~* Ash *~
I'm not wearing my ring right now....
No worries. It's just spending a week at the jeweler's getting resized.
I know that I have tiny hands, but even I was a bit skeptical when the jeweler told me that I wore a size 5 ring. Heeding the warnings of his mother and me, Lu decided to get a 5 1/4 just to be safe. Of course, since jewelers size rings every day and Lu's mother and I have only gotten engaged once, my engagement ring was loose -- not falling off loose, but constantly-sliding-to-the-side loose.
I didn't think this would be a problem, however I've realized that I need to be ring-ready at all times. Whenever someone congratulates me, the next question is, "Can I see your ring?" (Actually, it's more of a squeal/shriek "Let me see the ring!!" exclamation.)
Trust me, having to straighten it on my finger first doesn't give the same effect as just flashing my hand.
I knew that I would probably have to get it resized eventually, but I love my ring and have grown quite attached to it. The last thing I wanted to do was to send it away in the hands of some stranger, even a professional stranger who spends the day surrounded by millions of dollars worth of jewelry.
Instead, I decided that a ring guard would fix the problem. If you're not familiar with them, a ring guard is essentially a metal strip that's wrapped around the inside of the ring to make the band smaller and to keep it from slipping. If you look at the picture below, you'll see that it's secured to the base of the band, so it's generally not visible from the top or the sides.
While the ring guard was effective at keeping the ring in place and didn't distract from the bling factor, there were a few downsides:
1) The metal can scratch the gold on the ring. If you spend several hundred to several thousand dollars on a ring, you don't want a $5 piece of aluminum scraping it.
2) It can get uncomfortable. Like most people, my fingers swell in the morning and when it's hot outside. While a regular ring will feel tight, the ring guard feels like it's actually digging into your skin when your hand's swollen.
3) It scraped the skin off of my finger when I tried to remove the ring.... Yes, go ahead and gasp. My finger is wounded from the guard.
Therefore, I've traded my beautiful ring for a bandaid for the week. I could have experimented with other solutions, but none of them would have been as permanent or comfortable as getting the ring resized.
It's only been a day, but I must admit that I already feel a little illegitimate and kinda naked without my engagement ring. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the week progresses.
No worries. It's just spending a week at the jeweler's getting resized.
I know that I have tiny hands, but even I was a bit skeptical when the jeweler told me that I wore a size 5 ring. Heeding the warnings of his mother and me, Lu decided to get a 5 1/4 just to be safe. Of course, since jewelers size rings every day and Lu's mother and I have only gotten engaged once, my engagement ring was loose -- not falling off loose, but constantly-sliding-to-the-side loose.
I didn't think this would be a problem, however I've realized that I need to be ring-ready at all times. Whenever someone congratulates me, the next question is, "Can I see your ring?" (Actually, it's more of a squeal/shriek "Let me see the ring!!" exclamation.)
Trust me, having to straighten it on my finger first doesn't give the same effect as just flashing my hand.
I knew that I would probably have to get it resized eventually, but I love my ring and have grown quite attached to it. The last thing I wanted to do was to send it away in the hands of some stranger, even a professional stranger who spends the day surrounded by millions of dollars worth of jewelry.
Instead, I decided that a ring guard would fix the problem. If you're not familiar with them, a ring guard is essentially a metal strip that's wrapped around the inside of the ring to make the band smaller and to keep it from slipping. If you look at the picture below, you'll see that it's secured to the base of the band, so it's generally not visible from the top or the sides.
While the ring guard was effective at keeping the ring in place and didn't distract from the bling factor, there were a few downsides:
1) The metal can scratch the gold on the ring. If you spend several hundred to several thousand dollars on a ring, you don't want a $5 piece of aluminum scraping it.
2) It can get uncomfortable. Like most people, my fingers swell in the morning and when it's hot outside. While a regular ring will feel tight, the ring guard feels like it's actually digging into your skin when your hand's swollen.3) It scraped the skin off of my finger when I tried to remove the ring.... Yes, go ahead and gasp. My finger is wounded from the guard.
Therefore, I've traded my beautiful ring for a bandaid for the week. I could have experimented with other solutions, but none of them would have been as permanent or comfortable as getting the ring resized.
It's only been a day, but I must admit that I already feel a little illegitimate and kinda naked without my engagement ring. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the week progresses.
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