engagement rings

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

Okay, so I'm debating my niece about Hindu customs and my fiancee is on a trip for the next few days and I'm unable to ask him. Our debate is about the importance of the engagement ring. After a couple has a ring ceremony and have placed rings on each other's fingers how important are they to keep on? In America once you put them on you don't take them off and they are generally worn daily. Is it the same in Hindu/Indian society or can the engagement ring just be worn for special occasions? Would a Hindu/Indian person put their ring away and store it and not wear it daily?

[DanielParul 50]

They are not as important as a mangalsutra according to Hindu customs but I think most people who exchange rings wear them most of the time if not all. All the people I know do atleast.

[sachinky 465]

I wear both my rings (engagement, wedding) all the time.

However, that has nothing to do with religious customs but just 'cause I like the bling.

[Twisted K 2]

I wear both my rings (engagement, wedding) all the time.

However, that has nothing to do with religious customs but just 'cause I like the bling.

i hear ya

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

I wear both my rings (engagement, wedding) all the time.

However, that has nothing to do with religious customs but just 'cause I like the bling.

Lol....I feel naked without my ring. My fiance on the other hand rarely wears his because the stones catch on his pockets when he digs his phone out and he's scared he's going to lose it or mess it up (and he is terrible about things like that....he leaves it in his pockets and his mom gets pissed when she finds it in the wash hahahaha....). I got my ring in India and there is nothing like it here. It is 2 flowers with the leaves around them and it has 3 different colors of stones in it. I can't imagine not having it on. I know my fiance has told me that people don't pay that much attention to rings over there and they are not an outward show of whether or not you're taken like they are here but my niece wasn't buying that lol. She's only 15 so she really doesn't know yet.