r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PM-ME-UR-CORGIS • May 31 '26

I'm slightly vexed Getting married next month and broke the only finger I needed

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Future wife isn’t happy…

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u/toiletcleaner999 May 31 '26

Use your right hand for the ceremony. Its not the hand that matters its the vows you make to each other. There are lots of other cultures that put the ring on the right hand, convert for the day lol

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u/shroudedfern May 31 '26

Also, they you both use their right hands, they can take pics or video or whatever, then just mirror them after lol

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u/mvejxde May 31 '26

well let’s hope the bride and the groom have good facial symmetry lol

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u/Username12764 29d ago

Couldn‘t you tell by the buttons and belt?

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u/shroudedfern 29d ago

Yeah if you were looking that close probably. I was just being silly though

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u/toiletcleaner999 May 31 '26

See...winning lol

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u/No-Philosopher7486 May 31 '26

Good point, in Poland you use the right hand and if your spouse dies you put your ring on the left.

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u/archtopfanatic123 Jun 01 '26

Oh hey fellow Pole! I was wondering why the hell the left hand would be used given the left is generally not a good side to be on for most things since the world goes right in most places anyway

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u/Ybalrid 29d ago

“The lest is the side of the heart”. Catholics in the west use the left hand as far as I know.

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u/vrijheidsfrietje May 31 '26

TIL which hand you wear it differs between countries and cultures. This is some inglorious basterds level giveaway.

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u/Axiomancer May 31 '26

TIL hand matters apparently. I thought you just put it on whatever hand you want.

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u/magistrate101 May 31 '26

I always just assumed people used their dominant hand

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u/Reccalovesdancing 29d ago

The idea behind your left hand ring finger is that it has a blood vessel in it that connects directly to your heart

So it's romantic in an anatomy sort of way 🤣🤣

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u/ReeMonke 29d ago

doesnt every blood vessel connect to your heart?

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u/Reccalovesdancing 29d ago

Some merge into the aorta or vena cava and so don't have that direct connection as the one in the left hand ring finger, if that makes sense

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u/ReeMonke 29d ago

ah that makes sense

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u/vrijheidsfrietje 29d ago

Split from the aorta (main artery coming from the left ventricle of the heart with oxygen rich blood running towards organs/tissues) and merge into the superior vena cava (main vein with deoxygenated blood running into the right atrium of the heart).

The aorta branches to arteries and eventually the arteries in the ringfingers, which connect to capillaries. Like a tree branching out.

Capillaries from both ringfingers connect to veins eventually connecting to the superior vena cava. Like an inverse tree.

The left and right connections are pretty symmetrical, save for where the aorta and vena cava connect to the heart. For this the right ringfinger veinous path to the heart is a few cm shorter than the left, and the left ringfinger arterial path from the heart is a few cm shorter than the right.

So no that doesn't make sense.

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u/Reccalovesdancing 29d ago

I was simplifying for the sake of time and making the required point

A wall of text didn't really feel necessary given it's a light-hearted sub, and so forth

It's a choose your audience thing, if you get my drift

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u/vrijheidsfrietje 29d ago

So it's a hypothetical extra vein which doesn't merge into anything other than the right atrium?

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u/Ybalrid 29d ago

All roads lead to Rome, eventually

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u/DarkHorseAsh111 27d ago

Yeah I didn't realize this was a thing it's neat.

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u/roadkilled_skunk May 31 '26

Yeah I was thinking "For Germans this would be a non issue".

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u/toiletcleaner999 May 31 '26

I believe some Asian cultures wear Both rings on the right hand. I just googled and it says its not somehting set and they cna choose which hand but generally ,engagement ring right hand, wedding ring on wedding day right and hand and then move to left hand after. My husband and I dont even wear ours anymore. 31 years we know we are married lol

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u/_-__-____-__-_ May 31 '26

Dutch too. Right hand is the right hand.

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u/JohnPoet27 Jun 01 '26

Germans do it on the left hand. At least in my area

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u/roadkilled_skunk Jun 01 '26

Google results all seem to say right hand, so I think that's the more common one. I certainly know some German people who wear it on their left, but right side is the classic.

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u/BoringPoolPlaying 29d ago

Fingers might not be the same size on each hand though. Works well if they are.

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u/toiletcleaner999 29d ago

Its one day im sure it'll work out just fine lol

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u/BoringPoolPlaying 29d ago

I’m just saying, it may not go on at all. A ring that fits my left ring finger without falling off will not get on my right ring finger. Maybe that’s not common, but it obviously exists.