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

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.

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

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.

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
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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 .

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Original wider ring replaced with narrower one when it became too tight because of osteoarthritis. Original engagement ring (also too tight)replaced with 40th anniversary gift of a ruby surrounded with diamonds. Would like to have the 2 original rings made into a pendant for a fine gold chain.

I have worn my wide white gold wedding ring constantly since 1972 and plan to wear it until I die (unless I need it removed for medical reasons!)
In my will I have left all my jewellery to my daughter and she will divide anything of value, including both my wedding and engagement rings, between my grandchildren. I’m happy for them to sell them if they want to!

I had mine remodelled into a narrower band

Married in 1981 I chose a lovely narrow ring that suited me better.
It had beautiful cut sloped edges.
Very tasteful, I thought.
Sadly, it is 18k , which is soft so now it's all worn flat!
Such a shame!!!

Mine has been on since 1973, and it moves easily, but I wouldn’t like to try to take it off. It has a slash type pattern and I remember my mother in law saying that the indents would soon wear away, and we should have got a plain band. 53 years on and the pattern is still there!

Paperbackwriter

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!

Look, i do not have ay dicomfort, had there been any, he would never object cutting the ring. The finger under the ring remaned thin and does not feel tight. I freely turn it. The knuckle is bigger than the ring, so it cannot be removed. It is on for 48 years, never leaving my finger, I thought nobody else had the ring for so long, but as I reat the thread , I see that there are ladies who wear their rings longer. I do not even feel it. I thought to wear it till our 50th anniversary, but if DH does not want me to remove it, I am happy to keep it and will wear it till my last day. I remember i was worried when realized it was not possible to remove, but my mom calmed me down pointing at her ring being stuck forever. She was burried with it years later.

keep it on less i have to get a mri

Rings need to be removed in hospitals if you have an operation don’t they or xray or MRI so hard to see that nobody ever takes it off.
I’ve never had a wide 1970 style ring, my ring was quite narrow with a faint pattern and ‘court’ style which is the most comfortable to wear.

We got married in 1970 and my ring cost £8 10s. I've worn it ever since and it would have to be cut off now. A lot of its original pattern has worn off now. One of my friends used to work for Unilever, developing new toothpastes. They used to have extracted teeth from dentists and she had a beautiful chunky wedding ring made from some of the gold fillings.

Oreo

Rings need to be removed in hospitals if you have an operation don’t they or xray or MRI so hard to see that nobody ever takes it off.
I’ve never had a wide 1970 style ring, my ring was quite narrow with a faint pattern and ‘court’ style which is the most comfortable to wear.

They can cover them up with tape for some procedures but yes, DH had to have his taken off at a clinic in hospital. The nurse managed it with a lot of soap and a lot of tugging!

I married for the first time in 1969 and had the wide band of 24 carat gold that was fashionable. Yes, it was uncomfortable yet I kept it on until I had an operation six years later and the hospital staff insisted I take it off. To my horror, the skin underneath the ring was white and withered. I never wore the ring again, replaced it with what people referred to as a 'curtain ring' but it was comfortable and showed off my engagement ring which had been dwarfed by the original wedding ring.

Forgot to add that I divorced 27 years later and re-married in 1997 - on that occasion I also opted for a very thin band which has been on and off twice as arthritis has changed the shape and size of my fingers and the ring has had to be enlarged, not something that would have been to easy to do had it been the thick band of yesteryears.

Oreo

Rings need to be removed in hospitals if you have an operation don’t they or xray or MRI so hard to see that nobody ever takes it off.
I’ve never had a wide 1970 style ring, my ring was quite narrow with a faint pattern and ‘court’ style which is the most comfortable to wear.

I’ve had multiple MRI/ MRA/ PET scans, x-rays and major surgery without the ring being removed.

TheHappyGardener

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??

Any good jeweller could do it. Contact the local one and check. It is possible to repair it, one would not notice. I had swelling issues a couple of times, but it went down, so the ring never had to be cut for this reason.

Married in 1967 I had a wide ring but after the birth of DD1 had a problem with it and we bought a much smaller patterned ring which I have worn ever since.
When I had an operation a few years ago the ring was covered with tape