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Slacker007 wrote: a $40 dollar ring,
I'm not even sure the ones I have seen cost $40.
Doing a little google search, I think they might be silicone.
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I dunno - aren't there more important things to put into a marriage than an overpriced loop of a good conductor and a lump of squashed carbon?
Maybe that's what the silicon bands are saying ...
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I've reached the age where I have to say: Good food and Wine.
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So what is the lifetime?
Longer or shorter than the marriage?
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Slacker007 wrote: We are doomed.
Although I think going in to debt to buy a wedding ring is not smart, spending $6 doesn't seem like it is being taken serious enough.
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011111100010 wrote: spending $6 doesn't seem like it is being taken serious enough.
Exactly.
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More money for burgers and fries and the ring grows with you. Perfect
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I always assumed the silicone ones were proxies for more traditional rings when the traditional ones weren't appropriate to wear for the situation (e.g. doing heavy work, using power tools, etc.).
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I guess that could be in some situations. But I see people wearing them to the office and other places that shouldn't be an issue.
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I spent 80€ apiece and we were both fine with it - she would have chosen something even cheaper. The 11 years of relationship mattered much, much more. And financially, it has been a lot better spending 3k on the wedding travels rather than a lump of almost gold which gets entangled in the keyboard while typing.
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I hear you, but I have never had an issue with my gold wedding band getting entangled in a keyboard....ever, and I am on the keyboard 8-10 hours a day. Must be a lot of gold in those "other" wedding bands. 
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I have a normal gold band and it really does impede fine movement, in a year and a month I never got used to it - and it has a flat profile too.
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It depends on upbringing and culture.
In West EU, expensive rings are commonly frowned upon.
In part because of the bad press associated with the diamond trade (= all diamonds are conflict-diamonds by default)
and in part as a rejection to the American movie ideal of getting on your knees and presenting an expensive ring (= imitating movies is considered a sign of being immature or insincere)
As a result, anything goes as long as it has personal significance.
The majority of people opt for a plain ring or one with fake stones in the $20-$100 range.
Not a lot of people actual wear them in public.
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Chuckle - I've been married over 40 years and have never worn a wedding band, I think the wife has it squirrelled away in a draw somewhere.
I hate jewellery and have never worn any in my life, plastic or not!
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Well, judging by your picture I'm sure your wife was not worried about some other girl trying to snatch you up.
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011111100010 wrote: Well, judging by your picture I'm sure your wife was not worried about some other girl trying to snatch you up.
In Far North Queensland, Mycroft is considered quite a good catch. Still has all his own teeth and all.
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Does it count if they are in a jar?
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
I hate jewellery and have never worn any in my life, plastic or not!
I hate wearing rings, it took me ages to get used to a wedding band, I don;t think I'd wear any other jewellery though.
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Same here. I also hate wearing jewelry. I have a wedding ring but I can hardly remember what it looks like - it's been in a drawer somewhere for the last 31 years!
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I got engaged to the missus about 30 yrs ago and neither of us thought there was any point in a wedding. Still happily together. Our laws treat married and defacto people the same, so a wedding served absolutely no point or relevance what-so-ever... (and no I don't care what peoples pixies might think  )
So don't like and don't wear any rings. The missus has a collection of rings she wears as she pleases.
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My son recently got married because his now wife became irritated by the odd looks she got when she introduced their kids with a different surname at the school.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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They are rubberized rings. They are getting more and more common with people who work with their hands, especially using power tools. The thinking behind it is if the ring gets snagged, it breaks the ring off instead of the ring tearing your finger off.
But, of course, other people just use them because they're cheap.
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Yeah, it's not completely hazardless.
Many years ago I used to wear an engagement ring. At a music event I clapped my hands a little too hard and the ring made a blood vessel in the finger pop. In 10 seconds or less, the finger was twice as thick as normal and we had to quickly cut the ring off with pliers.
Haven't worn the ring since then, but we're still together all the same...
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When I bought mine, I overheard the jewellers saying they don;t sell titanium rings because people have had their fingers ripped off when they've been caught in gloves etc, and they're hard to cut.
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