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To say your engagement ring goes on your finger first and THEN your wedding ring?

194 replies

jinglejanglejo · 20/12/2024 14:46

So, just that. As you'd have your engagement ring on already at the altar and then your wedding ring goes on, surely?

A quick glance around shows others have it the other way around Confused

OP posts:
Londontown12 · 20/12/2024 16:21

I wear my engagement ring first and the wedding band underneath to keep it secure x

WearyAuldWumman · 20/12/2024 16:22

WearyAuldWumman · 20/12/2024 16:07

That is normal, and the minister told me to swap my engagement ring to my other hand for the weddings so that my wedding ring finger was ready for the wedding ring.

However, very often when I go out these days, I switch and use the wedding ring as a "keeper ring" for my engagement ring and/or eternity ring.(Mind you, I have OCD, so...)

At one point, I had the "I can never remove my wedding ring" mindset but I've had two operations where I had to remove my wedding ring before I went into theatre. (It used to be that they allowed you just to tape your finger up, but one op was actually on the ring finger and my shoulder surgeon would let me keep my wedding ring on when I had that done.)

*wouldn't

WhimsicalGubbins76 · 20/12/2024 16:28

What you’ve stated in your op is just your own opinion. How we all wear them is actual tradition. You’re under no obligation to follow tradition if you choose not to, there’s no law that says you have to.

Your finger is supposed to be bare before the wedding ring is placed.

You decide which you think looks nicer. I personally think traditional tends to look nicer, but it also depends on the style of your rings

Isometimeswonder · 20/12/2024 16:38

I wear mine in different orders depending on if I wear the eternity ring.
I think wear how YOU like best.
Sod tradition.

Tanyaaah · 20/12/2024 16:39

Who cares!?

Nanny0gg · 20/12/2024 16:41

jinglejanglejo · 20/12/2024 14:46

So, just that. As you'd have your engagement ring on already at the altar and then your wedding ring goes on, surely?

A quick glance around shows others have it the other way around Confused

No. You don't wear your engagement ring on that finger during the ceremony. It's often put on the other hand

The whole point is you are changing from engaged to married.

Nanny0gg · 20/12/2024 16:43

Starlight1979 · 20/12/2024 15:17

I thought it was engagement ring and THEN wedding ring... Like in the order you're given them? No....?

They look weird the other way round!

Even though most people wear them the traditional way?

AgileGreenSeal · 20/12/2024 16:44

No, on your wedding day you wear your engagement ring on the right hand until your wedding ring is on- then you move it over and place it on your left hand.

Your engagement ring should always be closest to your nail, the wedding ring closest to your heart.

Betchyaby · 20/12/2024 16:44

Wear it how you like it. Traditionally, it is wedding band then engagement ring.

I wear mine wedding band, engagement ring, eternity ring. I like the solitaire sandwiched between the bands.

Nanny0gg · 20/12/2024 16:44

spottedinthewilds · 20/12/2024 16:16

Is there a right and wrong way or is it just preference?

My engagement ring is worth 10 times my wedding band so goes on first to ensure it doesn't fall off!

It's tradition and in all honesty I don't think I've ever seen it the other way round

Casablanca1 · 20/12/2024 16:44

Wedding ring first. Engagement ring on top. That’s how I wear mine.

dutysuite · 20/12/2024 16:45

I prefer my engagement ring on first, it feels more comfortable and I can see my wedding ring better. Having said that none of them fit me anymore as I’ve put on some weight! I don’t think I took my engagement ring off on my wedding day, but then I got married on a beach in America so I would not have risked taking it off or leaving it in the hotel room.

BashfulClam · 20/12/2024 16:46

Once your wedding ring is on you are not meant to remove it but you might take your engagement ring off for anything messy (I take both off). Your finger should be bare at the altar.

JustWalkingTheDogs · 20/12/2024 16:46

Wedding ring first, so it's closer to your heart, and then you don't ever have to take it off. Then engagement ring.

persisted · 20/12/2024 16:48

I would never notice how other people wear their rings, it never occurred to me before reading this that there even was a 'right' way.
When I wear my engagement ring it's on my right hand, I prefer them not stacked.

Thatwouldbeme · 20/12/2024 16:48

I have my engagement ring then wedding ring then eternity ring, to me it makes sense.

Boomer55 · 20/12/2024 16:49

Nope. Wedding ring bottom, then engagement ring, then eternity ring.

SatansBobbleheadedDashboardOrnament · 20/12/2024 16:49

justheretoread111 · 20/12/2024 15:42

Hate to be that person but it’s ‘your’, not ‘you’re’.

Did ye fuck hate it. You still quite possibly hold the record pencil-up-arse brigade living to point it out, though.

Russiandollsaresofullofthemselves · 20/12/2024 16:56

nope, other way around. on your wedding day move your engagement ring temporarily to your other hand.

Afterchristmas · 20/12/2024 16:56

jinglejanglejo · 20/12/2024 14:50

OMG I've been wearing it wrong 😑

Are you in the uk. How can you possibly not know this.

Pollymollydolly · 20/12/2024 17:02

Afterchristmas · 20/12/2024 16:56

Are you in the uk. How can you possibly not know this.

Pretty easily! I’m not sure I believe there’s a ‘right’ way to wear your rings, surely it’s personal preference. I’ve certainly never noticed the order of rings on anyone’s finger.

BlackLambAndGreyFalcon · 20/12/2024 17:03

I wear it like you do because the rings sit together better that way, but I'm aware that it's not the traditional way to wear the rings.

lover99 · 20/12/2024 17:04

Won't make much of a difference after he's left me for his secretary 15 years down the line.

SiobhanSharpe · 20/12/2024 17:04

I think you should wear them in whatever order looks best on your finger. Or however you prefer, swap them around daily if you like. It really doesn't matter a jot.

MimiSunshine · 20/12/2024 17:05

jinglejanglejo · 20/12/2024 14:46

So, just that. As you'd have your engagement ring on already at the altar and then your wedding ring goes on, surely?

A quick glance around shows others have it the other way around Confused

I agree. But I don’t think many do agree with us.
to me it makes sense and I think my rings look better that way.

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