*Tumbleweeds*
So, I'm getting married next year and the future wife wants me to wear a wedding ring. I really don't want to wear one as I hate wearing any kind of jewlery and it will look fucking stupid on my hand.

She says it is a symbol of our love and it's important for other girls to see that I'm married. I believe that i have the will power to tell other girls I'm married if they look "hungry".

Am I being a difficult, is it normal to wear a wedding ring?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:47, 106 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I always thought that men didn't wear them
because my dad never did

tell her that if she loves you so much she would go along with your wish not to wear one.

plus not having one for you will save you money
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:49, Reply)

Agreed, my Dad never wore one either

unfortunatelt the, "if you love me" argument is admissable in exactly opposing directions!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:50, Reply)

it is, but I figure yours carries more weight
because it will actually affect your comfort, whereas hers is some stupid ethereal bollocks.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:51, Reply)

My dad didn't eaither.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:57, Reply)

I knew we had something in common!
now I can declare my love!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:58, Reply)

OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:00, Reply)

It's a Christian tradition though, isn't it?
My dad never wore a skull cap....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:26, Reply)

I must have missed at the World Media Meeting the part where only christians can wear wedding rings.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:30, Reply)

It's hardly like that
but none of the wedding ceremonies for Sikhs, Buddhists, Muslims, Jewish people, Zoroastrians, Shintoist etc traditionally have the exchange of rings as part of the ceremony - unlike Christians from whom it's a pivotal focal point of the marriage rites.

Thus a non-Christian not wearing a wedding ring is as unremarkable as, say, a white Geordie not wearing a turban...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:47, Reply)

You're quite wrong about that one....
www.weddingvendors.com/planning/articles/jewish-wedding-rings-traditions-and-customs/
weddings.iloveindia.com/indian-weddings/hindu-marriage/hindu-marriage-rituals.html
india.mapsofindia.com/culture/indian-weddings/muslim-wedding.html
...etc... just google "[religion] wedding ring".

It dates back way way way before Christianity existed.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:01, Reply)

Well fuck me
I'd genuinely no idea *stands corrected*

I've many friends of all faiths and only those from Christian families sport wedding rings. I still maintain that they're not the norm for other religions, though - I never said they were unheard of.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:10, Reply)

No worries mate =)

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 18:08, Reply)

My Dad does...
...because my Mum would actually strangle him if he didn't. But my married siblings don't, including a sister. One brother thinks it feels weird, the other one is a manwhore and probably doesn't WANT people to know he's married. Sister says it makes her feel like someones property and if he's going to make her wear one, he should just put a tag saying "PROPERTY OF MIKE" round her neck.
(Melody was not PMSing on, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:37, Reply)

Why will it look stupid on your hand?
Do you have 6 fingers or something?
( girlinthehole, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:49, Reply)

You wish
nah, tried on a couple and they just look stoopid!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:50, Reply)

Nope. You’re not being difficult.
DiT wasn’t too sure about wearing a wedding ring when we got married because he never wears any sort of jewellery. I have to say I wasn’t so sold on the idea either seeing as I never wear rings. We both brought them for the wedding and I wear mine now and have got used to it, DiT wears his too but I wouldn’t be pissed off with him if he didn’t. You don’t need a piece of metal on your finger to prove you love someone, you don’t even need a wedding, I think people sometimes put too much emphasis on that sort of thing.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:52, Reply)

Down with that sort of thing!
I did offer to get a cock ring, apparently this is inappropriate as I would have to walk around with my todger hanging out at all times.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:53, Reply)

Hmmm
its another option... so is getting a ring and having it around your neck on a chain... like Frodo! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:54, Reply)

Are you saying that i like to spend my eveings

with a fat midget who follows me everywhere and is obsessed with my "ring"?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:57, Reply)

Hey what you do with your personal life
is no business of mine, I'm just dishing out internet-based advice!

Boo-Yah!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:01, Reply)

I was concerned with this
because my mrs never wears them. I'm in the process of designing and commissioning an engagement ring and it'd be nice if she were to wear it. I'm sure she will once used to it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:54, Reply)

We designed a ring together

best decsion ever, as I would have got it totally wrong. What we always assumed would suit her didn't at all!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:56, Reply)

this is a good point
I've made sure that the main features are things that she likes, through a subtle regime of questioning over a longish period. do need to get her to try some though, to make sure it will suit her!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:57, Reply)

Oh if you get her one she will totally wear it
You do just get used to that sort of thing. I usually wear my engagement ring and my wedding ring together but the diamond in my engagement ring moved the other day and I'm scared its going to fall out, so I'm taking it back to the crazy men on Hatton Garden to go 'Oi... fix it, fix it, fix it'
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:56, Reply)

I'm cunningly designing it so the diamond is flush with the surface to avoid catching it on things
and such like.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:58, Reply)

Good thinking Batman
I get mine caught on my tops sometimes, its a ballache
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:00, Reply)

I would be terrified of losing it
If I ever got married I would get a silver one from the HPJ or Lizzie Duke. Cheap and easy to replace.
I lost a ring my ex gave me. We were in Virgin and I was talking animatedly, as I do, and it just flung itself across the room, never to be found. It was really unusual and apparently irreplaceable and I felt terrible. My ex made me feel terrible too.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:55, Reply)

Deffo
My wedding band was a cheap-oh one, the engagement rings where the moneys at! *fears*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:57, Reply)

Wear the engagement ring under the wedding ring
The wedding ring will be a buffer zone!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:59, Reply)

Ah clever
buffer zone! Ooooooh!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:00, Reply)

If she won't acquiesce then dump her.
It's a sign of things to come.
( girlinthehole, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:54, Reply)

Actually some girls are hot for married guys.
So wearing a ring would probably just attract "hungry" girls.
(AyeMe, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:55, Reply)

"it's important for other girls to see that I'm married"
is a bit worrying and maybe even mental.
(Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:59, Reply)

I'm sorry
I don't understand why you're saying this to me?
(AyeMe, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 19:19, Reply)

I......
replied to NakedApe, it came up under your reply.

MYSTERY SOLVED! AT LAST, WE CAN FINALLY HAVE CLOSURE.
(Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Fri 27 Nov 2009, 8:18, Reply)

I never wear jewellery either
Other than a watch, but I consider that a functional item, even though it's a half decent make.

I'm not married, but if things do head that way, I can't say I'm entirely keen on wearing a ring. My dad has never worn one, and my cousin got married recently but doesn't wear one either. Neither do some of my married friends, so it's not that unusual.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:58, Reply)

I think it comes down to dads

everyone's whose Dad wore a ring thinks that they will and vice versa with dads not wearing rings
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:59, Reply)

You know what?
That's quite a valid point!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:01, Reply)

it is indeed
although my bro wears one and dad didn't

my bro is a bit of a bender though, and wore rings before he got married.

I figure I'll see what happens when the time comes.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:07, Reply)

Can you get some other piece of rounded jellery instead, like a bracellette or a watch?
I hate wearing rings, but I'ld wear something else.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:59, Reply)

A big ring through your nose
With a novelty key-fob hanging through it?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:00, Reply)

Totally gonna try and find this on ebay.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:24, Reply)

Beautiful
I wish I was that lucky lady
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:30, Reply)

I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:47, Reply)

fuck man
if you find it let me know


I need a doorknocker anyway
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:35, Reply)

My dad refused to wear a ring
but managed to persuade my mum that an earring would do the job instead.

I got married back in March and, while not exactly enammoured with wearing a ring, put more effort in to looking for one I actually liked and could bear wearing than anything else I was responsable for except for our first dance song. I've got a plain titanium one and, to be fair, quite like it now.

I'm not on the verge of going out and getting a load of sovs to go with it though!
(Pirate Monkey is not the goddamn Batman, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:00, Reply)

What was your song?

Again I hate the idea of a first dance...

Maybe I'm just a miserable git!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:03, Reply)

I hate the idea of that
I don't dance unless hammered, and the thought of dancing to something in front of a load of people is shit

don't get me started on speeches...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:04, Reply)

Just put your arms round her shoulders and shuffle awkwardly
That's the norm
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:05, Reply)

delightful

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:05, Reply)

followed by

standing on the dress
falling over
accidentaly punches the mother law
cock falling out
women and children crying
marquee burns down
divorce
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:06, Reply)

I have no problem with speeches

yey for me!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:06, Reply)

I don't mind giving the speech
it's the writing of one that concerns me. there is too much pressure to try and be funny. I'm not intending to try.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:13, Reply)

I wish ladies made speeches at weddings
I'd love to go round making speeches at weddings.
I would make them laugh and cry, and then they'd drag me off just as I started singing.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:13, Reply)

At my friends wedding
one of her bridesmaids gave a speech and it was bloody hilarious, she told a story about walking in on the bride and groom having sex at Uni… everyone laughed! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:18, Reply)

oh my goodness
what did Grandma say???
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:20, Reply)

She was still confused
over the bestmans speech that DiT gave. He made a rather rude joke about 'the red ring of doom' on an Xbox comparing it to marriage... I think she spent most of the night asking people to explain, everyone just kept changing the subject and gave her more wine.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:25, Reply)

Poor Grandma
My friend's grandma had to listen to the best man do the Wales Honeymoon gag...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:31, Reply)

Dancing
is not my thing. However, this being Scotland, I'd be doing a jolly ceilidh dance (bugger this first waltz pish) and not just shuffling aimlessly around the floor.

Speeches, on the other hand, I have no problem with. I could just go into lecturing mode, but make it slightly less dull.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:11, Reply)

ceilidh is easy
checklist: can you:
1. keep time
2. follow instructions

if so, you can ceilidh. I can do these things, so I can ceilidh like a man possessed (after a couple of loosening ales naturally)

the amount of people who can't amuses the hell out of me.

if you ever get a chance to watch a drunk ceilidh from above, seize it. it's great to watch
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:14, Reply)

I do, frequently.
I play at such things all the time. It's great!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:14, Reply)

Ceilidh's
turn my blood cold. The 'traditional' musak and out of breath jollity does my fucking tits in.

"Hey, come on join in, it's great fun"

"No thanks, but you go on ahead, I'll just sit here thanks"

"Aw come on, it's great fun"

"So you said"

"Don't be a party pooper"

"What, how the fuck am I 'pooping' anybody's party, just leave me be you hatchet faced harpy"

"Now that's just rude"

"Correct, now jig the fuck out of my sight"
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:23, Reply)

Seems a bit harsh to me.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:27, Reply)

Agreed,
I've said I don't want to, twice, now fuck off and force your shit onto someone else.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:33, Reply)

*firm handshakes*
shall we duck outside for a smoke and let these kerazzy party animals get on with it
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:35, Reply)

They are just too mad c-razy for me

you lot prance around in circles me and cancer will go and get cancer outside.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:40, Reply)

Hold on chaps,
Just going to get my stash out of my coat and I'll be with you in a second. And LOOK! I've purloined a bottle of champers.

Chin chin!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:07, Reply)

Excellent
I've got some salvia if you fancy it?

/reality
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:20, Reply)

Having been at shitloads of weddings
admittedly mostly in 'band member at the reception' capacity, there are lots of things I could specify for my own wedding, were it to happen:

1 - minimise the time between the wedding ceremony itself and sitting down to eat. There's nothing worse than that hour and a half of dead space where people have to chat awkwardly to elderly great aunts etc. How long does it take to do a couple of photos anyway?

2 - Have the meal before the speeches. That way, the caterers can serve at a set time, and not have to wait around until the best man's finished rabbiting on about how I got my cock out at some inappropriate moment in the past.

3 - Allow longer than most folk might think for the meal. Time and time again I've been in the band at a wedding where the meal's at 5, say, and they expect to start dancing at 7. Not a chance. Allow two hours at the minimum for the meal, and a good hour for turnaround to let the staff clear the room and the band set up.

4 - Make the reception no longer than 4 hours. It's a long day, and old folk and kids will be wanting to go home to bed. I've been at too many weddings where the reception dies a death because the bride and groom (or whoever's organising the reception) think that 7.30 till 1 is a good length for the reception dance, but almost everyone's buggered off by 11.

I could probably think of more.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:23, Reply)

All good points
I would also add in:

Really really really think about any songs you want playing at the reception. Make sure the band/DJ knows when to play them because a few were missed out at mine and I was gutted as people kept chucking in requests and I missed jumping around to Gay Bar with my friend Charlie! Booooo!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:34, Reply)

Setting the set list in Jan with the band

The band will also learn songs specially for the day, Angel of Death here we come!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:38, Reply)

Cool stuff
Makes sense to get them in there early!

I also gave our DJ a list of songs that if I heard them playing I would kill him with a tray... they were mainly The Grease Megamix and other shockers! :S
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:49, Reply)

that is a fantastic idea

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:51, Reply)

Come on Eileen
makes me feel queasy. Were I ever fortunate enough to get married that fucker would be VERBOTEN. 'Brown Sugar' is a fucking weird song to have as a wedding regular, I've always thought.

'Woo, we've got married! Anyone know any songs about white slave plantation savagery in the deep south?'
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:53, Reply)

I'm tempted to get a beach boys cover band for my wedding
it'd be awesome
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:53, Reply)

They'd have to be a good band though, eh?
Hearing some bastards murdering 'God Only Knows' and missing the high notes could be the most excruciating experience of your life. Great idea though. Particularly with your surfing connections.

You should meet my dad - he was a surfer in the early 60s.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:59, Reply)

these folk are good
www.brightonbeachboys.com/

got the guy who plays Danny in Withnail and I in it, and they've played a party at a mate's farm not far away....

'I can hear music' is most likely what we'd have for first dance, so it makes sense.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:01, Reply)

Go for it
My family aren't the type to have a band or DJ at a wedding. My sister's was extremely formal.

I'd have an entirely separate party for my friends and DJ myself, were I to marry, so that my prim and proper relatives wouldn't see the company I keep...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:06, Reply)

mine is mostly going to be a party
very very informal. food will be large chunks of meat and bread.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:07, Reply)

We are having a reception of the old codgers
and then a party in the evening for the hip young things, woop!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:14, Reply)

That would be my way, too
Keep family and friends well apart. That way they will still be my friends the next day...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:29, Reply)

I shall have to respectfully disagree
With point 4. It depends what people are expecting. Went to a wedding in Germany this summer, where it's apparently it's de rigeur to have the ceremony around lunchtime, do all the pictures, let everyone go away for a little lie down (probably with less sleeping in the case of the bride and groom) and bring them back at about 6 in the evening, to keep going until the same sort of time the following morning.

In this particular case, many pickled singer types + steinway + free bar til 6am = fun times.
(Concrete Cow, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:37, Reply)

As the proud sporter of two fuck-off skull rings
I say get one of them, then she'll beg you not to wear it.

Problem is solved.


*Grumbleweeds*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:28, Reply)

Skull rings, not knuckle dusters, officer

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:34, Reply)

Knuckle-dusters as wedding rings?
Fuck, yes.
(Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:34, Reply)

I have webbed fingers
When I wear a ring it sits at a 45 degree angle on my finger and chafes my freak-webbing.

I'm destined to die alone :(
( djtrialprice, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:51, Reply)

at least you can swim fast on your own

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:53, Reply)

And as the phrase goes
I'm "normal for Norfolk"
( djtrialprice, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 16:56, Reply)

Rings and things.
My father doesn't wear one, I think it's a generational thing, as many other people have said their fathers don't wear them.

I spoke to my fiancee about this a while ago: he assumed he wouldn't wear a ring, as it never occured to him. Likewise, I assumed I wouldn't change my name, as it never occured to me (none of the close females in my family ever have). I'm trying to negotiate with him that he won't insist on me changing my name if I don't make him wear a ring.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:06, Reply)

Yeah, I'm not changing my name.
I like my name. It's very me. Plus I've published under it and I intend to keep doing so. Catface thought he might take my surname but then decided he liked his name (whereas he has the same surname as my primary school teacher so I don't want his name). We thought about changing both our surnames to a new one. I quite fancied "Dr Danger", "the Danger family".
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:16, Reply)

'Death', you want. 'Dr Death'.
Cooooool
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:21, Reply)

I have a mate
who took his wife's surname. Most people were shocked by this.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:24, Reply)

is that Dave Cuntflaps?
Him that married Jane Smith?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:25, Reply)

yeah, I can imagine their horror.
It really bugs me that the assumption is that I'll want to give up my perfectly good name and assume a new identity. (Of course, if Catface had a cool surname, I might.) Hyphenating our names just makes us sound like a consultancy firm, so I now get to inform people "no, we aren't changing our names", making sure they (that includes YOU, mother) know we both made that choice.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:35, Reply)

oh yes
I absolutely refuse to consider hyphenating.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 10:05, Reply)

my missus won't change hers
if we get married. Mostly cause she is Spanish, and they don't do that here, but also cause her name is the equivalent to my name as well.

The kids will be weirdly named though - father's then mother's surnames?! Ha.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:56, Reply)

My Dad's asked me to keep my surname should I ever get married.
I'm an only child, my dad's brother has no kids and kis sisters' kids have their fathers' names. He sees me as the 'last one' of us.


He did follow up the request with "As if anyone would marry you!!"
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:21, Reply)

My daughter has her mum's name
and my brother and sister are both very unlikely to spawn, so our branch of what was once a fairly illustrious family will die out in name. Rather sad.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:27, Reply)

Tell your daughter to change her name when she's older
She'll probably want to if her mother carries on being a nut.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:35, Reply)

Good plan.
I'm playing the long game. When Eleni hits her teens she'll want to live with her *ahem* cool dad, not her uptight Hitler mum.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:52, Reply)

Aaaaah
But who's to say there won't be any more Monty jnrs?
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:36, Reply)

I'm thinking of cutting my nuts off.
Do myself and the world a huge favour.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:51, Reply)

A mathematician friend wears a wedding ring
But only cause it's in the shape of a Mobius strip.

Yes, he did manage to find someone to marry him.
(Concrete Cow, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:40, Reply)

My
dad doesn't wear a wedding ring either. Maybe try a compromise- a ring on a chain that can be easily tucked away, or a watch picked by her.

Or you could be mean and agree to have the ring, as long as you both have matching tattoos of a design of your choice 'to prove your love.' She might not want to risk that you might be joking
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:52, Reply)

I wear two identical ones, one on left ring finger one on right.
They are quite large and I call them my shackles. To be honest though I love them and they confuse people who can never decide if they're just jewellery or what.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 26 Nov 2009, 18:35, Reply)

One of my old teachers
Used to wear a wedding ring that he had made out of the titanium pins that had formerly been holding his arm together after a motorbike crash.

I'm sure it means nothing that he made a wedding ring out of a momento of his own stupidity...
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 20:22, Reply)