My Son plans to ask for his Lady's hand...

[Talitha]

And he wants to do it the old-fashioned, traditional way - on bended knee, while offering her the ring... she loves surprises.

Problem is, he doesn't know her ring size.

Have any of you Gentlemen done this, and if so, how did you handle the ring size problem? He knows the ring can be resized but wants everything to be perfect.

It was my thought that a larger size would be better than too small. If the ring was too large, at least she'd be able to wear it till it was resized, by wrapping yarn around the inner side of the ring to take up the space (we did that in the late 60s with guys' class rings and it worked well).

Anyway, I'd appreciate whatever thoughts you might have.

Thanks!

PS
Just thought I'd mention - I didn't have this problem, because DH knew I hated surprises. So he proposed first, and then we went to pick out the ring together.

[blm]

1. Compare her fingers with yours and guess.

[Demobrat]

2. If she wears any other rings

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he can get a ring sizer on Amazon and sneak it into her house, and measure one when she’s not looking. It would only take a second.

[LastDemocratInSC]

3. Make a plastic mold of her hand.

Tell her it's an old tradition in your family. She won't suspect a thing. Just don't use epoxy.

[Freddie]

4. Congratulations!

My son got married almost a year ago and we adore her (wish I could say the same about his sister’s spouse, sigh). It’s a good feeling as a mom to know that your boy is happy and loved.

[TomSlick]

5. Just take your best guess.

It's easy to re-size rings - up or down. But if he wants to put the ring on her finger, a little too big is better than too small.

I think a traditional proposal is an excellent idea. Terribly romantic.

[rickyhall]

6. Surely he wants more than her hand.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. There's a Tom Lehrer song about this, but I'm not gonna link to it. nt

[Talitha]

7. Thanks for your ideas, everyone!

I'll copy them down and let him know.