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Originally Posted by Pearl_dreams  The photo makes me curious about something: what is the custom in your country regarding wedding rings and engagement rings? Your DIL's left hand is bare; in the USA it would have both rings. |
That's a good question...
I think the tradition with engagement rings is altogether not very pronounced: many youngsters consider it to be not practical because anyway in a couple of months there will be a wedding ring. At least my son has negotiated it into engagement earings(!)
As for the wedding rings, there is a lot of fantasy invested in it, they are not just traditional plain rings but often designers' rings with fancy elements, small diamonds etc. If one is a Protestant or an Orthodox, it is on the right hand, if Catholic - on the left.
Before the war it was common that a plain golden ring was first an engagemnet ring (left hand) and later a wedding ring (right hand). Although widows also wear them on the left hand. Very confusing...