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Married life
Sep. 29th, 2024 09:05 pmA thing that has occurred to me, and had not done so before I became a married man, was that wedding rings are something that takes getting used to.
Even during the reception dinner, I had to go use the bathroom and then briefly baffled myself as to how to wash my hands around the ring. I find myself constantly removing it because I worry about it getting dirty during dinner prep, or accidentally scratching my wife with the gem when I am cuddling. (And more embarrassingly, accidentally injuring myself on it. Either because I am not used to it there, or just because it is a metal object with sharp gemstones in it.) I think it is also not helped much be being just a Smidge larger than my left hand ring finger, so that it slides or goes cockeyed instead of staying snug and centered. Hilariously, it fits perfectly on the right hand's ring finger, so perhaps all I need to do is work out my left hand until it fits.
I have a silicon ring for work purposes, a much more snugly fitting band that is more unobtrusive and can fit within a glove. We were able to find a matching one that fit my wife, with a bit of stretching. For all that the nice wedding ring looks really cool and is a nice piece of jewelry, I think I would rather have a band instead of a thing with gems inset. Or perhaps I just need to get this ring refit so it doesn't slide around so much.
Even during the reception dinner, I had to go use the bathroom and then briefly baffled myself as to how to wash my hands around the ring. I find myself constantly removing it because I worry about it getting dirty during dinner prep, or accidentally scratching my wife with the gem when I am cuddling. (And more embarrassingly, accidentally injuring myself on it. Either because I am not used to it there, or just because it is a metal object with sharp gemstones in it.) I think it is also not helped much be being just a Smidge larger than my left hand ring finger, so that it slides or goes cockeyed instead of staying snug and centered. Hilariously, it fits perfectly on the right hand's ring finger, so perhaps all I need to do is work out my left hand until it fits.
I have a silicon ring for work purposes, a much more snugly fitting band that is more unobtrusive and can fit within a glove. We were able to find a matching one that fit my wife, with a bit of stretching. For all that the nice wedding ring looks really cool and is a nice piece of jewelry, I think I would rather have a band instead of a thing with gems inset. Or perhaps I just need to get this ring refit so it doesn't slide around so much.
