The Right Ring
Let's talk more about the ring, because the ring is such an important part of a marriage, and I actually don't have anything exciting to talk about.
Right now I have the ring on my left ring finger. But am actually still confused about whether I should wear it on my left hand or right hand. I actually believe that it should be put on a necklace so that it is easier for me to wear, but apparently the rest of the world (my wife) thinks that it is men's trick to hide the wedding ring under the shirt so that other women do not know that the men is married. That is so absurd, and so humiliating, and so degenerating, and.. and.., ah well, so true, but only for SOME men.
But for me, I only want to put it on my necklace because I am still not used to have it on my ring finger. When I put it on, I always want to scratch it with my thumb. Have you seen a man in movie who looks cool when he plays with his ring, twisting it, squeezing it, etc.? Well that's not the case for me. When I twist my ring using my left thumb, and that's very often, instead of looking smart and cool, I look like having athlete's foot on my fingers.
Anyway, back to the point. So which one is the correct way to wear the ring? left hand? right hand?
My brother told me that it should be the right hand, so that when we shake hand with other people, using our right hand, they will be able to immediately feel that there is a ring on it. Make sense, except that in my case, my ring is very small that it can only be felt when I put a small needle on it.
Then I did a long and extensive research by asking a very selective group of people who happened to be near me when I remember that I was doing a research. Most of them said that it should be on the right hand.
But I was not satisfied. I need to gather more data to justify this, because in science, there is no such thing as too many proofs. Besides, I have bought the ring for my LEFT hand, using my left ring finger size. So I'd better find some justifications that it is the correct way.
So I turned to one credible source that everyone trust: The Internet. The same credible source that gave us a convincing data that Donald Trump was actually a woman.
And from the Internet I finally found out that, check this out, both hands are okay. Wearing a ring on left hand is more common in Europe and US, whereas in other regions, the common way is the right hand.
There you go. Both hands are fine. Wearing it on a necklace though, is another story.
Friday, March 9, 2007
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3 comments:
You can wear it where ever you want actually.. but I myself, if on occasion I was wearing mine, alway put on my left hand. What can I say, my right hand fatter than my left hand!!
My husband and I wear it on the right hand. Except when I was pregnant and my fingers are swollen, then it moved to left hand, then to the necklace :)
Atau kalo mau ngulek pake ulekan batu, pindahin dulu ke kiri daripada jd baret2.. hihihi.
cindy
please don't bother, your ring soon will be a your drawer resident. ha.ha..ha..ha
Cheers
Andi
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