Rings at the ceremony

Our jeweller gave us a box that they could both go in together and the best man will have that inhis pocket. It is a bit buklier but is easier than carryong two boxes and looks nicer in the presentation. I definatly wouldnt let the Best Man have them loose in case there was a hole in the pocket, and also could get dirty. We are taking ours and my engagement ring in to the shop a few days before and they are going to clean them up and then I wont put my engageent ring back on until after the ceremony

Sometimes the Best Man has the bride's ring and the Maid of Honour has the groom's ring, because these are the 'lead' people on each side - MOH hands you the ring to put on FH's finger and vice versa. In which case two boxes is ideal!

If it's just the Best Man carrying both rings, I'd err on a two ring box, otherwise he might be fumbling about making sure he has the right one ready at the right time...

We just used the ring boxes our rings came in. If you & your OH have same sized hands and very similar rings, then a two-ring box might be useful - my ring is tiny compared to my husband's, so there was no risk of ours getting mixed up!

Also, we had a church wedding & our rings ended up sitting together on a Bible while the minister prayed they would be symbols of unbroken love in our marriage and then we each took the other's ring from the Bible. So if you have a church wedding, the best man might be putting both rings out at the same time anyway.

Thank you all for your advice

99% of the time the best man will have the rings. Don't ever remember seeing a kerfuffle with him handing the wrong one over but I have seen one that forgot them completely and he had to go back to get them. Lucky it was a Church with no other wedding afterwards.

And yes with a Church ceremony both rings are placed on the wedding ceremony book but not necessarily always on a bible, but like this.

View quoted message Thank you. In your experience, does it work best to have them both in one box do you think? We do have 2 best men but the wedding is in a registry office and I'm not sure if one person has to have them.

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It really doesn't matter. In your case with two best men then I think the obvious answer is for them to have one each - after all that is one of the jobs for a best man.

When two boxes are used I see the best man reminding himself "grooms in left pocket" "brides in right pocket". Same if they are both in the same box. But they are usually very different if not in style if its a plain band then they will be a different size.

View quoted message Thank you. I've emailed the registry office to check we'd be allowed 2 as, like you say, it does make the most sense.

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Do you mean allowed two best men ?

If so there should be no problem. Although if its a small room they may mention space as they need to be at the front for ease of access - as do the witnesses usually.

View quoted message Allowed to both have rings. I'm not sure how prescriptive they are. It's got capacity for 50, including witnesses, bridesmaids, best men and photographer

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Not often that photographer is counted in, as capacity numbers usually only refer to seats.

I am 99% sure they will have no issues with each best man having a ring. Other than the registrar will have to "learn" two names as it goes something like. "I believe Geoff has the rings for us, if he would like to step forward"

View quoted message "The capacity is for 50 people which includes the two witnesses and a photographer if you are having one, but does not include the couple and the two registrars." is what it says. Okay, great, fingers crossed.

First, best congrats to you!! And if you're afraid of losing them, put it inboxes. Well, usually, it was bought in boxes. I bought a single box which you can put 2 rings in it together, so the best man wouldn't get it lost, and it's pretty convenient for us to open it and put them on each other's fingers. for your reference

NO. DO LET YOUR BEST MAN HAVE THEM IN POCKET WITHOUT BOXES!

Thank you all 😊 Think we have decided to let each of our two best men have one ring each so we'll just have them in the boxes they came in.

This is my ring and its box, my husband got the same box, we gave them to our bridemaid and best man to keep them. And they stood by our side and gave the boxes to us on ceremony!

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Our children have made a box in our wedding colours for our rings they just have a few finishing touches x💗

View quoted message Aww, how sweet

View quoted message I know x Hope you have an amazing day xx💗

View quoted message Thank you, and you 😊