Why is the wedding ring worn on the fourth finger? Brilliant!

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Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger?
There is a beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese.....

Thumb represents your Parents
Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
Middle finger represents your-Self
Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner
& the Last (Little) finger represents your children

Firstly, open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and hold them together - back to back
Secondly, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip
(As shown in the figure below):


Now, try to separate your thumbs (representing the parents)..., they will open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong, and have to leave you sooner or later.
Please join your thumbs as before and separate your Index fingers (representing siblings)...., they will also open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and will have to lead their own separate lives..

Now join the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers (representing your children)...., they will open too, because the children also will get married and settle down on their own some day.

Finally, join your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring fingers (representing your spouse).
You will be surprised to see that you just CANNOT....., because Husband & Wife have to remain together all their lives - through thick and thin!!

Do try this out.............
 
Another one albeit less sickeningly sweet!

Put all 5 fingers on the table, tuck the middle finger and pinky in, now lift your thumb, it weighs 10 pounds, lift your index finger, it weighs 100 pounds, now your ring finger weighs 1,000 pounds, lift it.

:)

Going back further

In Western cultures a wedding ring is traditionally worn on the ring finger. This developed from the Roman "annulus pronubis" when the man gave a ring to the woman at the betrothal ceremony. According to tradition in some countries (derived from Roman belief), the wedding ring is worn on the left ring finger because the vein in the left ring finger, referred to as the vena amoris was believed to be directly connected to the heart, a symbol of love.
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In the Indian tradition, the left hand is considered inauspicious. Hence the wedding ring is worn on the right hand. However, despite tradition, some wear the ring on the left hand, matching cultural practice in some western countries.
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Lol, the left hand is always 'inauspicous', s'why you never shake anyone's hand with it (DOH!)

but getting back on topic, the word chinese seems suspicous as its a culture where polygamy was practiced for millenia, and where family ties with your parents, siblings and children are more than sacred.

Wedding rings i believe are european in origin.
 
Lol, the left hand is always 'inauspicous', s'why you never shake anyone's hand with it (DOH!)

its not inauspicious ...its just that it is used to wipe some stuff :P
 
kippu said:
[disguisting]its not inauspicious ...its just that it is used to wipe some stuff :P
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Clean would be beter word..:P
Toliet paper is used to wipe it..That is if at all you do wipe it instead of simply cleaning with water..:rofl: [/disgusting]
 
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