is it bad luck to wear the wedding ring before the ceremony?

[gedean]

 

[gedean]

oppsss...sorry about the first post. I pressed enter too soon hehe..

Anyways, so what I was going to say is that, I was recently told that wearing the wedding ring before the ceremony is bad luck. Which is not good in my case, because I have tried on the ring and have walked around with it (on several occaions) to make sure that I like it. That''s not going to happen again now!

Fiancee is not really a superstitious person and I suppose I "try" not to be but this is something I really dont want to be true.

Have any of you married women worn your rings before the ceremony? Is it bad luck? what do i do now that I apparently did something I''m not suppose to do?

 

[surfgirl]

welllll...the day I picked up my wband, I wore it for the rest of the day because allegedly, I wanted to "make sure" it fit okay (like I couldn't figure that out before I bought it?!?). After wearing if for a couple of hours I was making the FI and I lunch and my hand slipped with a very sharp serrated bread knife and I sliced off half my fingernail on the middle finger of my wedding ring hand so (IIRC< I was probably gazing at my ring when I should have been paying attention to what I was cutting)....So yeah, I took it as a sign to TAKE OFF the damn ring and put it away. The nurse who was cleaning the wound told me it wasn't bad luck but I think it was. So the moral of the story is DONT WEAR YOUR WBAND if you're not yet married. Or make sure you wear metal mesh gloves when you're cutting things...

ETA: My then-FI was so enamored with his wband that he wanted to wear it before we got married but my friend and I put the fear of god in him that it was bad luck so he put it away...

 

[NewEnglandLady]

I wore mine for a day during the exchange/return period to make sure I liked it with my e-ring, it was comfortable, etc.

I'm glad I did because a.) as it turns out, the wedding band was a quarter size too small, which wasn't noticeable at first, but became more apparent through the day and b.) one of the shared prongs broke, which made me suspsect that it was white gold and not platinum--turns out I was right. I was able to have a new band made before the wedding.

 

[mia1181]

If wearing your wedding band pre-wedding is bad luck, my fiancee and I are completely doomed!

I wore it for 2 days straight after I got it to "test it out during the return period," and I''ve been putting it on every now and then since then. Its just sooo pretty. My fiancee puts his on every now and then too so he can "get used to wearing a ring."

While, I''m not superstitious at all, I do feel bad that I can resist it, because when I put it on for real I want it to feel special. We are however trying observing other superstitious traditions (not seeing each other the night before, he hasn''t seen my dress). But again, not because I believe our marriage will be doomed, but more because I think they are nice traditions that add to the excitement of the moment.

 

[Independent Gal]

I wore mine instead of my e-ring while I was traveling in Peru. Didn''t want to attract attention with a diamond. DH wore his around the house for a few days to make sure it was comfy.

I don''t believe in silly superstitions like that!

 

[Elmorton]

I wore mine pretty much every day around the house from January-May and I was married in June (I got it cleaned 2 weeks before the wedding along with my e-ring and then wore a birthstone ring on my left hand until the wedding). I couldn''t get enough of how my rings looked like together.

DH and I are about to celebrate our 1st anniversary, and we''ve had an amazing, happy year.

I think it was on Bridezillas actually, but I remember watching a wedding reality TV show and the bride was really freaked out about some superstition... and the officiant said (something along the lines of) "You''ve got bigger things to worry about if something THAT small can affect your marriage. You need to believe that the love you have for each other is bigger than any silly ritual or tradition." I like that a lot.

 

[gedean]

elmorton--- your advice really helps. I too was thinking that some silly superstition shouldnt dictate how the marriage ends up...but the more and more I started obsessing over it the more and more I thought well "what if it''s true?" But you''re right...your relationship is what you make of it, not what some silly superstition says. Thanks! It really helped calm me down.

 

[krisvrn]

Date: 5/13/2008 1:13:24 AM
Author: gedean
elmorton--- your advice really helps. I too was thinking that some silly superstition shouldnt dictate how the marriage ends up...but the more and more I started obsessing over it the more and more I thought well ''what if it''s true?'' But you''re right...your relationship is what you make of it, not what some silly superstition says. Thanks! It really helped calm me down.

I don''t think it''s bad luck. If your going to be "doomed" or have bad luck come your way, it will happen regardless if you wear the ring or not. Relax and wear it whenever, where-ever.

 

[bee*]

I don''t believe it brings you bad luck at all. I wore mine around the house for a while when I first got it and I wore it out one evening with D as he wanted to see it out and about.

 

[sidewalk]

Hi I hope not, I had to wear mine to make sure it fitted and that it went well with my e ring.