What buisness is it of yours?

[Evil Queen]

SC: Then why are you wearing it!?!?!?!!!111!!!!

Because it looks awesome.

[Kiwi]

SC: Then why are you wearing it!?!?!?!!!111!!!!

I always find in these situations its best to throw out the most inane, odd and quite frankly random reason you can

"Im wearing it so the aliens cant hear my thoughts"
"Because only those who where copper will be saved"
"The gremlins made me"
"because its a purple day and I feel I must obey the purple gods"

usually makes them shut up and back off....

Personally, when I get married I want to throw everyone for a loop by specifying mahogany rings.
A cookie if you get the pun.

Loop....rings...do I get a cookie?

[Hobbs]

I wear a pair of dogtags I got as a souvenir from visiting the USS Lexington (CV-16) when I was a kid. I haven't taken them off in years. Point is, my ex-gf once asked me why I wore it. Quite sarcastically I said, "So if I die they can ID me." She took me seriously!! [le sigh]

[jedimaster91]

Me and the hubby are having a argument about rings.He bought me a REALLY nice ring for anniversary(a 2000 one)that I wear with my cheap engagement ring. We bought the engangement ring when we were young and broke. Well now that the hubby is raking in the dough he wants to replace the ring with a really expensive one.Well I told him no.I told him that the ring came from him and I don't care how much it cost.It was only a 200.00 ring and I still won't let him,I think its silly So I say screw them.Its sad that people need to make fun of someone else's stuff. The ring means a lot to you and that all that matters.And wait until you're married and then everything he buys you,you really cherish because he's your hubby.

I'm the same way with my rings. Engagement ring is a marquis solitaire on a gold band, and the wedding band is actually a wrap. It's exactly what I wanted and I have no intention of ever parting with it. Heck, I can't even stand the thought of being without it a week to get the two rings sodered together.

[malmalthekiller]

[GEORGE CARLIN] BECAUSE I KILLED A MAN IN PRISON FOR ASKING @#$%-ing QUESTIONS! [/GEORGE CARLIN]

This is win.

God I hate people that poke themselves into your business. I've learned to try and ignore them now, but sometimes it still gets to me.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

Hm. If my husband spent 200 dollars on a ring for me, I'd thank him, take it back and put it back in savings. And maybe go out for dinner.

Ring? Why? It's nobody's business if I'm married or not. If I need them to know, I have a really good speaking voice.

[Dips]

don't try to convince me that what makes me happy shouldn't.

I'm quoting this phrase because it really struck a chord with me. Wonderfuly said.

[Kiwi]

but don't try to convince me that what makes me happy shouldn't.

me to Dips, smiley you have no idea how many times I have wanted to say something like that to people who feel my joy needs to be taken down a peg or two but I havn't ever had the words.

Im going to borrow that if you dont mind.

[tropicsgoddess]

Fuck 'em, ain't nothin' wrong with going the non-traditional route or out of the box, so to speak.

[Nyoibo]

The only complaint I have with copper jewellery is it's a bugger for leaving stains on the skin, other than that I love it.

*made most of his jewellery in copper*

[Buglady]

I was fiddling about with my jewellery stuff one day and made this copper and silver ring. It's nothing fancy - I do wirework, not "proper" jewellery - but I wear it all the time and I actually get a lot of comments on it! Usually I wear it on my right ring finger but if it's a warm day (and my hands swell a bit), I sometimes wear it on my left because my left hand is smaller. Nobody's ever commented on that.

Bonus: the beads are sterling silver and they can turn, so it's a great fidget toy.

[Nyoibo]

Pfft, wirework is not really different from "proper" jewellery, half the rings I've made are from hammered wire.

[Buglady]

I really enjoy the wirework, and it's pretty easy to experiment and teach myself new techniques without fearing I will burn the house down (I have two pyromaniac kitties, no soldering or torchwork in this house...). Hammering is especially satisfying

[Seshat]

I can't wear my wedding ring anymore. My pain disorder has decided that any ring which is large enough to touch the neighbouring fingers hurts them, and any ring small enough not to hurt the finger wearing it.

So it sits in my jewelry box and looks pretty.

(and it's a plain, half-round, unadorned band. But it's what we wanted.)

[VComps]

I can't wear my wedding ring anymore. My pain disorder has decided that any ring which is large enough to touch the neighbouring fingers hurts them, and any ring small enough not to hurt the finger wearing it.

So it sits in my jewelry box and looks pretty.

(and it's a plain, half-round, unadorned band. But it's what we wanted.)

If I could make a small suggestion - have you thought of wearing it around your neck on a chain? That way it could be with you at all times but not causing you pain.