I recently saw one of the late-night B&W reruns of "What's My Line" (the insomniac's refuge at 2:30 am is Game Show Network) where the person whose profession they were guessing was "wedding ring maker," and when one of the male panelists asked the contestant if he would use the product, his response led me to believe that men wearing wedding rings was just starting to become more widespread at that time (the late '50s).

My parents got married in 1959 and my dad has always worn a wedding band. His father, however, I don't think did. I always chalked that up to the fact that he was a farmer and jewelry + machinery is often a bad combination.

I've been without internet for two weeks. I didn't realise how much I missed it until I got back on. I'm almost tempted to waste class and just surf lj.

Love the new Natter title. I think it's my favorite one yet.

My parents married in 1961, and both had rings (and my mother had an engagemetn ring as well, but the stone fell out one Christmas day, and we never found it, despite picking through the trash, etc.). My father was a carpenter, so he didn't wear his ring all the time, but he wore it fairly often, especially if they were going somewhere.

My parents married in '58, and Dad has a wedding ring that I've never seen him wear (on account metal and his skin failing to play nicely, plus him being a large old man now instead of a skinny young one).

What's the confusion? You give $30K+ plus worth of diamond to your girl. Later, she tags your finger with a G, you tag hers with another G, and you get to buy everthing.

Seems plain to me.

My dad has his grandfather's wedding ring. If it's his maternal grandfather, it's from 1920ish sweden, since they only got around to getting married because they were immigrating. It is unlikely that it's from the other side, since they were hardscrabble dirt (tundra?) farmers with very little sentimentality. That much gold totally would have been hocked for a cow or plow.

Hee--The Flying Spaghetti Monster will NOT be ignored!

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday DebetEsse!

Sheesh, now I feel bad for having a diamond engagement ring that wasn't an heirloom.(I told G I didn't need a diamond in my ring, but he wanted to be traditional. Nevermind that the tradition is only 100 years old .) My mom's engagement ring I think got reworked into a different ring for her. The stone from my paternal grandmother's ring was turned into a pendant and given to me on my 16th birthday.(Grandmom died when I was 11)

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