Have you ever wondered why the wedding ring is worn on the left hand and the fourth finger? I never thought about until I was talking with a lady from Colombia who wears her wedding band on her right hand. I learned that many countries in fact wear their rings on the right hand: Colombia, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, Venezuela and Serbia- all righties!
So I of course thought this was fascinating and i did a little research myself and found that one of the explanations to why the ring goes on this finger is because it was considered to be the finger containing the vena amoris or "vein of love".
I then came across this funny explanation ( which may be true or not) but i like it even better!
Thumb represents your Parents
Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
Middle finger represents your-Self
Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner
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
Keep them firmly in place
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 rejoin the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers (they
Represent your children)...., they will open too, because the children
Also will get married and settle down on their own some day.
Finally, rejoin your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring
Fingers (representing your spouse).
You will be surprised to see that you just CANNOT..., that's because
Husband & Wife have to remain together all their lives - through
Thick and thin!!
