Non-traditional wearing of rings

I was actually just looking up articles about this topic! I love your idea of wearing it on your right hand so you can enjoy it more and it gets a bit more air time. Here’s one I found that’s really encouraging to just do your own thing—thought I’d share! https://www.theknot.com/content/what-goes-first-engagement-ring-or-wedding-ring

I have two wedding bands and wear one of them on my right hand. I say you wear your ring on whichever hand you prefer.

The ring is really just a symbol. So it can be worn on any hand or any finger you prefer. It doesn’t make or break the marriage. My engagement ring came with two diamond bands. Well I’ve been wearing the e-ring along with both diamond bands ever since the proposal. I asked FH if he wanted me to wait and he said, “I bought all three rings, so go ahead and wear all three”. And that’s exactly what I was hoping he would say. 😁 We aren’t super traditional with our wedding. Also, I didn’t see the point of waiting to add the bands only on wedding day. Some people have asked if we’re already married, and when I say we aren’t they seem to think I’m lying. LOL! But... 🤷🏽‍♀️ To each their own.

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Thanks for your reply.

My FH has already given me the enhancer for my ring and I want to wear it now . He has left that up to me but he was a bit worried about that tradition of "if the engagement ring is on my right hand, folks might think I am still available" (we know he meant other men ) but now he is on board with getting away from traditional barriers especially since we have rescheduled our wedding twice. I am wearing it well

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Thanks for your reply. I am doing just that now. Wearing it the way I want.

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Thanks for the reply. The doing my own thing is EXACTLY what I will do. My ring is too GORGEOUS to just swing in the wind on my left hand.

I don’t think a single person (besides maybe your FS) cares where you wear your ring.

Do what you want. The left ring finger is simply symbolic.

Different cultures have different traditions. In Poland, it's actually customary to wear your wedding band on your right hand, as I learned from a friend. So yeah, do what you want! Lol. I would just be mindful, depending on the settinf of the stone, if you wear it on your right hand, it may catch on a lot more stuff. I used to wear a ring on my right hand and that would happen so often I eventually got annoyed and stopped wearing it.

I am actually left handed and very rarely wear jewelry on the other hand because it bothers me too much so I've never even thought about what rightys would do haha! I say do wear it however you want! Lots of people can't even wear a traditional ring at all due to their jobs ( wear a silicone one at work since I'm in a warehouse!), so its definitely not a requirement!

HONESTLY THOUGH, WHAT MAN PAYS ATTENTION TO WHAT HAND/FINGER A RING IS ON??? none that i have ever met!! i say wear it on what ever hand or finger you want to!

when I was born I had what they called syndactyly, where on both my hands the ring and middle fingers were fused together and i had to have surgery at 1 and 2 years old to separate the fingers like a hand should normally be, well, on my right hand some skin comes up a little high from the palm section where fingers come apart (my fingers were SOO tiny the doctor had a hard time) so it actually hurts me to wear rings on my right middle or ring finger and sometimes even mittens or gloves that have separate sections for each finger. ....( i wear one ring on my pointer finger on my right hand.... and on my left hand my birthstone ring on my ring finger, and my boyfriend's birthstone ring on my pointer finger, now)

well, fast forward to when I was 16 and my parents got me a ring with my birthstone on it... i immediately put it on my left hand ring finger since that's where it was most comfortable for me. ..my dad's mom (New England prim and proper, never wrong about anything) says "you're single, you shouldn't wear that ring on your left hand, that's for your engagement ring and wedding band!!" My parents stuck up for me and said i can wear it on what ever finger or hand i wanted...NO ONE ELSE has ever questioned why i wear that ring on that hand/finger,... now my boyfriend's family keeps looking at my left hand to see if Ryan has proposed yet, and i have to keep telling them "no, i always wear this ring...trust me!! i will let you all know when I am engaged! lol

I'd say if it matters to you that people realize you are married, then you should probably wear it on your left hand, as that is the traditional hand. If that doesn't matter to you, and you just want to enjoy your ring and give others more of a chance to admire it, then wear it on your right hand. It's your ring, and entirely up to you!

There is zero etiquette about which hand to wear a wedding ring on. And while it is traditional (and traditions are completely separate from etiquette) to wear it on the left hand in the US, other countries (as a PP mentioned) wear it on the right hand by tradition.

I'm not sure what you mean by insecurities. And I've never actually heard that vein thing, but it sounds like one of those sayings people make up to explain something that really has no rhyme or reason.

I am personally fond of the saying, "Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people." Wear your rings however you like, with confidence.

I think it's totally up to you, but if you wear your e-ring on your right hand most people (many Americans anyway) will just assume it's a ring without any special significance as it relates to being engaged or married. They won't necessarily interpret a ring on your right ring finger as an engagement ring, especially if it has a smaller stone or is a non-traditional ring. If you are okay with that, go ahead and wear it on your right hand.

Another thing - for most people, the fingers on their dominate hand tend to be slightly bigger than their non-dominant hand. I'm right handed and my right ring finger is a half size larger than my left. I normally wear my e-ring and wedding band on my left ring finger, and if I put my ring on my right hand it's pretty difficult to get off. Just something to consider if you are planning to switch hands or have your ring resized. If you think you might switch them back and forth you need to be careful that the ring isn't too tight or too loose on one of your fingers, and if you want to have your ring resized you might need to pick a finger and stick with it if the sizes are different enough. If you have the same sized fingers on both hands its a non-issue.

View Quoted Comment And even if a guy looks to see if you have a ring on, most aren't sure what finger it goes on. I used to wear a wedding band style ring on my middle finger and I had a few guys ask me if I was married. Which I was shocked by.

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Thanks for your reply and you're right about most guys aren't sure about which finger anyways. I was wearing my engagement ring on my left hand but that didn't sway guys from flirting with me. Recently, I told one I was engaged and his reply was, "That's okay. I'm not interested in your man." That truly shocked me.

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Thanks for the reply. Thankfully I can wear it on either ring finger and I am over worrying what other people think or say.

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Thanks for the reply. I like that saying and it seems to be a "truth". I will definitely keep wearing them the way I like.

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Thanks for the reply. I am settled on enjoying my ring as I and my FH dictate. Thanks

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Thanks for your reply. I am wearing it the way I like. Thankfully, I can switch hands as situations dictate.