Stacking other rings with wedding band?

[TinglyandCurious]

This is fine right? I have a slim white gold wedding ring which I adore (made from my great great grandma and grandmas wedding bands) and it looks so great with lots of my less valuable rings (including a lovely black onyx/silver ring I got today.) I do technically have an engagement ring but it’s something we picked together after we decided to get married (never did the big proposal thing) and I don’t wear it all the time. I do love it though.

My MiL was quite scathing today saying the only other ring I should wear with my wedding band should be a proper engagement ring.

I know rationally this is rubbish but just wanted some reassurance that mixing it all up is fine. I wouldn’t wear the second ring all the time but rather change it around regularly as I imagine a wearing gold and silver next to each other long term might lead to scratching etc.

Would love to know what people think,

thanks 🙂

Your hand, you can wear what you want. Ignore your MIL

Your mil is talking bollocks. I wear a variety of rings with my wedding ring. Ideally they’d be the same carat gold but it only matters if you wear them all the time.

Well it's your hand, your ring, you can do want. But personally I do think it's a bit odd to put other random rings on your ring finger, next to your wedding band.

So I guess I agree with your MIL, I just wouldn't be so rude as to say it out loud.

Agree
My eternity ring sits next to my wedding ring, half hoop of diamonds, then my engagement ring, a saphire flanked by diamonds. All very cherished - I think said of so uncherished you wouldn't want to wear them always.

What about when you have another cherished ring? I was bought a diamond raindrop ring for our silver wedding. I can’t wear it with my eternity and engagement rings but it sits perfectly on my wedding ring.

This, exactly.

On a reasoned, logical basis, you are right. There's no 'rule' or 'law' that you can't, but it feels strange to me.
I guess it is much more to do with tradition.

There is no ruling or law which says you have to wear your wedding band on your wedding ring finger, (or even at all) but, you are, so it seems you do like tradition to some extent. If you can articulate why one part of the tradition is right for you but not the other, then you'll have an answer for your MiL.

I'd wear it on my right hand. I love my eternity and engagement rings too much not to wear them.

I like to ring the changes. My new ring’s too dressy to wear every day, it doesn’t fit my right hand which is where my mum’s wedding ring and a gypsy ring she bought me live.

Thanks so much for all the replies! You have made me really reflect on what the issue is - and yes, I guess I think it’s a bit odd too which is why I started a thread about it.

I don’t think it’s that I feel I shouldn’t wear other rings on that finger (as would and have happily stacked other rings with my wedding band and engagement ring together) but rather I worry it’s not “okay” to not wear my engagement ring… except I don’t really have any major sentimental attachment to my engagement ring so that’s probably why I’m even entertaining the idea. DH wouldn’t mind about that at all - as I said he didn’t propose with it - we chose it together and it was always more of a filler ring before getting my wedding ring. There have also been many years I’ve just worn my wedding band (when my babies were small etc) so again it doesn’t feel really connected to my very happy marriage and more just a lovely piece of jewellery.

If I ever got another deeply cherished ring then I’d probably keep that on all the time too. But for now I’m going to switch up other rings and enjoy different styles.

Thanks again!