# How do I find ring size?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-ring-size/161835>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 16, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-ring-size/161835 "2003-03-16T20:44:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-ring-size/161835/1 "2003-03-16T20:44:08Z")

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All right, I figure you all have tackled some pretty big questions, now I need advice in being sneaky. I want to get my gf a ring, but I have no idea what size she is, hell, I don’t even know what sizes there are for rings. Any ideas on how to find this out using subtlety?

Oh if you wish to hazard a guess, she’s 5’6" any fairly skinny.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-ring-size/161835/2 "2003-03-16T20:47:37Z")

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Take one of her other rings to the jeweler with you. They can figure out the size from that. Then, unless it’s already a “real” ring (that is, from a jewlery store and not a kiosk in the mall type ring) you can have her go back to the jeweler with you and get it resized if needed.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-ring-size/161835/3 "2003-03-16T20:52:49Z")

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When she’s asleep, wrap a piece of string around the middle knuckle of the finger in question, and mark it off. Don’t pull the string tight, just lay it around the surface.

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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-ring-size/161835/4 "2003-03-16T21:43:50Z")

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I’ve always heard that there is a high correllation between ring size and shoe size, ie if you wear a size 7 shoe, chances are you’ll wear a size 7 ring.

Any truth to this, or is it bunk?

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**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-ring-size/161835/7 "2013-06-15T18:56:04Z")

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But now I want to know if the shoe size/ring size thing holds.