This here talk is ’bout men wedding ring hand, ya know? Which hand that ring goes on, that’s what we’re yappin’ about. Some folks say left, some say right, it’s a real head-scratcher, I tell ya.
Most times, ’round these parts, fellas wear their wedding band on their left hand. Why left? Well, some smarty-pants say there’s a vein there, goes straight to the ticker. Love and the heart, ya see? Makes a body feel all warm and fuzzy just thinkin’ ’bout it.
Now, I heard tell in some places, they wear it on the right hand. That’s the doin’ hand, the strong one. They say it means you’re tough as nails in your marriage, never gonna back down. Like my old rooster, he’d fight a bear if it messed with his hens.
So, if a man’s got a ring on that left ring finger, usually means he’s hitched. Tied the knot, as they say. Like when Bessie’s cow got loose and we had to tie her to the fence post. That ring’s a sign, plain as day. But hey, these days, who knows? Kids do all sorts of things different.
Different folks, different strokes, I reckon. Some places, they got their own ways. Some wear it on the left, sayin’ it’s closer to the heart, all lovey-dovey like. Up North, they seem to think the left hand is the only way to go. Just like how my old mule, he’d only plow the field one way, stubborn as a stump.
What ’bout that sparkler, the engagement ring? Before they say “I do,” like two lovebirds chirpin’ in a tree, they move it to the right hand. Then, bam! The wedding ring goes on the left. Makes sense, I guess. Gotta make room for the real deal, right?
- Wedding ring on the left hand: means he’s taken, mostly.
- Wedding ring on the right hand: means he’s strong, or maybe he’s from somewhere else.
- No ring: Could be anythin’, maybe he lost it, like when I lost my dentures that time down at the creek.
Why do we do it this way, on the ring finger? I don’t know everything. Some folks, they just like to do things the way they always been done. Like how I always make my biscuits with buttermilk, wouldn’t be right any other way.
This whole men wedding ring hand thing, there are a lot of stories. Some of them, from other places and other folks, they wear them on different hands. There is no set rule, just like there is no rule for how many eggs my hens lay each day.
So, left hand for the wedding ring is the usual way, but don’t you go judgin’ a fella if he does it different. Could be he’s got his reasons, like my neighbor who wears his overalls backwards ’cause he likes the pockets that way. To each his own, I always say. A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do, same as a dog’s gotta chase a squirrel up a tree. It’s just in their nature.
The main thing is, that ring means somethin’. It’s a promise, a forever kind of thing, like plantin’ a seed and watchin’ it grow into a big ol’ oak tree. It’s about love and stickin’ together, through thick and thin, like me and my old man did for fifty years, bless his soul.
There you have it. That’s all I know about men wedding ring hand. Hope it made some sense. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go shoo the chickens outta my garden. They’re peckin’ at my tomatoes again. Those darn birds!
