just a carry over from the military, no jewelry … not even a watch
I wear both my engagement ring and wedding ring all the time. Engagement ring is not flat. I do not wear gloves unless I"m riding. I haven’t yet had a problem, not to say I never will, but so far so good ten years in…
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I do wear my rings if I go to the barn after work…I always wear glove no matter what the weather and as soon as i go o catch my horse until the time i leave. Now, of course, over the years, there have been the odd times when i’ve had to remove the rings to bathe, or tend to some other horse chore bare handed. I’ve slipped the rings into my pocket and by some grace of God, I’ve remembered them prior to the jeans going into the wash. My hubby would not appreciate my ploy for a new ring if it happened that way.
I do have a simple white gold band I wear on weekends which is nice. Maybe that would be a thought?
I have seen quite a few horses spook big time from a big ring being flashed too close when they are being bridled, getting ears cleaned, or forelock is being braided.
At a local clinic a year or so back, a lady got knocked silly by her horse spooking while she was braiding its forelock. She was wearing a big diamond ring (and flashy watch), and the horse freaked when the light caught the ring just right as she was starting to work her way down the forelock. Horse knocked her off the stool, she hit her head on the stall wall, and was knocked unconscious. Someone walking past the stall just happened to look in and see her crumpled on the ground. We called 911, and although she was mostly conscious again by the time the firetruck got there, she was pretty woozy and didn’t remember much. She went to ER later and got checked out, and even rode in the clinic the next day, but her ring had disappeared somewhere in the stall (we think it had gotten tangled in the horse’s forelock, and was yanked off when he spooked). Her husband spent the next day shoveling out the stall and sifting the shavings, one forkful at a time. He finally found the ring when he had the stall pretty much stripped bare except for one small bit of shavings in one corner.
My wedding and engagement rings never leave my hand. The engagement ring has a diamond that protrudes out. (Princess cut I believe). I had them fit smaller when we did the original sizing, simply to minimize the chance that they could fall off during barn work. They’re very difficult to remove.
I work Mon-Fri as a farrier. I work Sat/Sun at another barn. I also own and manage a small farm myself. Needless to say, I abuse these rings A LOT and they hold up fine. I wear gloves when needed for the job at hand, not to protect my rings. If I took my rings off for barn work, I would literally never wear them. For my own reasons, I am not concerned about the potential danger involved with wearing a ring.
I had also dropped hints before the engagement that DH should NOT spend much on the ring because it would get beat up. He heeded that advice, so even if the rings did get lost or broken, it wouldn’t be a big deal to replace them. They’re nice quality, but not breaking the bank.
Edited to add that hubby works in heavy construction and also never removes his ring.
I purposely bought a wedding ring (yes, I picked it out…hubby bought it!) that was perfectly flat–wide band, inset “pave’” diamonds so nothing protrudes. Once that wedding band went on, it rarely comes off–for kneading dough and using a shovel is about it. I wear gloves to ride, load horses and yard work/barn work, but that’s because I prefer to, not to guard my ring. Mine is fairly loose, but the times I’ve taken it off to safeguard it, I’ve worried about losing it more than if it were on. My ring isn’t hugely expensive (under $2K) so we could replace it if necessary. I do not have an engagement ring–that money was spent on my barn and stalls :lol:.
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My wedding and engagement rings never leave my hand. The engagement ring has a diamond that protrudes out. (Princess cut I believe). I had them fit smaller when we did the original sizing, simply to minimize the chance that they could fall off during barn work. They’re very difficult to remove.
I work Mon-Fri as a farrier. [/QUOTE]
That’s very daring of you. Don’t you worry that in an accident you’ll have to either cut the rings off or risk losing a finger?
I wore mine for a while after we bought our farm, but then it just became too annoying worrying about them. I hit my solitaire on the barn wall once (can’t remember how) and it didn’t break but obviously could have easily (break a prong and lose the stone). Since then I don’t wear them in the barn, and now that I’m 10lbs heavier than I used to be I need to have them resized because getting them on is tricky but getting them off is impossible.
I found them uncomfortable under gloves and even had my engagement ring set low to minimize that, but still annoying.
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I hadn’t worn my engagement ring in years due to worry it would catch on something or get lost. So we also had the center stone taken from my engagement ring and set it in a full bezel in the new wedding band. We went for white gold this time instead of platinum…I had worn out the previous platinum band. Gold is softer, but at least I can have it buffed up nice every once in a while to remove all the dents and dings and scratches.
Since the band is thick, the stone sits nice and even with it. The full bezel keeps it safer too, and easier to clean. So I do wear it most of the time in the barn or doing outside type chores. I also wear gloves often, too.
I wear my ring 24/7 except for a week or two a couple times of year when the temps and being outside so often make my hands chap bad enough to start cracking. Then I have to moisturize a million times per day and it’s easier without a ring. I leave the ring off because it doesn’t slide off easily.
This is the setting…nothing fancy but I really like it:
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I always take my engagement ring off when going to the barn.
I live at the barn, so I would lose it if I had to take it on and off everytime I walked outside. It’s a single ring, inset/reset? stone, so it’s smooth and nothing to snag. I do wear gloves when I’m riding. and I have several pairs of thin garden gloves for chores.
I got my ring caught between the stall door and bars and even THAT didn’t clue me in to not wear it.
I never wear my diamond rings in the barn, my DH bought me a nice band to wear in the barn.
My wedding ring sits in it’s little velvet sack somewhere in the closet. Pretty much where it has sat for the past 15+ years of a 19 (so far) year marriage.
I don’t do rings. Previously the excuse was the navy (you don’t wear rings on ship), then more horses, then pregnancy, then I realized I just generally hate the feel of wearing rings and don’t feel the need to conform to anyones expectations of a married woman wearing a wedding ring.
I have a little ring stand on the counter. I put them on there when I leave so I know where they are. If I go to the barn straight from work I put them in the cup holder in my car (makes DH nuts!! Lol). Just create a routine and it’s OK.
I developed my routine after very nearly losing mine. They were gone for a few days and I couldn’t find them. Was cleaning up in an effort to locate them and they fell out of a magazine I’d picked up to put in the recycle bin!! I must have put them down then closed it. DH bought me the ring stand the next day and I’ve used it ever since!!
My wedding ring is a 1.5 carat solitaire in a sturdy 6 prong setting, platinum, no side stones. I almost never take it off, and I never go in the barn without gloves on. The only time I’m ungloved around horses is when I’m washing one. I’ve actually gotten fairly protective of my hands generally, so I’d be a pretty maniacal glove wearer even without the ring.
I used to wear my ring to the barn… until we got it professionally appraised when we got new homeowners insurance and the company appraising the ring fussed at me for bringing into a place full of dirt!
I now leave it at home or in my car. There have been a few instances where I forgot and put it in my pocket instead. My main diamond does stick out quite a bit, so it does catch on stuff. Much safer off than on in a barn!
DH was informed at the time of the original ring purchases, “Don’t buy me something we can’t afford to lose.” And I warned the jeweler what the ring could expect out of life, too.
I only wear gloves if it’s cold, and find the gloves get in the way more than the rings do. My rings haven’t been off since they were put on 15 years ago, and now they have to be cut off. I did lose the main stone from my engagement ring a couple years ago, though I noticed it at my kid’s soccer game so who knows where it was knocked loose. The jeweler cut the ring off and replaced the lost “real” sapphire with… sigh… a “manufactured” sapphire.
I would lose my rings if I were taking them on and off all the time. And it would be too painful.
Only took mine off once, and that’s when we got married. To me the engagement ring goes before the wedding band.
I only bumped into things for about the first month before I adjusted to having it there. I’ve never had a problem at the barn. And I don’t tend to wear gloves, unless it’s cold.
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That’s very daring of you. Don’t you worry that in an accident you’ll have to either cut the rings off or risk losing a finger?[/QUOTE]
Nope. I addressed both of those things in the following paragraphs of my first post.
My solitaire is set with supporting stones on each side, and catches on a lot of things, but I wear gloves for all activities from driving to riding to gardening and no damage to it after 9 years. I did just lose a diamond chip out of my promise ring but not at the barn.
My engagement ring shreds knit garden gloves at a high rate, but I’ve had my insulated driving and riding gloves for years and years and the linings have held up very well. If you wear gloves that they catch on I think you can do more damage to them than if you went without.
We have riders on our home owner’s insurance for the rings.
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