Which finger should you wear your engagement ring on?

Engagement is a pre-wedding tradition.

Mandatory and religious during the Middle Ages, they evolved to become secular and optional depending on the choice of the future spouses.

The origin of the engagement dates back to Roman times when, as a promise of union, the fiancé gave the bride a simple iron ring (called pronobo) which she wore on the index finger of her hand. left hand.

Today, in France and Belgium, the engagement ring is worn on the ring finger of the left hand.

This is obviously not mandatory, since you are wearing your fiancé’s ringCailles has evolved over time depending on the countries and cultures, as we will see.

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Did you know?

The average price of an engagement ringCailles is 700 euros in France and 5300 euros in the United States.

Index

1. Which finger should you wear your ring on?
2. How about wearing your boyfriend’s ring?Cgo to other countries?
3. How to wear it with your wedding ring?

Why the ring finger on the left hand?

It was in ancient Rome that the first rings appeared, then they were made of iron and worn on the ring finger of the left hand as Faith promise ring.

But the choice to wear the ring on the left ring finger comes to us from Egyptian antiquity…

Women’s wedding ring with laurel foliage – Vivalatina collection

Legend has it that in ancient Egypt it was believed that a vein connected the left ring finger directly to the heart. And therefore the symbol would be even stronger if the ring representing the commitment to someone was worn on that finger.

The Romans called it Vena Amoris, or “the vein of the heart” in Latin.

However, we do not have a special vein connecting our ring finger to this vital organ as the venous network is identical on each finger and they are all connected in the same way to our heart.

The fiancé ring or ringCThey were above all a sign of financial security and commitment. It is still in some countries, such as the United States, that the boyfriend price ringsCThe average price is 5,300 euros, compared to the average of 700 euros for an engagement ring.Cgo to France.

Remember, as this study shows, the price of the ring does not guarantee happiness.

Ring lonely yellow gold and diamonds from the Vivalatina collection

The boyfriend’s ringCgo abroad

Wearing this jewel on the left hand is still a current custom in most societies, out of habit.

• In China, however, where the boyfriend playsCalso on this finger the door leaves, the reason is very different.

The different fingers of the hand:

• thumbs symbolize parents
• the indexes symbolize brotherhood
• the middle finger symbolizes the self
• the ring finger symbolizes the loved one
• the little finger symbolizes descent and for this reason some rings are worn on the little finger

If you put your hands together like in the video, you will find that only the ring fingers are impossible to separate.

Representing the union of the inseparable couple, ring fingers are therefore also chosen to wear wedding rings.

• In Ireland, the tradition of the fianCailles is a ring called Claddagh. This ring is made up of a heart, symbol of love, surmounted by a crown for loyalty and two hands for friendship

Sign of Ireland’s oldest jewelery shop in Galway

This ring can be worn on both ring fingers and in both directions. However, the sense and the finger each have a meaning:

– The point of the heart facing outwards means that the wearer is free

-The heart point towards oneself means that the person is committed to a relationship

-The tip of the heart facing outwards means that the person is engaged.

-The point of the heart towards you means that the person is married

Even if tradition requires the left ring finger, you are still free to wear the jewel on the finger you prefer.

After marriage, the two most used options are to keep it on the same finger joined to the wedding ring or on the ring finger of the right hand, as several Germanic countries do.

Wearing the fiancé ringCgo with your wedding ring

The boyfriend’s ringCAilles is obviously worn on the ring finger of the left hand, but so is the wedding ring.

How to wear both rings?

There are no defined rules. For convenience, most women wear these two rings on the same finger while some prefer to wear the boyfriend ring.Cgo to the ring finger of the right hand to only wear the wedding ring on the left ring finger.

If you decide to wear your two rings on the same finger you need to take care of:

• choose your two engagement ringsCwings and wedding rings in the same metal (harder platinum will scratch gold)
• If one of the rings is plated, for example with rhodium for white gold, the rubbing of the two rings will damage the rhodium plating which will fade more quickly.
• diamonds in one ring can scratch the metal or stones of the other ring

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