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11 Jun 2009 @ 7:20 PM

Ring Sizing – The Stealthy Way

We received this question about Ring Sizing, and thought many people could use this information Hope it helps.

Question:
Hello,
I am very interested in purchasing a ring through your company and had one question. It says there is free ring sizing, what exactly does this mean? Is there a way I can try and size up her finger before I make the purchase? Or should I take my best guess and buy the ring and send it back for sizing if it doesn’t fit? Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.

Answer:
There are many tricks to getting the ring size. Here is a safe way. Go into her jewelry box and get a ring you know she normally wears and take it in to find the size. It will probably be a right hand ring. And if she is right handed, then your best bet is to take the size of the ring and go down about a quarter ring size. So if the ring you take in is a size 6, then when you order request the ring be a size 5 3/4. Because normally the dominant hand is bigger. The ring finger is on her left hand so going down in size is a safe bet. But if she is left handed, you are pretty safe ordering exactly the size of the ring you brought in, or even going up a quarter.

This is what I did when I was searching.
I pretended to talk to my mom on the phone and acted like she was telling me a story about a REALLY REALLY BIG GIRL. Say size 22 ring. Just so the surprise factor was there when I told my girlfriend, who was listening to my conversation. I said "NO WAY" and then I looked at my girlfriend and said "I need a comparison" and I looked at her hand and said "Hon, what’s the size of your ring finger?" Most girls will know. She told me a five, and I looked amazed trying to figure out just how big a girls hand to be with a size 22 ring finger. She was none-the-wiser and was completely into the story. I wasn’t going to purpose for another 2 months, so she never suspected a thing.

So you can be stealthy one way, or have a little fun and tell the story. It worked for me perfectly. Or just ask her for her size outright. But no matter what way you choose, you can send the ring back to get resized to us for free one time. So you’re safe. engagement rings

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