What should I have engraved on the ring I bought my wife for her 30th birthday?

Did you have anything engraved on your wedding ring? Maybe it could be a continuation of that thought.

No one here can write anything better than world from your heart. Do you really want someone else’s thoughts engraved on your wife’s ring!?

Your love, your wife, your words.

@sparghett: I think it’s a great question. Sure, it needs to be personal and appropriate to them, but other people might have good ideas—love is pretty universal after all, and as above, sayings, quotes,... there are eloquent or clever ways of phrasing things that one might not think of – especially if that’s not your strong suit.

Question – what’s the approximate length? I’ve never actually seen an engraved ring (that I remember), but I’m really interested in this. Perhaps that will help people think of things—just 2–3 words, a sentence, whatever.

@skfinkel: nope – nothing on the wedding ring.
@Spargett: I know where you’re coming from but I agree with zina, someone is bound to have come up with something ideal in the thousands of years humans have been loving each other :)
@zina: apparently a lot of people engrave their names and wedding date, or a word like “forever” or “always”.

I’ve found “Amor Vincit Omnia” which is Latin for “love conquers all” and is along the right lines.

to keep the spark alive I always liked
Alere flammas
Meaning “to feed the flames”

Wait until babes are born. Then date of their birth-four little intertwined hearts -date of your wife’s birthday. It is hard to get much on a narrow band.

I am looking at a man’s gold wedding band – 4 mm thick. Inside is m-d-y and three initials each of the bride and groom. Difficult to read.

i had read that now people are doing longer engravings – whole sentences or stanzas.

but yes, to me it would be more important to be able to read it!

this is pretty funny: http://www.e-weddingbands.com/store/engravefav.html
on the right there are ideas here too: http://www.theknot.com/ch_article.html?Object=A00626165458&MsdVisit=1

it’s interesting how many of these are in other languages.

how about a simple “i love you” ?

maybe it’s cheesy but i like the directness of it. it’s powerful, and there’s the immediacy of the language (if english is your/her native language).

I loved this. I read long ago… a famous person (i forgot who?) gave this to his wife bride (the won and one) and I added an idea for the birth of two kids. Not sure if you will have room to fit inside the ring.

2000 won (year you lovebirds first met)
2002 one (year you lovebirds married)
2008 Two gifts (twins)

how wonderful twins! i always wanted twins. i dont have kids, dont worry i am not dissing any he he… i just think matching outfits would rule.

my only love ~ u
love 4 eternity
love 4 ever
you complete me
you and I 4ever
you had me at hello (just kidding)

Thanks everyone. Your ideas all helped and in the end I settled on:

“Two Become Four” – to signify the birth of our twins doubling the size of our little family.

Thanks!

Forever Loved

You and I 4ever.

See Izzard ^^ above. He gives us the answer to the question he asked late last January.