I have seen MANY woman wearing their wedding band and engagement ring on their RIGHT hand.
Why? does someone know?
I've been wondering about this for a loooong time.
tdebe
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I think it's for couples who purchase a wedding band that doesn't work well with the engagement ring on the same finger.
jgl
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But i've seen them wearing BOTH on the RIGHT hand...
?????
libby2595
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both rings on the right hand??
never seen it. i'd be curious, too.
AlmostMrsKelly
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Posted by jgl
But i've seen them wearing BOTH on the RIGHT hand...
?????
maybe they're confused, lol i don't know why they would. i wear my e-ring on my right hand but my band is on my left
tdebe
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Yeah, I've never seen that either....
luvabul
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some brides do that, a lot of middle - eastern women do that.... its just their culture...i guess...i have been to egypt, singapore, a lot of those countries - the right hand is used for ringss....
Espo22
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Yeah this greek girl told me that people in her family wear it on the right hand. It's a cultural thing, ive seen it quite a few times too.
portjeffbride
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In Medieval times, the wedding band was always on the right hand, since it was more 'Godly' than the left hand. Sometime after Martin Luther and Henry VIII, Protestants began wearing their rings on the left hand, becuase it was 'closer to the heart'. This hand swap was not adopted in Catholic regions of northern Europe (such as parts of Germany and all of Poland). There, it remains traditional to have your ring on the right hand. (Engagement rings are on the left hand.)
Since that's where FH and I come from, when we get married, right hand it is!
butapecan3
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Posted by portjeffbride
In Medieval times, the wedding band was always on the right hand, since it was more 'Godly' than the left hand. Sometime after Martin Luther and Henry VIII, Protestants began wearing their rings on the left hand, becuase it was 'closer to the heart'. This hand swap was not adopted in Catholic regions of northern Europe (such as parts of Germany and all of Poland). There, it remains traditional to have your ring on the right hand. (Engagement rings are on the left hand.)
Since that's where FH and I come from, when we get married, right hand it is!
I didn't know that
EverlovingEv
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Posted by portjeffbride
In Medieval times, the wedding band was always on the right hand, since it was more 'Godly' than the left hand. Sometime after Martin Luther and Henry VIII, Protestants began wearing their rings on the left hand, becuase it was 'closer to the heart'. This hand swap was not adopted in Catholic regions of northern Europe (such as parts of Germany and all of Poland). There, it remains traditional to have your ring on the right hand. (Engagement rings are on the left hand.)
Since that's where FH and I come from, when we get married, right hand it is!
Very informative.
portjeffbride
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yeah, I've got to have that explanation down when everyone asks me why my ring is on the 'wrong' hand....
jgl
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wow.. thanks for the infor girls.
I heard that it could have been cultural but I wasn't sure.
ama1771
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i always wondered the same thing. thanks for the explanations.
