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

I got married in 1985 & had a wide D shaped ring. Having just bought our first flat money was very tight & my engagement ring needed a magnifying glass to see the stones. He has since bought me a beautiful Ceylon Sapphire and Diamond ring. Unfortunately this doesn't sit at all well next to my wedding ring plus my wedding ring was 9ct & my new ring 18ct. He then bought me a new curtain ring style 18ct wedding ring to match. I still keep my original wedding & engagement rings & have no one to leave them too. However, we both believe that our marriage is more than just the ring.
Perhaps suggest to him that you have your ring made less wide? Easily done by a jeweller.

Married 66, wedding ring was not as wide as some at that time. Eventually discovered my engagement ring was wearing thin due to the different carat of the gold. Wedding ring was 9 carat, engagement 18 carat and platinum. As engagement ring was a lot more expensive than the wedding ring (which was engraved inside), we decided to have a new wedding ring.
Went for something not so wide as the original. The original will be passed to my GD.

Married in 1974, my ring is quite narrow, it cost£17 which was a lot in 1974 😀😀. I have never taken it off ❤️❤️

My wedding ring is a beautiful heavy 18carat yellow gold medium width. I had it made by a Jeweller in the Jewellery Quarter, and it cost £18. The pattern is orange blossom, and the jeweller told me I must not wear it around the house, as the pattern would fade quickly. So I never wear it at home, only when I go out. The pattern is still visible and vibrant, so taking his advice was very wise.

Mine was bought in 1969, so wasn’t very wide. A little bit wider than my mother’s and granny’s ones though. I still have my granny’s wedding ring. She was married in 1904.

I had one ( two actually ) that I inherited . I kept them for years for sentimental reasons but did not wear.
Then a few years ago married for the 2nd time and remembered them so they went off to a jewellery who designs & makes rings.
Had them melted down to make my wedding ring so obviously wear it (them ) every day. Maybe you could have something like that .

Removing a ring with dental floss. It didn’t come off straight away, it took three of four goes, but the ring moved along the finger until it got just over the knuckle, when it was possible to pull it free
youtu.be/bdG53DgdX5c?si=eseQbE7Al45k-m4x

I have a short finger joints, so can't wear wide rings and I prefer the look of the narrower ones. Couldn't ever fit an eternity ring on with an engagement ring and a wedding ring.

Yes I still wear mine and would not dream of changing it.

My wedding ring is a five millimetre wide 22ct gold band that we bought from a jewellers in Oxford Street in 1966. I remember he went quite pale when he saw the price but obviously thought I was worth it😂! It’s never been off my finger in almost sixty years and is impossible to remove now - it would have to be cut. I’ve already had another ring he bought me cut off my right hand because of arthritic joints restricting the blood flow. It made me very sad.

My wedding ring, dating from 1966, is a simple gold ring (commonly known at the time as a "curtain" ring.) It has never been off my finger. DH and I will celebrate our diamond wedding aniversary in a few weeks's time but I have no wish for a diamond. As far as I am concerned DH is my precious diamond.

After he decided to attack me, I threw it out of the window. Never seen since, and won’t be seeing him again either. Best thing I ever did 😊

It won't come off and that part of my finger is the only place on my body that is not fat. Sadly the pattern has worn off though

Oh dear. I haven’t worn my wedding ring for so long I can’t really remember what it looks like! I think it’s medium wide (married in 1974). DH wore his for a very short time as he didn’t like how it felt. Pretty sure I was still wearing mine when my children were born. I think I stopped wearing it about 30 years ago. I lost my engagement ring …. Still got the husband though which is the main thing!

We married in 1980 and both had wedding bands. My trio of rings were stolen in a burglery when I was pregnant with DD1 - so any replacements have no sentimental value. I think I am on wedding band number 3 or so. Just pretty things. Him indoors lost his wedding band whilst diving along the Dorset coast not long after we got married. We figure that being happily together after all this time is more important than a hunk of metal.

Married in 1976 and wear a lovely, simple narrow band from Ratners.

41 years, still the same ring although it has been resized a couple of times due to arthritic knuckle joints. Going to get engagement and eternity rings resized this year for same reason.

If you want to get it off without cutting it, search YouTube for removing rings with thread/string. Would OH object to having a new ring made from your gold wedding ring? You could then have one that is more suited to your comfort

I was married in 1968 and had my grandma's wedding ring (made from a gold sovereign), as it was kept in a drawer after she died. I was divorced in 1997, and so when my first granddaughter was christened, I took the ring to a jeweller - with my ex-husband's permission—with other small bits of gold I had and asked him to melt it down and remake it into a heart with a small loop. I said I would buy her the gold chain to put it on on her 18th birthday—which is later this year.
I also did a picture book with photos of her great-grandma, who originally had the ring, and her grandmother and me to give her some history about the women in the family. She is so delighted to have this treasured family memory . . . . . I just have to find a gold chain to put the heart on for her 18th birthday! Gold prices have shot up in 18 years, but it's worth finding a nice one for her to keep and pass on if she has a daughter.

I had a wide band which wasn't the best idea as I have short fingers. I haven't worn it for a long time as it was getting too tight, but I still wear my engagement ring.

It surely can't be healthy to wear such an uncomfortable and tight ring. Why not get it cut off and re-shaped? It could be made narrower and wider but still be the same ring. Your DH needs to think about what's right for YOU, not for him!

Still wear my wedding eing from 1976, and engagement ring from 1974 every day, plus an eternity ring from later years too.

We married in 1972. I never wear my rings since our first argument many many years ago.

We married in 1976. My ring wore thin, so after my mil died, I had mine merged with hers- it's wider than the modern ones but not too wide. Now, I can twist it around but can't get it over my knuckle, so it stays on. I wanted to get my engagement ring enlarged, but couldn't get it off. I waited 4 hours at the local hospital to get it cut off, before losing the will to live and leaving. I crossed the road, and called in a jewellers who cut it off instantly, free of charge.! I left it with them to get it resized , cost about £80, about 3 years ago.

Married in 1970 with a medium thick wedding ring which is lovely. I have never once dreamt of changing it because of fashion, it means so much more to me than that.
I'm lucky that so far arthritis has only affected the thumb on that hand not the fingers.