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

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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?

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

keep it on less i have to get a mri

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.

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!

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!!!

I had mine remodelled into a narrower band

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!

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.