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

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.
.

Siptree

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.

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.

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

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 😱

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!

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 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.

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 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.

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??

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. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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.

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.

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,

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

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 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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Is it also a wide one?

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.