Ring Order on Finger

[Mims27]

For those of you who are married and have both a wedding and an engagement ring. I read somewhere that you're supposed to put your wedding band first, so its closer to your heart and then put your engagement after it. Is this accurate and do you do it like that? Also, if that's the case, did you take your engagement ring off before the ceremony?

[snow]

I didn't know you were supposed to switch it! I kept my engagement ring on and he slid the wedding band on top of it, so I left it like that :P

[dizzyupthemeg]

My wedding band is made to fit my engagement ring just right. Wedding band goes first and engagement ring second. I forgot I had my engagement ring on before the ceremony so I just switched mine afterwards.

[differentcountries]

I only have a wedding band, but my parents have both rings and they switched their engagement ring to the other hand when they got married.

[whatruckus]

From what I have seen, yes, this seems to be the way that those who wear both rings do it. Wedding band first, Engagement ring on top.

[Mims27]

I only have a wedding band, but my parents have both rings and they switched their engagement ring to the other hand when they got married.

Interesting. I've never heard of switching the engagement ring from one hand to another. We always just put them together. We plan on keeping both rings on the same finger.

[lyonsgirl]

I wore my engagement ring on my right hand for the ceremony, and put it back on my left after we did the recessional. However, a year and a half later, I now wear three rings, so.... my engagement ring is in the middle.

[TwoThree]

I don't know anything about tradition. I didn't have an engagement ring when we got married (because I had lost it) so he just put the wedding band on on my bare finger. He did buy me a "post-engagement" ring later on but I very rarely wear it. I just stick to my wedding band most of the time. When I happen to lose weight my wedding ring becomes a bit loose so I put the engagement ring on top of it as it's a bit tighter.

That wasn't at all helpful, I know

[Lilly9886]

In general, here in Austria we wear the engagement ring on the left hand and the wedding ring on the right, so I'll be having one ring on each hand!!!

(I though will be wearing 2 rings on my right hand because we got a nice one for me to go with our plain wedding bands)

[R&R]

I had a Chevron diamond wedding band and that went first and then the engagement ring fit into it on top.

[Petals]

Our celebrant told me to slip the engagement ring off just before the ceremony so the wedding band could go on first. I totally forgot so during the ceremony I discreetly removed it just before we exchanged rings lol.

My wedding band is made specifically to match the engagement ring, so it has to be placed before the engagement ring for it to sit properly.

[Kristin91]

When my mom got married (I was 10 when she got married) she temporarily moved her engagement ring over to her right hand for the ceremony, and then moved it back to her left hand afterwards. The order on her finger was then wedding ring first, then engagement ring. She said she liked it that way because it was "traditional". Now she just wears her wedding ring because her engagement ring doesn't really fit anymore.

[MissButterfly]

In general, here in Austria we wear the engagement ring on the left hand and the wedding ring on the right, so I'll be having one ring on each hand!!!

(I though will be wearing 2 rings on my right hand because we got a nice one for me to go with our plain wedding bands)

Same here! I think, anyway... Because I got a ring from my grandma for my 18th birthday, and it was specifically said that it should be on my left hand because my right hand is for my wedding ring

[Mims27]

Same here! I think, anyway... Because I got a ring from my grandma for my 18th birthday, and it was specifically said that it should be on my left hand because my right hand is for my wedding ring

That's very interesting!
I've never heard of either of those rings being on anything other than the left hand. Cool to read about the different traditions! We both have sets of ring that go together. So it looks like we'll take out engagement rings off for the ceremony and put them back on after. Over our wedding bands.

[MissButterfly]

That's very interesting!
I've never heard of either of those rings being on anything other than the left hand. Cool to read about the different traditions! We both have sets of ring that go together. So it looks like we'll take out engagement rings off for the ceremony and put them back on after. Over our wedding bands.

In the Netherlands, it's because of religious tradition. The Catholics used to have wedding rings as an obligatory part of the ceremony, and it had to be on the left hand (because it's closer to your heart, indeed). With the rise of Calvinism in the late 16th century, they found it a vain tradition and so Protestants forbade them. It wasn't until the 19th century that Protestants started to use wedding rings again, but at least on the right hand to distinguish themselves from the Catholics. In our country, if you see anyone wearing their ring on the right hand it's therefore a sign that they at least have some Protestant heritage! Because the left hand is now just kind of common sense, like it maybe is in the US? This historical religious tradition goes for any western European country where the Catholic/Protestant divide was a big deal However, that doesn't mean that they all wear them on the left. Catholics in Austria, Spain and orthodox Christians wear them on the right, while Swedish and English Protestants and Jewish people wear them on the left. This has nothing to do with your question but it's interesting anyway haha!