Wearing engagement ring to sleep?
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I wear 3 rings all the time and hardly ever take them off. My engagement ring has 4 prongs and pave and I wear 2 wedding bands with diamonds too. I've never lost a stone or had any issues with the metal. I'm more afraid of losing the ring when it is off my hand. I think the safest place for my rings is on my hand where i know where it is at all times.
Well, I wouldn't have put it in those terms, but to be honest, yes, I do think that you are pulling this out of your a** (again, your words, not mine). I don't believe that fabric can wear down metal, even in your example of the seamstress. I think it's ludicrous:weird: Like I said before, I could see *maybe* a rare instance where a prong could get snagged on a bed sheet (or a piece of fabric), but it's never happened to me and I've been wearing rings to bed for 20 years.
There's really no need to get defensive. This is not a personal attack on you or your opinions. It's just a discussion and we happen to disagree. Let's agree to disagree and move on
Agree. If bedsheets were abrasive enough to wear down metal, then we'd all have skin perfectly buffed and polished (and spas wouldn't have any need to offer these treatments), if not chafed, rashy and scabbed. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs and if it makes you happy, do it. Lots of people swear by special diets, routines, exercise, etc., whether or not there's any proven facts behind it. I personally would have to see bedsheets abrading metal in a peer reviewed scientific journal to even consider giving it any merit. As for the seamstresses, this sounds anecdotal...these aren't scientific controlled experiments. Maybe it's the feet and other metal parts on the sewing machines, maybe it's the gardening tools, heavy pots and other metal objects they lift and use at home that are wearing down their rings. So yes, one could theoretically catch a prong on a bedsheet, but it's just as likely, if no more so, to do so on clothing, and no one is advocating avoiding fabric and knit clothing. If you have a large/high ring, I think the greatest risk in wearing it to bed is injuring yourself or your partner with the ring. I have been wearing a channel set eternity ring with two rows of large diamonds to bed every night for 18 years and have zero issues with thinning or stones coming loose. I have other rings I wear less often to bed, but have never snagged a prong.
This is a very funny thread and I do enjoy reading.
I don't think wearing ring to sleep/rub against the sheet do damage. Please do keep in mind that I am a "wild sleeper", i did give my DH a bruisd eyes before for several different time. He was so mad and decided to wear a football helmet to sleep one time. I banged my hands on the headboard a lot and I felt off the bed all the times. I worn my ering to bed, work out, golf, cleaning, laundry, shower, and sometime gardening. Your get more metal abrasion from those activities ( than sleeping. Your ring also have more wear from stacking rings than sleeping. It takes alot for metal to wear out. The day i got robbed is when I left my ering at home on the bathroom sink.
My personal preference is that ring and jewelry is made to be used and wear. I want to enjoy by having on me. I only loose one stone on pave due to stacking other band with it. I clean my ring at least 1 per week w/ warm soap water or windex and soft toothbrush. It's always clean and sparkling.
I don't think wearing ring to sleep/rub against the sheet do damage. Please do keep in mind that I am a "wild sleeper", i did give my DH a bruisd eyes before for several different time. He was so mad and decided to wear a football helmet to sleep one time. I banged my hands on the headboard a lot and I felt off the bed all the times. I worn my ering to bed, work out, golf, cleaning, laundry, shower, and sometime gardening. Your get more metal abrasion from those activities ( than sleeping. Your ring also have more wear from stacking rings than sleeping. It takes alot for metal to wear out. The day i got robbed is when I left my ering at home on the bathroom sink.
My personal preference is that ring and jewelry is made to be used and wear. I want to enjoy by having on me. I only loose one stone on pave due to stacking other band with it. I clean my ring at least 1 per week w/ warm soap water or windex and soft toothbrush. It's always clean and sparkling.
I never take off my wedding band,but it's just a plain band;my ering goes off when I'm going to sleep,but that's only because I bang my hands on the wall behind the bed pretty often,and I've already injured myself with a ring doing that before.I was lucky it was just a cz ring,because I chipped the stone and somehow managed to cut my skin open with the shank.I had to actually take the shank out of my flesh,and it was yucky.So that's why I don't wear any ring with stones in bed.But sheets?nah,I'm not worried about that.
I don't take my e-ring off (or the two matching bands) very often. I sometimes take my e-ring off because I feel like mixing the bands with another ring, or all three rings come off if I'm getting my hands into dough/pastry. I garden and do all sorts of things with them on. I'm pretty rough with my hands and my jewellery. I don't "baby" them at all, so you'll be more than safe with wearing them to bed.
LOL I just live some of the responses! I probably would be concerned about wearing my ring to bed if it was made by an unskilled craftsman 
I've only really taken mine off 10-15times in 9 years I clean them at least once a week(if not everyday) with a baking soda paste and an old sonicare toothbrush head 
I have them checked regularly by my FIL( he made both DH ring and mine too) and I've had the prongs re-tipped just in case
I've only really taken mine off 10-15times in 9 years I clean them at least once a week(if not everyday) with a baking soda paste and an old sonicare toothbrush head I have them checked regularly by my FIL( he made both DH ring and mine too) and I've had the prongs re-tipped just in case Attachments
découverte;22590888 said:
This is a great post and really summed up what I was feeling about the whole subject. I think that daily wear is much more likely to cause any sort of "harm" to jewelry as opposed to sleeping. Unless someone can provide some scientific proof that a bed sheet causes metal fatigue, I'm just going to continue to
LOL I just live some of the responses! I probably would be concerned about wearing my ring to bed if it was made by an unskilled craftsman
Pretty ring and pretty nails
I googled "bedsheets damaging rings" and a couple of websites popped up stating bedsheets can damage your prongs if it gets caught on threads. I guess the difference between getting your prongs caught on something while you're asleep and while you're awake is when you're awake, you might be able to notice it in time to stop the catch whereas if you're sleeping, it might continue to pull. I think Ame brings some valid points. Some might not think the damage is as severe as she thinks it is but still good to hear people's advice.
blakelyanne22 - nice rings =)
blakelyanne22 - nice rings =)
ducky112 said:
Thank you!!!
I totally see a valid point I really do! It just sounds crazy that your sheet will destroy your ring
Ladies- this is a bit off topic, but do u wear your ERs when you go for manicures? Is it okay to get lotion on an ER?
PS- the replies about wearing the rings to bed are interesting to say the least! I got engaged very recently, and thankfully don't need to worry about my ring getting caught in the bed sheets as I take it off at night because I like my hands to be free when I sleep.
PS- the replies about wearing the rings to bed are interesting to say the least! I got engaged very recently, and thankfully don't need to worry about my ring getting caught in the bed sheets as I take it off at night because I like my hands to be free when I sleep.