Your wedding ring

I have had my wedding ring now for 40 years as does dh which we both wear everyday..it’s only been off a couple of times for hospital stays and resizing or bulking up..a good jeweler can resize bulk it up and clean it ..we do this every so often and it’s amazing it costs very little and they look as good as new today..they are 18ct gold and cost £40 each..a good jeweler can remodel any type of ring.

I always wear mine and after fifty years it is getting very thin. Interested in your post Nanah67 that a jeweller can bulk up rings,

I have worn my wedding ring for 46 years and rarely remove it. It was very cheap and the design has worn off but I don't think that really matters.

I go to an old jewelry firm where they do the repairs themselves..no additional gold is used just what’s in the ring he softens them and reshapes them upsizing or downsizing and use a strengthening metal. Then cleans them.My oh one had become oblong with the shape of his finger. It’s perfect now and cost £60 for both. My sisters have had there very wide early 1970s wide bands remodeled for about £30.

I've only taken mine off twice in 40 years to have it enlarged. Now I can't remove it (or my engagement ring) again, they are not tight but the knuckle on that finger is badly swollen from arthritis. Unless the rings become uncomfortable they will stay there till I'm buried!

I had my mothers and grans rings woven together after my mother died. However can't bear to wear it so will give it to my daughter. Guess she will probably scrap it though!

As a newcomer I could not help but jump in at the deep end about this Wedding ring conversation!
A warm hello to you all.
My quite wide gold wedding ring has been mainly a fixture on my left hand since our pre Christmas wedding which will actually be our 50 year Golden anniversary this Christmas.
Yes several times it has been taped over as I have been trundled to theatre on some very scary missions, but the one time it actually was removed when........horror of horrors..........I suddenly realised it was no longer on my finger.I had lost weight its true.
What sheer panic ensued.
Much as those wedding vows meant to me, that ring was stuck to not only my finger but my heart, and to have it missing I felt as if part of me was truly gone astray.
I love and have a great penchant for rings, wearing several on any trips away from home. However at home it was just the old faithful golden wedding band together with a gold/ birthstone ring,a present from my foster mum many moons earlier that were worn on a daily basis.
My husband and I diligently searched and searched high and low for the missing ring........ once the initial blind panic had subsided.......but the fact I had attended a clinic in the nearby Hospital days earlier,undressing and yes even washing/drying my hands in their oh! so tight cubicles had us fearing that I may have well lost it during this time.It was reported and everyone with access to this area over the 48 hours were contacted and questioned but to no avail.
Sympathy abounded...........but still no ring.
Meanwhile I wore another ring on that special finger, although not for one moment did it feel right or give me that safe inner glow!
We decided to opt for a new one that I had long admired from the firm “Clogau gold”........it had some of our welsh gold within it...........though pricey it was a case of satisfying a need, but also having something I had long admired.
Of course all this would take a little time and meanwhile not a day passed but you would find us both still searching into every little nook and cranny .............hoping to find that well worn, but much loved Wedding ring.
Just as the new ring was about to be despatched my husband was outside clearing out the troughs and urns of spent summer bedding plants............and lo and behold he espied a glint of something shining..... lurking deep in the soil and roots.On looking further, to his amazement and great delight yes!..........the elusive wedding ring had been hidden under a lovely show of colourful “Busy Lizzies” for most of the summer..........safe and protected.
But now firmly restored back where it rightfully belongs..............on my left hand.
I can imagine you are pondering about the beautiful one ordered from “Clogau gold”...............and to put your minds at rest,no I did not indulge, being that I was so delighted and well relieved to have my former wedding ring back safely where it remains to this day.
Hopefully it is where it will always stay.

What a lovely story Panache

I had to dig out my rings yesterday so that DD1 (an Independent Celebrant) could photograph our hands clasped, complete with rings. She is preparing a leaflet for couples who request a Renewal of Vows Ceremony and wanted to illustrate it with a pair of joined 'older' hands.

5 minutes with the rings on for the photo shoot, quarter of an hour with washing up liquid to get them off again.

What a variety of answers! Did I miss any divorcees saying what they'd done with theirs or should I start a new thread? I chucked my wedding ring into a river. Granddaughter now has my engagement ring.

I’ve had 3 wedding rings over the years . Number 1 cost nothing at all . It was loaned just like the marriage itself that lasted a few months . Number 2 was cheap as chips but meant something at least . Number 3 was about £40 in the 1990’s it’s too tight these days so can’t really wear it . When I have some spare cash I’ll get it altered . As it stands I’ve got a ring of pale pink skin where my wedding ring should be .
I’ve never had an engagement ring, eternity ring or anything , always wanted an engagement ring , nothing fancy just something sparkly .