Wearing wedding ring on right hand

[Coldfire]

I merged the two threads, so the posts might seem a bit erratic now.

*Originally posted by Doctor Goo Fee *
**In the Netherlands the Protestants wear their wedding rings on one hand and the Catholics on the other. I don’t know which religion uses which hand. **

Catholics wear it on the left hand, Protestants on the right. Until recently, I thought this was a universal thing, until a conversation with my girlfriend taught me otherwise.

[matt_mcl]

i have a vague memory about hearing that gay couples wear their rings on the right. don’t know how true that is though. any one know about this?

I’m definitely wearing my rings on the left hand.

(I have an old ring that I’m wearing on my left hand for Tom. I switch it to my right hand if there’s something I want to remember, like tying a string around my finger. It’s a trick I learned from my mom.)

[lovelyluka]

Just so we’re clear, you know that when you’re facing someone, their left hand is on your right side?

I am soooo kidding…ducks and runs

[soulmurk]

For a time after I got divorced, I wore my wedding band on my right ring finger as a symbolic gesture. What it symbolized, I’m not certain, but it seemed fitting to me at the time.

[elfkin477]

I too would assume she was a leftie. I’ve never been married or engaged, but I wear all my watches, bracelets and rings on my right hand/wrist since having them on my left irritates me while writing. Which, I suspect, is the reason so many righties also confine jewelery to their non-dominate hand/wrist.

[zut]

Members of the Greek Orthodox church (like my brother- and sister-in-law, which is how I know this) wear wedding rings on the right hand after the marriage ceremony. Cite, if you don’t believe me.

[easy_e]

Maybe it wasn’t even a wedding ring? After all, you say it was a simple gold band.

[rocking_chair]

orthodox church puts the wedding ring on the right hand (hand of blessing and power) perhaps she is orthodox?

[whistlepig]

Well, that certainly cleared things up. :smack:

Thanks all. If I see her again I’ll compliment her on one of her other rings and see if it leads to stories about each one.

Whistlepig

[Dogface]

My wedding ring migrates from hand to hand, often without me being consciously aware of the fiddling. It also gets quite uncomfortable for me to wear a ring on one finger for very long. I don’t wear a wristwatch due to discomfort.

[chula]

Even if she’s American, she may have married someone from one of the aforementioned cultures and is observing its customs.

[Zsofia]

My money would be on heirloom ring, though. I thought they were always worn on the right hand, actually. Although that may be a Southernism.

[Zazie]

In France for example we wear the ring on the left, Protestant and Catholics. But the ex-prime minister of France (I think!) had his wedding ring on the right and his religion was Orthodox, I always though Orthodox wore their wed. ring on the right…