Wide wedding rings, 70s style, do you still wear them?

I have worn my medium width plain gold wedding ring since 1972. It had a beveled edge which has long since worn away. Last year it became painfully tight so I had it cut off, which was quite painful in itself! It was enlarged and I was so pleased with the result that I had my engagement ring (plain solitaire diamond) done to match. I love them both as much as the day I started wearing them so I won’t be replacing them.

My Dh has the same style wedding ring, which has been enlarged/made smaller over the years!

Arthritis has meant my wedding ring being cut off twice and replaced by an identical wide plain band which is now loose so I can only wear it with another, slightly tighter, ring to prevent me from losing it. Really rather sad.

I never had a wide band, am petite and have small hands so would not have suited me. Alas due to Arthritis I no longer wear my wedding and engagement rings. Had them made bigger a few years ago but my hands/fingers keep changing shape and they would need to be made much larger for me to be able to wear them.

I married in 1969 when wide rings were fashionable but I wanted a narrow one, it cost £7. When I divorced 25 years later I sold it and my engagement ring for £25. That was symbolic, along with throwing away the tea pot!

I’ve written before that I’m not particularly sentimental about jewellery. My 1972 wedding ring was very wide yellow gold, but in the late 80’s I decided I liked white metal better, so I got a very thin, plain platinum band and a few years later ‘ditched’ my modest yellow gold sapphire/diamond engagement ring for a stunning emerald. When we decided on a Nile cruise in 2005, I didn’t want to risk the emerald, so treated myself to a channel set diamond band in white gold, which I still wear.

I’ve already given my DGM’s wedding ring to DD1 and my DM’s to DD2.

* As well as having jewellery insured with up to date valuations, I was told to take photographs of myself wearing the items, which I have done.

I meant only that I was not used to jewellry at all, at 18 years old i first got a substantial engagement ring and then this wedding ring, which I loved a lot but it was hard to get used and it was standing out a lot. I never thought it is wrong for me to wear it. And my DH always wears his although much thinner.

Jessy28

I meant only that I was not used to jewellry at all, at 18 years old i first got a substantial engagement ring and then this wedding ring, which I loved a lot but it was hard to get used and it was standing out a lot. I never thought it is wrong for me to wear it. And my DH always wears his although much thinner.

Do you wear your rings since the wedding day?
Never taken it off! It's not a wide one though.

Norah

Yes, I wear my wedding ring, 65 years on my finger.

This is way longer than me! What a commitment!

As for me.. Think I have had about 4 I just wanted a change. I'm not sentimental about it. My original one was a 22ct slim gold band.
My most recent one, was one I wanted for ages from Tiffany's with Diamonds, DH bless him bought it for me. I have also had my Engagement ring redesign with another ring DH bought me added into the design.

Most of my female chums don't wear or have replacement wedding and Engagement rings.

Jessy28

Norah

Yes, I wear my wedding ring, 65 years on my finger.

This is way longer than me! What a commitment!

I'm elderly.

I have small hands, my ring has no stones and fits nicely.

Is it also a wide one?

Norah

Jessy28

Norah

Yes, I wear my wedding ring, 65 years on my finger.

This is way longer than me! What a commitment!

I'm elderly.

I have small hands, my ring has no stones and fits nicely.

Perhaps those who keep changing their wedding rings didn't get married in church and don't think there's anything special about those rings which were blessed.

Unless the are renewing their vows, of course.

I always felt very special about the ring, therefore i kept it on all those years. Indeed i thought, if we live to our 50th anniversary I would have it removed to get a new one fot such an occasion, but DH thinks it should never come off, especially being cut. He thinks it is bad luck a bit childish. Had it caused health problems he would not mind of course. So I think the ring is to stay.

My ring hasn’t been off for 57 years. It’s 18ct yellow gold, a plain style that isn’t particularly wide. Of its time I’d say. Not particularly fashionable now which doesn’t bother me a bit. I also have my Mum’s wedding ring which is 22ct yellow gold and often gets worn on my right hand. One will go to each granddaughter. I suspect they will be sold and something more modern bought. It makes me quite sad when I think of it which I know is daft.

It’s not daft cornergran.

I know you give things and it’s not up to you what the recipient does with them, but I feel family wedding rings are a bit different.

When my mum died and the undertaker passed her wedding ring on to my sister and me, I said ‘you’d better have this’, as she was the oldest.

She wears it on her right hand, I must admit, I wish it were mine!

We were married in 1974, I still wear the wide 22ct ring. It’s not been altered at all.
On our 20th anniversary DH bought me a diamond eternity ring, which is slightly large and I wear it between my wedding ring and engagement ring. If my wedding ring becomes too tight, I shall just wear the eternity ring.

We married in 1977 and I had a narrowish gold ring with an engraved pattern. I think it was from Ratners and it was very inexpensive. Not sure what a wide rings looks like.

When I was pregnant I had to have it cut off. I then had a piece inserted and made larger. i wore it until about 15 years ago when it was really thin and in danger of breaking. Husband said he would buy me a new one and I chose a 3 coloured gold Russian wedding ring. One white gold, a rose gold and a yellow gold.

Wedding ring 1965 very narrow platinum with a bit of a leaf pattern. Never off my finger except recently when I had it enlarged. DM's 1944 similar, also DD's 1998. Anti-fashion?

We got married in 1974 I had a wide 22 ct gold band and my sisters was wider than mine.I still love it.

My ring was wide and we have been married for fifty years. It was only
about £35! My engagement ring wore out and it wasn’t viable to repair it so we waited until we were in Orkney and replaced both rings with a very delicate Celtic twist and I got real diamonds for the first time! I absolutely love them. My husband wanted me to wear the original wedding ring on my other finger but I prefer another ring. I still treasure it but it’s in my jewellery box,

If it is too tight it may lessen the blood circulation to that finger, so for health reasons if nothing else it needs to come off!
I used to get itchy skin under mine so stopped wearing it
It didn't change me or my husband or our vows or what we meant to each other. It's a symbol and can be altered, worn, not worn without changing the important things it represents. Stop enduring. You know you really want/ought to.

Married in 1972. We both had wide gold d shaped rings. I wore mine for about 14 years got fed up with it took it off, and didn't replace it. My late husband wore his for about 5 years. They both were sold along with other rings he bought me to Cash Converters about 2 years ago.
A ring doesn't define a marriage. If I ever married again I probably wouldn't wear a ring from day 1.

I got married in 1990 - forever, I thought. My husband had different ideas and I’m now in the middle of a divorce. I took my wedding ring off on 31st August 2024. 🤷🏽‍♀️

This is such a well-timed topic for me! We were married in 1981 and I chose a very wide plain gold ring which I’ve always loved. Over Christmas my fingers (knuckles) changed shape and became swollen and it now can’t be removed. I can twist it around still but I think it needs to be cut off and resized. So my question is, to those who have had wide rings cut off, where did you go to get this done please??