Do you wear a ring?
I did for many years - I had even as a kid from practically the day I was born. I had a neighbor who was from South Africa and said it was a tradition and sign of good luck. She always made sure I had a ring. I wore one up until at least high school I'd say, and then again in junior year when I got my class ring. I stopped around the end of high school, but have been again recently. I found my class ring a few weeks back, had it resized, and it fits. I know I graduated several years ago and it isn't current - I don't have a college ring, but I have a beautiful white gold ring with a blue sapphire stone that is very different from the traditional rings, and the topic of guys wearing rings/class rings came up in one of my classes when a kid asked what they were. I told, and promised to wear mine. The kids think it's the coolest thing... next to my watches...
Maybe I need a new ring... like a ring on my finger... lol.
I've seen so many guys, guys I know who are not engaged, married, just wearing rings. Is it in? Have they been doing it all along?
When I was about 16 I bought this really pretty, hippy kind of homemade ring made of dental gold. I wore it for a couple, until I got an old ring of my dad's (sterling silver and a blue stone of some kind). I wore that until the stone loosened, then wore a jade ring and a jasper ring that my Taiwanese friend bought for me. The jasper ring doesn't fit me any more (neither does the gold one), and I gave the jade ring to my Mongolian friend's son.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of college, I finally got a nice 10k gold ring with a nice synthetic emerald (I just thought it was glass for a long time, lol). It's a 14 and fits on every one of my fingers, thumbs included. It goes on my right middle finger, though, and indicates I have a BA. For Christmas, my sister helped buy me a sterling silver ring with a relatively large, naturally blue topaz. It's got three diamond chips on each side. This one goes on the left middle finger.
So, no, you're not weird. I think it's just a personal taste thing. I like shiny things, I like rings, and so I wear them. I'm not sure folks notice one way or another? Well, unless you're sporting a huge-ass turquoise and silver number that I bought from an antique's dealer (made by a Navajo artist originally). ;)
I've worn the Canadian engineer's "Iron Ring" for over 27 years. It is one of world's most famous rings. I no longer wear my wedding ring.
ReplyDeleteMike: What? The kids don't notice your new shoes? Haha.
ReplyDeleteI used to wear a ring, a silver one with a small square cut light blue colored stone -- I had forgotten about it until this post. I haven't worn in it 15 years.
My other ring, only for special occasions, is a big gold ring, topped by a bright green jade oval. I wore it only to weddings.
I now prefer to go ringless.
I know this is stereotyping but I would think gay guys wear rings on other appendages. :-)
I wear my crew ring pretty much every day. It's silver with small crossed oars running around the outside band. I got it at my last regatta during my senior year of high school along with a few of my teammates; it holds some great memories for me.
ReplyDeleteI do see many guys wearing rings. And yeah, not all of them married or whatnot.
ReplyDeleteI personally disliked wearing rings or bracelets or watches. I'll wear them for a while, then I get lazy and forget to put them on again . . .