're also welcome to wear your wedding ring on the right-hand ring finger. In doing so, you'd be following the example of many central and northern European couples. Orthodox Christians, too, customarily wore bands on the right. This was also the case in India, as it was once believed the left hand was unlucky or dirty.
But nowadays, either hand can be a home for wedding baubles. The tradition is one that holds particularly great meaning to same-sex couples. The first recorded engagement ring was gifted by Austria's Archduke Maximilian to his lady-love, Mary of Burgundy, in the 15th century. The custom of wearing an engagement ring was historically practiced by both males and females, though it eventually lost its popularity amongst men.
Today, especially within same-sex marriages, men have begun wearing engagement rings again. True to tradition, the newly-engaged have taken to wearing the engagement ring on the left ring finger commonly referred to as the engagement ring finger. Traditionally in the UK and in Ireland, the man proposes to the woman with an engagement ring.
Some couples buy a promise ring , previous to an engagement ring. Or it can act as a substitute ring until the couple chooses an official engagement ring. Promise rings are worn on the left hand ring finger, same as engagement rings. After marrying, British women usually wear both the engagement ring and the wedding ring. Either way, both are always worn on the left ring finger.
The reason for this is an old British superstition which states that a wedding ring must never be taken off. During the wedding ceremony the bride puts her engagement ring temporarily on their right hand.
This leaves the left hand free for the wedding ring. The UK wedding ring tradition is thought to have come from the ancient Romans. Who, in turn, inherited it from the Egyptians.
Therefore, they felt this was the ideal place to wear a wedding ring, a symbol of love and commitment. So while the British wedding ring tradition goes back to Egypt, the engagement ring tradition is actually attributed to ancient Rome, where it was customary for suitors to give a pre-marriage ring to their brides-to-be in order to seal the commitment to marry them.
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