Wedding rings etc.
A lot of people have been talking about rings - wedding, engagement and other sorts. This reminded me that last week when I was in Prague, I was looking through the mineralogy section in the Czech national museum. I saw an example of an Australian opal stone and decided there and then that when I get married, I'm getting a ring with an opal in it.

Do you have any ideas on what your ideal vision of a wedding ring should be?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 14 May 2008, 11:37, 18 replies)

...
invisible.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 14 May 2008, 11:39, closed)

nah
I'm just being glib.

Plain gold band.

I wear a Russian wedding ring (triple band/rolling ring) on my right hand because I like them and always wanted one and found a gold one on ebay for 20 quid last year.

I like them because when you open them out they look like a venn diagram.

I am that sad.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 14 May 2008, 11:41, closed)

I'm sad too
coz the bit about the Venn-diagram intrigues me. Do tell more.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 14 May 2008, 11:51, closed)

Take the
Olympic rings.

Chuck away two.
( Cawl, Wed 14 May 2008, 11:52, closed)

^ Yes
but make sure it's the outer two, leaving the inner three interconnected.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 14 May 2008, 11:57, closed)

^ Yeah
What you said.
( Cawl, Wed 14 May 2008, 12:07, closed)

it looks
like this
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 14 May 2008, 12:13, closed)

venn diagrams?
3 ring venn diagrams are for wimps. Hre's a proper one


( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 14 May 2008, 12:13, closed)

That reminds me
Of the time I was in the Tate Modern, having taken a load of mushrooms.
( Cawl, Wed 14 May 2008, 12:15, closed)

@CHCB
I'm not sure how comfortable the ring is but I'm sure being able to make resizable Venn diagrams with it more than makes up for it.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 14 May 2008, 12:20, closed)

More Venn diagram goodness
here.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 14 May 2008, 12:23, closed)

mad venn diagrams
make my eyes bleed
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 14 May 2008, 12:32, closed)

Enough of the Venn diagrams
here's some opals...







More...
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 14 May 2008, 13:13, closed)

sorry to be a killjoy
but if u do get an opal ring, be very careful, they are soft, and known for falling out of rings
(bobman500 enjoys a grope as much as the next fella, Wed 14 May 2008, 14:13, closed)

Well, I've had 2 so far
One gold one with diamonds in it, and one plain platinum band.
Both marriages didn't last. I think I shouldn't get married anymore.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Wed 14 May 2008, 14:43, closed)

That's very odd
Me and the new S.O. were looking round an antique shop last weekend and noticed a bucketload of opal rings.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 14 May 2008, 15:16, closed)

I love opals
I went to Australia with my Dad when I was 18, and he bought my stepmom an opal. I wanted to buy one, but had no one to buy one for at the time. Now I'm married, but my wife's brother just bought her an opal so not sure if there's any point in me doing so anymore.
My wedding band is platinum. It's not as durable as I would have thought. 5 years in, and it has several scratches. It has 2 grooves that run almost the full circumference of the ring (the part on the bottom of my finger is just plain). Then it has two things that I call "shoulders". Just to the left and right of the center of the top of my finger, there's an extra bit of metal, with grooves running parallel to my finger. Kind of like:

=====||================||======

< - - - - - - - - width of finger - - - - - - - - >
(chase, Wed 14 May 2008, 20:49, closed)

linky to nice rings:
www.justind.co.uk/rings.htm

These are really different, some have wood incorporated in the designs.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Thu 15 May 2008, 13:24, closed)