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

I had a wide one 1973, it got to small and was difficult to get over my knuckles which made it hard to keep dry underneath making my finger sore. I bought a cheap one as temporary measure and was thing of having mine made bigger or having two smaller rings made. It was a wide domed shape quite heavy, I just saw someone mention their ring cost £ 30 new and £260 to have made larger, seems a lot, but if I never wear it again it's an awful waste.

When I went to choose my rings in 1975, I chose a wide white gold wedding ring and matching engagement ring. Trying them on I couldn’t bend my finger (small hands) so had the wedding ring cut in half and paid half the price. I take it off every night to avoid eczema and still wear it every day after 50 years.

I wear one no problem the patterns worn off which I loved at the time but I’ve had three engagement rings and could have had the matching wedding ring to the last one but I love my wedding ring . It’s our fiftieth next year and love the fact it’s been on my finger through thick and thin.

During my 3rd pregnancy, my lovely ( but heavy)22ct wide yellow gold wedding band became uncomfortable so I bought a much slimmer version of it and have worn that one ever since. I wear my diamond solitaire ring above it and the combination suits my small hand.
My husband still wears his original wide band but I have put mine aside, together with my mother’s 22ct band and other jewellery, ready to give to our children and grandchildren.

I'm on my 3rd wedding ring, though still married to the "original" DH.
The first one had a matching wider band for DH to wear. He didn't like wearing any sort of ring so he took it off and I gave it to a mobile jeweller along with mine to redesign it and cut his ring in half.
I lost touch with her and she kept the rings, which was a bit unfortunate.
The second ring rolled off somewhere inside the house and was never seen again.
I didn't want an eternity ring so we bought a third wedding ring last year to commemorate our 50th wedding anniversary. It's very plain, matt in the centre of the band with shiny bevelled edges.
I am very careful to only put it in a box if I remove it!

When we married in 1967 wide wedding ri gs were very popular. After twenty years I had the ring made larger but the width reduced.
I am a widow but still wear my ring when I go out but leave it off in the house because I have a fear of injury when doing housework. I am not paranoid, a friend of a friend slipped when cleaning windows and the catch caught her ring finger and ripped off her finger 😱

If you are disposing of wedding rings, now is the time as the gold price is very high.
Anyone who has a thin finger and a large knuckle and wants to wear their ring without it spinning round, you can get two bobs of gold soldered inside the band, effectively making the ring a smaller interior size and stopping the spin but still able to be removed. A good craft jeweller will be able to do that easily

I was married inn 1972 and MiL suggested that I have a 22ct gold ring as it could be pawned very easily if we were ever desperate for money (Liverpool ladies bought as much gold as possible with this in mind) . My ring is D shaped , quite wide and is 22ct gold . I haven’t been able to wear it for years and I now wear my grandmothers ring, but I would like to wear it again if I get the chance . It only cost £28 at that time but when I’ve looked at similar these days they can be in excess of £1000.

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I had a wide one 1973, it got to small and was difficult to get over my knuckles which made it hard to keep dry underneath making my finger sore. I bought a cheap one as temporary measure and was thing of having mine made bigger or having two smaller rings made. It was a wide domed shape quite heavy, I just saw someone mention their ring cost £ 30 new and £260 to have made larger, seems a lot, but if I never wear it again it's an awful waste.

A friend who was a silversmith, melted down a ring and made it look like a nugget. with a loop on the top it made a very attractive pendant. It would be all your own gold.
Only a working jeweller would be able to that .Not a High Street multiple who would just put everything in general melt.

We married in 1969 in a Quaker Meeting so simple. We exchanged promises but rings weren't part of the ceremony.
A Jeweller friend made me a gold ring but DH didn't want one.
I wore it, and frequently mislaid it until it stopped fitting me due to bigger, knobblier fingers.
I keep it in a box and look at it occasionally, marvelling at how tiny my fingers were.

DH died 5 years ago. I'm sure someone will love my ring one day. I have 5 DGD.
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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.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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 😊

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.