Are left hand ring finger rings a for sure sign of being in a relationship?
In my younger years I never looked at ring fingers. That changed when the first of my friends got married. Suddenly I realized the women I was interested were old enough to be married (People get married at an older age in Quebec vs. North America). Now I check. A while ago I saw a girl with a rubber ring a la Lance Armstrong wristband in bright orange on her left hand ring finger. I thought she was flirting with me but I took a pass based on the ring. On the non-traditional funky ring on the left hand ring finger issue… In Quebec there are lots and lots of couples that refuse to drop 20k on a ring, much preferring to put it towards a down payment on a house. These people tend to have non-standard rings. Heck my best friend and his wife have rings that don’t match (I’m told it traditional to have matching rings, right?). The long answer to the poster’s question is: context, context, context. Depends on the woman, her age, her cult
Yes, and I’m agreeing with you on the advice. Just not the general “Wearing a ring there always means she’s taken or wants to be thought of as such” ideas, followed by the freak-outs (not yours) about why on EARTH any unattached woman in her right MIND would even CONSIDER wearing a ring on her MARRIAGE FINGER!!! The whole discussion’s getting a bit “Women must indicate the state of their virginity and male possession for all to see, and any woman who violates this cultural norm is a slut” for me.
As a man (who is actually more interested in clothing/accesories than most men) I would say that it’s a matter of indifference, not lack of astuteness Sorry – indifference. Anyway, my point was that (to wildly stereotype), I know that generally men will notice the presence of a ring on the left ring finger, but I believe they won’t necessarily be able (interested?) to analyze the subtleties inherent in the woman’s choice to wear that ring. Whereas I bet I could make a pretty accurate assessment of whether such a ring was an engagement/wedding ring. Not perfect assessment, but I bet I’m pretty close. And that assessment would be based on lots of little factors, added up together and subconsiously analyzed. So, my answer is that no, just the presence of a ring on a woman’s ring finger is not necessarily an accurate indication of whether she is taken or not. Lots of percentages thrown around here – 99%, 90% etc. While this thread is just anecdotal evidence, lots of women here are telling
