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

I had a fairly wide wedding ring but when I separated from my ex after 19 years, I sold it along with some other broken and unwanted gold to replace a chain that had broken. I still wear my engagement ring on my other hand but I can't get it off as the knuckle on my right hand finger is bigger than the left. I don't know if it will be possible to get it off without cutting it but for now it has to remain.

I remarried 4 years ago in May. (My husband actually proposed 18 years ago and we finally got around to marrying at Gretna Green, we couldn't get our parents permission! lol).
My old wedding now fits my little finger. My new ring is actually a 1920's ring which we had made larger. it is a wider band. It has a floral pattern engraved on it. The jewellers made a lovely job of enlarging the ring and engraving it to match. It is 18 carat gold so I wear it on it's own because all my other gold rings are 9 carat and harder gold and I do not want to wear away the softer gold. I can take it off with ease which I do, to do messy jobs and applying hand cream.

I was married in 1968 and my ring is widish. I can't get if off and would have to get down to 9 stone to remove it and that is never likely to happen LOL

Nan99

I was married in 1968 and my ring is widish. I can't get if off and would have to get down to 9 stone to remove it and that is never likely to happen LOL

Reading this and other messages, I am impressed how faithful we are wearing the rings our husbands put on our fingers. We are often locked in them, not being able to remove, some even wearing non removable rings after a divorce.
Just wonder how are the DHs? I had really to insist on my DH wear the ring, he was talking all sorts of rubbish how uncomfortable it was, although his is nothing compared to mine - thin and light. Through the marriage he removed it several times until I got really upset. Since then never left his finger.
Are your DHs as commited?

My wide wedding ring was my grandmothers- wed in 1911 ! What goes around comes around!

I do not care for heavy ring treatments or styles.

I like very delicate and extraordinary jewelery in general.

No, I have not worn any type of heavy wide ring fashions.

Married in 1974, we have matching wedding rings we got from H Samuel. The delicate cross type pattern around the middle had almost worn away as the rings never come off. At my first pregnancy I was asked to remove it but when I said I'd rather not, the nurse just wrapped a plaster on it. My engagement ring was stolen during a house move, along with DH's grandmother's beautiful thing wedding band and a solitaire DH had bought me as a 15th anniversary gift. I realised my wedding ring was definitely safer staying on my finger!
So far I've not had problems with swollen fingers so here's hoping it stays that way

DH has a wide wedding ring.

50 something years later, it hasn’t been on his finger for years as it no longer fits.

I honestly don’t know why he had one as he has always done outdoor manual work, and a ring is not suitable wear. But we were both keen for us to have one each.

If he had it enlarged, I don’t think he would wear it very often.

So it just sits in the safe.

Pointless, I know.

Have suggested changing it for something I might wear, but he doesn’t seem keen!

I married in 1970 and had a wide flat wedding ring as was the fashion then. It made me itch from trapped moisture underneath. After a few years I replaced it myself with a narrow Russian wedding ring that I picked up cheaply - the sort that is 3 narrow rings combined loosely so air can circulate.

Subsequently my late OH bought me a narrow band with 6 tiny rubies distributed around it for our Ruby wedding and I have worn that ever since.

Nan99

I was married in 1968 and my ring is widish. I can't get if off and would have to get down to 9 stone to remove it and that is never likely to happen LOL

Amazing! In 2 years it will be 60 years! I am really not at all a record holder.