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<blockquote data-quote="nidding" data-source="post: 253756" data-attributes="member: 17555">Re: nidding's first year of shootingI'm pretty sure that that is the idea that is the base of the reason to wear the band on the left hand. However the notion of the wedding as a romantic institution is a rather new idea. Before love entered the stage in this question, marriage was more of a social (and religious) contract uniting families by vows of commitment. This is more or less what today could be described as &quot;arranged marriage&quot;. Although we don't, for most parts, see this as a positive thing in the west, this has been the prevailing factor throughout the history of humankind. The reason for wearing the band on the right hand, for us, is that you make deals and commitments with the handshake of your right hand, so the ring becomes a symbol of the commitments we have made to each other to love and care for eachother for the rest of our lives.Now, although love is the one and only reason for my wife and I to be&nbsp; together, and we indeed love each other very deeply, the marriage in&nbsp; itself is not, for us, a deciding factor for our love. Love would, so to&nbsp; speak, be there whether we were married or not.Please do not get me wrong. I find both ways of wearing the ring as being equally right. It's just that for me and my wife, we find the one way to suit our point of view better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nidding, post: 253756, member: 17555"] [b]Re: nidding's first year of shooting[/b] I'm pretty sure that that is the idea that is the base of the reason to wear the band on the left hand. However the notion of the wedding as a romantic institution is a rather new idea. Before love entered the stage in this question, marriage was more of a social (and religious) contract uniting families by vows of commitment. This is more or less what today could be described as "arranged marriage". Although we don't, for most parts, see this as a positive thing in the west, this has been the prevailing factor throughout the history of humankind. The reason for wearing the band on the right hand, for us, is that you make deals and commitments with the handshake of your right hand, so the ring becomes a symbol of the commitments we have made to each other to love and care for eachother for the rest of our lives. Now, although love is the one and only reason for my wife and I to be together, and we indeed love each other very deeply, the marriage in itself is not, for us, a deciding factor for our love. Love would, so to speak, be there whether we were married or not. Please do not get me wrong. I find both ways of wearing the ring as being equally right. It's just that for me and my wife, we find the one way to suit our point of view better. [/QUOTE]

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