A Perfect Wedding Band
08 Sep 2007
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There is this girl who is married but has no signs to show her status. Physically. She’s not wearing her wedding band.
The reason? She can’t bear to see the ring being “washed” and scratched. Therefore, the wedding band is relinquished to the closet.
There are many people who chose not to put their wedding bands on display for various reasons. For this one, well I don’t fall into such a league.
What’s the point of having a wedding band if you’re afraid of it being scratched? To me, it symbolises a union of man and woman into one. At the same time, with the scratches come the added experiences of living life together as a couple.
The joy and laughter, tears and sadness.
There can’t be a marriage that is full of positive things and not a single negative ion. It will be full of ups and downs, with a host of diversified emotions swinging you.
So while fiercely protecting the wedding band from receiving any harm, is she also fiercely ensuring that her marriage will not have any knocks? I know, I’m making too big an assumption here and it probably isn’t true.
Maybe she just want to occasionally take a look at the band and she’ll be contented and satisfied.
To me, I just know that there is this service available for you to bring your ring back to be polished so that it will regain it’s shine once more.
And, till the next time you bring it back, you will have another string of events that add up to your memories in your marriage, and in your permanent mental storage.
The wedding band shows it all, as well as storing those positive love energies!
Just my take. Everyone has their freedom of choice, and this just happened to ignite some thoughts in me that I can’t ignore to blog about. lol
[tags]marriage, love, couples, wedding band, life experiences[/tags]
9 Responses
2007 Sep 08
My wedding band is badly scratched, but I don’t really care because it is meant to be worn. I do not even remove it when I am washing clothes. However, with my diamond ring, I had decided to remove it and only wear it on special occasions because it lost its shine with repeated wear, and I was very upset when a salesgirl thought it was F or G when it had a much better clarity. It’s troublesome to get it polished unless you frequent jewellery stores.
2007 Sep 08
Hey Kloudiia, thanks for the post. I’m also intrigued why others would remove their wedding ring. I’m not yet married, but my sweetheart and i wear matching rings on our third finger. I’ll never want to take it off.
Actually, I once met this lady who have outgrown her wedding ring. The ring is sooo tight around her finger, I was impressed that she didn’t remove it and chuck it aside.
May be it’s up to her husband to replace it with a bigger one.
2007 Sep 08
When i was still with my ex-wife, the best thing to do is to keep the ring on. It really helps with warding off unnecessary attention… or rather “attraction”. See the ring on my finger and the message is crisp clear.
Sometimes, I liken these scratches to all the rough patches in our relationship and marriage but those who survived all these – that sacred circle remains unbroken. Don’t you think so?
2007 Sep 08
Was brought her by Ed…
I guess you’re right. Her over-protectiveness may be reflective of her attitude towards her marriage. Aiyah it’s only a ring. Most importantly is the relationship between two people.
2007 Sep 09
Ed – yeah, I like what you said that the sacred circle remains unbroken. To me, it’s the real meaning of a marriage itself and those scratches prove that the marriage is still alive!
Bobo – thanks for your first smoochie! Hope to see you around more…
2007 Sep 09
Precious – Yeah I’ve met people who have outgrown their wedding bands. So don’t know if they are unwilling to take it out, or already lost the ability to do so lolz.. whichever is the case, the fact that when you take out the band and there’s a slight different tone in the colour of your skin is another mark of your long-lasting marriage! Whoa
Sarah – It can be troublesome, but don’t you find it’ll be worth the effort when your diamond shines brilliantly again? Don’t be lazy haha…. just take the effort to bring it down for the polishing. Hey, it’s free! So what are you waiting for?
2007 Sep 15
I’m getting married on the 1st of December, but I bought the wedding bands about 6 months ago and did my level best to keep them from damaging – yet they are tarnished already! Man… wish metal kept a little better in Singapore.
2007 Sep 16
Congratulations Adrian! May you and your wife live happily together ever after!
How can your bands get tarnished when all you’ve done is to keep it in the ring box? Unless you can’t wait to show them already by wearing them everyday?
2007 Sep 17
Haha! We’ve only worn it once to a wedding photo shoot. I think I should find a good polishing service to keep it nice and shiny.