Quote Originally Posted by slinkedog
Oh, and the other thing is, if you break your wrist/hand/finger and the swelling gets bad, the hospital won't hesitate to cut your rings off and ruin them.
Rings aren't ruined if they get cut off, they're just not cheap to fix. (Well, I assume it's not cheap: I have a jeweller in the family - things like that cost me pleases, thank yous and a winning smile. )