My Faux Pas

Be forewarned, this is most likely going to come across as a bit of a rant. For the past nearly 2 years, I've struggled with society's version of right-and-wrong... regarding jewelery.

More specifically, how to wear my jewelery. When I got married 23+ months ago, society told me that I had to wear my wedding band 'closest to my heart', and have the engagement ring 'protecting it'. Well, society, maybe I like the look of my rings the other way around! Maybe I enjoy splitting the two apart sometimes and wearing my engagement ring on my right hand! And yes, I've gotten called out on those faux pas during these past 23 months; however, rebuking society I'll say "don't judge me!"

Getting married and flaunting all this wonderful ice on my left hand (and sometimes spreading it out to my right) also left me with a second conundrum. You know how some people just aren't hat people - or just aren't glasses people? Well, I lucked out in those two departments, but it seems that I'm just not a watch person. Well, not anymore, or unless I move my watch to my right wrist. My wedding and engagement bands clash with my watch... and its not the watch's fault either - the rings (which I LOVE) clash with any watch I try on! When wearing all three items on my left arm, it also leaves me feeling unbalanced, and my right arm looking neglected. But then, if I do make the social misstep of moving my favorite watches to the right wrist, I confuse people. "What do you mean you're right handed? You wear your watch on that hand!" Yes, people are very concerned about this - don't I know that you must wear a watch on my non-dominant hand? Well, I do know this, and have obeyed those socially restricting rules for most of my life. However, I'm throwing off the shackles of conformity to fight my own perception of ugliness and feelings of unbalanced dressing. I'm wearing my watch on my right hand! As a bonus, it helps the husband and I hold hands more comfortably - he IS left handed so our watches would often bump together when worn 'correctly'.

These are the things that I think about when getting dressed in the morning. And still, dispite my own opinion on the matter, I struggle with the internal 'does it really look that bad doing it society's way' debate daily. I have, on occasion worn my rings the 'right way' and with my watch on my 'right' (left) wrist. I'm definitely a color-inside-the-lines person. I wonder how mcNugget will be? Hopefully they won't stress about these silly things ever. I'm going to try and remember to encourage him/her to color however they want. Life's a lot less stressful that way, and sometimes it makes you more creative.