Mrs. Kiwi, Los Angeles
Age and Occupation in 06: 27, Bookkeeper
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, P.E. Teach/Coach @ private schools in LA
Engagement Date: March 31, 2006
Wedding Date: November 3, 2007
Venue: Radisson Hotel
About Me: I'm a bookkeeper who failed high school algebra. I'm currently living in Los Angeles, literally a street over from where I grew up with Mr. Kiwi, my honey of three years. We have a jumbo mini-dachshund (seriously, he's huuuuge), and we're planning an autumn themed wedding on a shoestring, paid for by ourselves. The wedding date is my late grandma's birthday, I needed her there somehow, and that seemed like the best way for us. I can't believe I'm a Bee! I couldn't be more proud!
Mr. Kiwi’s Incredible Shrinking Wedding Band
February 1st, 2008 @ 1:59 pm by Mrs. Kiwi
Just when you think you are done with wedding stuff for the rest of your life, something happens. And well, it’s happening to us! When we first got Mr. Kiwi’s wedding band last year we had to send it back to size it up a quarter of a size. Mr. Kiwi said it was fine that way, and that as long as his fingernail wasn’t turning blue, it was good. I was worried for Mr. Kiwi’s ring finger since he works with his hands every day, and in just one quick moment his finger could be broken easily- making us cut off his beloved wedding band. He insisted that it was just fine the way it was, though, and I figured he’d know better, since it was on HIS finger.
Although… last week I asked to see his ring finger, without the ring. When he twisted off the band, I could see the deep indentation all the way around his finger (it was DEEP). This is not normal! The poor fool (MY fool) had never worn a ring before, and didn’t think that was a problem! My sweet sweet husband. When I pointed at the indentation and went, “Eeew, honey, that’s not good!” He looked at his finger, and then at the ring, and said, “It’s fine.”
A week passes by, and after letting his finger “breathe” at night, he asks me if we can order a new ring, 3/4 bigger. Since his ring is titanium, we can’t size it up any more, and will have to order a new ring. And yes, I did make him say that I was right- that must be one of the benefits of marriage- he admitted he was wrong! Really, I just cared about him not losing a finger, though. Now we’ll have two bands that look the same, say the same thing, and mean the same thing- only one of them will be worn. I guess we can save the smaller one for when Mr. Kiwi is in his “looser waistband” time.
How well does your SO’s ring fit? How did you size his ring?
7 Responses to “Mr. Kiwi’s Incredible Shrinking Wedding Band”
That does not sound pleasant! My fiance also works with his hands and we’ve had the same concerns. He’s talked about having his “ring” tattooed onto his finger. He’s also looking at rings but he’s afraid to wear a ring while working. The tattoo is a little iffy because of the normal tattoo controversy but it’s sweet to think about because there’s no doubt in his mind that we’ll be together forever:)
My husband lost 5 pounds on the honeymoon (we walked about 10 miles a day), and his ring falls off if he gestures too expansively. I’m waiting for it and the Wii nunchuck to go flying any day now.
So I guess the answer to “how did you size his ring” is “badly.”
We just purchased our rings yesterday and we spent honestly a half hour just sizing him… I still feel like the ring might be a SMIDGE too small, but our jeweler is AWESOME and said he’ll do whatever it takes, at no cost, to make sure it fits/gets resized/whatever before the wedding…
My husband’s ring fit perfect when we got it last March. And it fit fine on our Wedding Day in October. However, since the wedding my hubby has put on a little weight and now the ring is snug. His finger is a little red in one spot, so I told him if it bothered him, he didn’t have to wear it right now. We bought “fake” rings to wear on our Honeymoon so we didn’t have to worry about losing them or anything, so he’s been wearing that one for the last few days now.
And since his ring is Titanium, it cannot be resized either. But we’ve been going to the gym a lot recently, hopefully he’ll be able to wear his real ring again soon.
I’ve posted in my blog about my annoying experience with purchasing a titanium band (although I LOVE it (and he does too) - just the sizing thing is annoying 
When we first ordered the ring he had his finger sized at a local jewllery store as we were ordering the ring from a store from Montreal (we live on the other side of the country ;)…well, some how we ordered a size too large…we ended up paying an additional $50 resizing fee…boo…
Hopefully he doesn’t have to size it in the future!
Hm, this seems to happen fairly often with the menfolks. I knew a guy whose finger was turning purple midway through the reception! Definitely something to keep in mind when we undertake that task…
My DH bought a ring in July in Vegas at his bachelor party (one week before the wedding). He didn’t realise that his hands had swollen in the heat. It was way too big when he got to NY. He bought a second one in NY 2 days before the wedding. Luckily he wanted plain gold, so less than $100. He says he’ll sell the old one on ebay.
