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Its universally accepted females wear rings… what about men?
Should married men wear a ring?
Does wearing a ring symbolize monogamy?
Does not wearing one mean an inclination to cheat?
Or is the double ring thing something promoted by the jewelry industry eager to maximise profits?
My hubby refuses point blank to wear a ring… Ive always just accepted that… I have to admit though if I dont wear mine he does question it :?
hmmmmmmmmmm my ex refused to, because he has a signet ring, so I could understand that it would look a bit ott. However, my hubby had one and made it larger so it could go on his 3rd finger! I will be interested if and what any chaps have to say about this! :)
Surely it’s a matter of personal choice and up to the man?
Some men don’t like to wear jewellery. Some men have jobs where rings are banned on health and safety grounds (as do some women of course). Some men already have rings that are significant to them, as anc’s ex did.A woman’s wedding ring was historically meant to indicate ownership by her husband so there was no requirement for the man to wear a ring. With equality that’s no longer the case (thank heavens!) so it became more symbolic of commitment rather than ownership and so it became more appropriate for a man to wear a wedding ring. It is certainly meant to symbolise commitment and monogomy but it doesn’t guarantee it any more than not wearing a ring guarantees that a man will cheat. If you man is a cheater he will simply take the ring off…just as some women do.
As for it being promoted by the jewellery industry to maximise profits…men wearing wedding rings only really took hold the the second half of the 20th century when men started to wear more jewellery anyway (remember medallion man? :lol: ). Now we have footballers and pop stars wearing diamond earrings and diamond rings, something that would have been unheard of and got them a certain reputation not so many years before, and now male jewellery has become a growth business. Before that men generally only wore a wrist watch and maybe a signet ring, although before that of course if was pocket watches with ornate chains which were intended more as a statement of wealth than as an adornment. I’m more inclined to think it’s media and fashion driven with the jewellery industry making the most of it!
when i was married my hubby at the time wore a wedding ring until the day he jumped over the fence to get the ball that had gone awol…….as he came back over, his ring got caught on a skinny nail on the fence post and the ring tore into his finger…….if it wasn’t for the quick thinking of my neighbour at the time as he cut the ring off while ex hubby sat in the chair almost passed out……..he could have lost his finger
……… a discussion recently at home with my better half resulted in agreement that people who work with tools shouldn’t probably wear one for health and safety.
…. or wear gloves if the can!
I have an engagement ring and a wedding ring.
The engagement ring is sadly a replacement of the original that somehow was lost on the day of our wedding anniversary when we went to celebrate it at a restaurant in the village next to where today’s Tour de France stage finished. Though it is a replacement it is very similar to the original and I where it all the time.
The wedding ring was bought a few years after we were married because at the time we could not afford it. I do not wear it all the time because I am right handed and found it caught on things quite often so purely for safety reasons it is safer not to wear it.
Personally for me they are both very significant though one is a replacement and the other bought after the event the meaning is the important thing.
If the husband wants his wife to wear a ring then so should he.
A ring usually leaves an obvious mark when removed so a cheating husband / wife should b easy to detect.
*getting the stones ready…
@sceptical guy wrote:
*getting the stones ready…
Sorry, Scep, I’m not the marrying kind…
@panda12 wrote:
@sceptical guy wrote:
*getting the stones ready…
Sorry, Scep, I’m not the marrying kind…
those stones are too dear to throw at sinners..
you the Jeremy Kyle audience kind who likes to throw stones at people’s heads?
not sure what the penalties are for male adulterers, but don’t female adulterers need to be buried with only their heads visible to the righteous?? Then it’s like cricket or bowls, depending on what you’re throwing.
Never been to a stoning actually. Are their heads allowed to swivel? are there extra penalties for sinners who scream?
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