# Words to be engraved on the wedding bands... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862 "2007-12-21T20:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/21 "2007-12-22T01:53:32Z")
My Precious! ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/22 "2007-12-22T02:17:39Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] I see from the links to places that do it that the engraving is on the **out** side of the ring. That would make me vote for no engraving at all, unless you are teenagers. [/QUOTE] We got my engagement band from Titanium Era; engraving is on the inside for non-text rings. Text rings have the option of engraving on both sides. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/23 "2008-01-10T22:06:53Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] I saw a ring once that had “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” from the Song of Solomon. I think that’s pretty nifty. [/QUOTE] Just a followup. I ended up ordering plain bands, with an inlaid gold stripe, but no carved design on the outside. I did, however, get this text split between the bands on the inside. Thanks **Cluricaun**. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/24 "2008-01-10T22:31:30Z")
Don’t forget to add the marriage date! Having that inscribed on the inside of my wedding ring has saved my ass every year since wifey and I wed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/25 "2008-01-10T22:38:48Z")
I’d go for the simple option of each other’s names and the wedding date. But then I am not very romantic. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/26 "2008-01-10T22:44:48Z")
My wife’s wedding band says “I choose to love no other.” in Old French. Mine has the date we were married in Roman numerals. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/27 "2008-01-10T23:18:27Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Mine has the date we were married in Roman numerals. [/QUOTE] Oooh. In a little more than 2 years this could be XXX to represent 10/10/10. ---
**Author:** ![Megabyte100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Megabyte100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Megabyte100)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/28 "2008-01-11T00:33:44Z")
I kind of like this line from an ee cummings poem: i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) If you divide the line up it may make a nice pair? Regardless of the ring questions, if you don’t know the poem,you can read it [here](http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-carry-your-heart-with-me-2/) . It’s fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/29 "2008-01-11T00:39:15Z")
And, in the end, the love you make is equal to the love you make. --The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/30 "2008-01-11T00:40:53Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] \*\*One Ring to Rule Them All One Ring to Find Them One Ring to Bring Them All And In the Darkness Bind Them\*\* [/QUOTE] This ring and no other Was made by the elves Who would pawn their own mother To grab it themselves Ruler of mortal, creeper, and scallop This is a sleeper that packs quite a wallop If broken or busted it can’t be remade If found send to Sorehead The postage is prepaid ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862/31 "2008-01-11T05:00:23Z")
My husband’s ring is platinum and titanium mixed and mine is gold, both are 2mm and both are engraved on the inside. They both have “Nakayoshi” (good friends) and the year of our wedding - 1994 engraved inside them. We didn’t get the actual dates put on because we had three ceremonies that year - the legal signing day, the Japanese ceremony and then the English ceremony. Which to choose? We were THOROUGHLY married! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-be-engraved-on-the-wedding-bands/430862.md?page=1)