I have a date and I can't get my wedding and engagement rings off...

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What should I do?

Split from H last year. My fingers (and the rest of me) have grown significantly in the 20 years since my rings went on and there is no way of getting them off without intervention (I've tried all the washing up liquid and dental floss interventions).

Options are:

• front up with the date before I go and explain the situation in advance
• find out if I can get them cut off somehow which I don't really want to do because they were expensive
• chop off hand
• brazen it out and say nothing.

WWYD?

The jeweller showed me how to get rings off when I bought my wedding ring.

It is mostly the caterpillar above.

Because pulling at your ring pushes the skin and fat up against your knuckle joint, so that your ring cannot get over it, it helps to have a second person who can pull the skin back towards the hand, so you can do the caterpillar thing.

What worries me with mine is that my joint is enlarging so I may have trouble doing even that before long 😬

So, the skin under the ring set hasn't been cleaned for 20 years?

Not to be mean, but the reason there is more fat above the ring is that it had no where to go.

Sorry, but that just looks unhealthy.

What?

You just explain this to your date.

Expect to be grilled and checked for honesty - only if he's interested and you two hit it off.

But if you are starting over in relationships as a single person - one way or another you need to get the rings cuts off and re-sized or made into different jewellery.

You don't bring your engagement ring and wedding ring into a new relationship if you want a new longterm relationship.

Go speak to a jeweller for advice, while there are still professional jewellers in the high street.

Haha - yes me too. I was all set to go and get my ring cutters......

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Don't know if you've seen the ribbon technique before OP? Xx

Have you tried putting your hand in ice? The cold is your friend with this.
Second to that, be honest and just say you have tried absolutely everything, relationship been over for eons but you literally need specialist help now to get them off!

If you could get hold of some plus fours you could wear a single golfing glove without arousing suspicion.

God just get them cut off! I had to get mine cut off once (still married!!) as they had been stuck on there for years. It was an easy enough repair job. I know some women wear their engagement ring on the right hand after a split.

The string method worked for me. No need to have them cut off, the string method really works!! @styleitoutttt

Not sure it's that sort of ring..

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Paramedics cut my husbands ring off - didn't cost much and took 15mins for a jeweller to fix.

chop them and have a jeweler remake whats left of them into something else like earrings.

I worked in a nursing home for 10 years and then as a nurse and have taken off loads of rings, I'd be surprised if you manage to get them off without cutting though 😬

I wouldn't worry about ot though, if it's mentioned just say you can't get them off

I've recently started wearing my great grandma's wedding ring and it only fits on the wedding ring finger and I've not had any comments, not that I've had many dates 😅

Hope you have a fun time

Stick a bandage around your finger and say you injured it.

This🤣🤣

Full Mr T is the only way here!

Omg this makes me feel queasy thinking about it being my ring/fingers. How have you coped with them like that op?

Tape over them with masking tape and colour the tape in with a peach-coloured marker?

Not to be rude, but the engagement ring doesn't look like its hugely valuable. (sorry op) just cut them off.

I have no idea why I'm asking this, but do we reckon the string trick would work for handcuffs? Maybe needing thicker string...embroidery or garden string?

If you bend your thumb in its basically the same principle.

Isn't it bad for your circulation when rings are stuck on?