My college coat of arms, but not the name of the school.
Is that tacky?
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My college coat of arms, but not the name of the school.
Is that tacky?
by Anonymous | reply 77 | June 5, 2023 1:41 AM |
Why?
by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 29, 2023 10:10 PM |
Wearing a signet ring is a centuries-old tradition and is seen as a symbol of status and family lineage. The ring typically bears the family's crest or coat of arms, which is used to authenticate documents or seals. Signet rings are often worn on the little finger of the right hand.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 29, 2023 10:11 PM |
Yes
by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 29, 2023 10:11 PM |
Spend your money on something else.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 29, 2023 10:11 PM |
It is vulgar to purchase a signet ring. If you do not have one that has passed through your family, you have no reason to "get" one, Phonita.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 29, 2023 10:13 PM |
I prefer my initials rather than a crest of any kind.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 29, 2023 10:14 PM |
It sounds kinda social climbing.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 29, 2023 10:16 PM |
Tacky is as tacky does…
by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 29, 2023 10:18 PM |
You could buy me several new pairs of sneakers instead. How can you be so selfish?
by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 29, 2023 10:18 PM |
What is signet ring?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 29, 2023 10:19 PM |
Why not just get the Barnabas Collins black onyx oval cabochon in a gold setting.
Cane with silver wolf-head optional.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 29, 2023 10:19 PM |
as long as it matches your pirate earring and blouse.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 29, 2023 10:23 PM |
Tough crowd.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 29, 2023 10:27 PM |
A coat of arms sounds scratchy
heheheh
Get a vintage one at least.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 29, 2023 10:39 PM |
Aren’t you afraid you’ll catch your ring on a hook of some kind and end up ripping off your finger?
by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 29, 2023 10:39 PM |
Is it a storied institution and you’re hoping to attract alum?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 29, 2023 10:40 PM |
The ring is from Farmington …you know, Miss Porter’s School
by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 29, 2023 10:51 PM |
Let it go, hun. No one cares.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 29, 2023 10:52 PM |
OP, do you have Bill Clinton fingers (i.e., long and elegant) or Stumpy Trumpy fingers? Worse yet, are your fingers sausages, like King Chuck's?
If you have Clinton fingers, my vote is go for it. Otherwise, invest in a good dividend stock.
Just don't ever use the word, "classy"!
by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 30, 2023 2:26 AM |
A tiara would make more of a powerful statement, OP.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | May 30, 2023 2:38 AM |
I found some weird signet rings when I Googled "signet ring." There's even one on Amazon that says "Keep Fucking" on the band. I'm not joking. This one has a diamond in a dick and balls shape.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 30, 2023 2:41 AM |
r23, meet r21!
by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 30, 2023 2:41 AM |
R22 - Nuts, I was going to make a monocle joke and you (sort of) beat me to it.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 30, 2023 2:43 AM |
What next, OP...bells on your toes?
by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 30, 2023 2:51 AM |
Buy a Persian cat and you can be a Bond villain.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | May 30, 2023 2:58 AM |
R27 - Hey, Blofeld was a passenger on a cruise (tiny ship) that I was on back in the day. His wife was ditzy. Bizarre to hear the voice that said "You only live twice, 007" say "I hope my credit card works!".
by Anonymous | reply 28 | May 30, 2023 3:06 AM |
I think the only people who can wear one is graduates from MIT. I have no idea why I find that acceptable, but anyone else I think is just social climbing and tacky. (if you were thinking of wearing an earcuff and you are over 19 years old I also say no).
by Anonymous | reply 29 | May 30, 2023 3:11 AM |
My college ring is a signet ring. I still wear it. It's the only acceptable jewelry on a man - in my opinion.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | May 30, 2023 3:14 AM |
After I heard about Jimmy Fallon's ring tragedy I would be scared to wear a ring.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | May 30, 2023 3:17 AM |
[quote] My college ring is a signet ring. I still wear it. It's the only acceptable jewelry on a man - in my opinion.
I'll get rid of my watch, then.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | May 30, 2023 3:21 AM |
A watch doesn't count, R32.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | May 30, 2023 3:35 AM |
College ring as the only acceptable jewelry? I don't think so.
I actually like jewelry on a man, sometimes.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | May 30, 2023 3:35 AM |
So long as you use it with the proper wax to seal your mailed past due creditcard payments ; “The time has come, the Walrus said, to speak of many things: of shoes and ships and SEALING WAX and cabbages and kings, and if the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings…” So…follow your heart, sezs I…
by Anonymous | reply 35 | May 30, 2023 3:40 AM |
You'll also need to stock up candles, OP. How else will you seal all of those envelopes?
by Anonymous | reply 36 | May 30, 2023 3:58 AM |
I think a ring with a young swan on it is a marvellous idea, OP.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | May 30, 2023 4:52 AM |
The only ring you need at your age, OP.
Keep it up as well as you can.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | May 30, 2023 12:12 PM |
[quote] Tough crowd.
You’re telling me.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | May 30, 2023 12:15 PM |
As tacky as fly paper. NOKD.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | May 30, 2023 12:17 PM |
SUNY Brockport has a coat of arms?
by Anonymous | reply 41 | May 30, 2023 12:18 PM |
R41 - Jeffrey Dahmer had a coat made from arms, does that count?
by Anonymous | reply 42 | May 30, 2023 1:55 PM |
When I got my master's degree, I got a signet ring in white gold for my class ring. I also wore it on my right pinky. It's too small for me now and has been for years, but recently I've been thinking of getting it enlarged and wearing it again. I liked it and I'm used to wearing a ring on that finger.
Then again, I'm a lesbian, so YMMV.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | May 30, 2023 2:04 PM |
R2 What families today have their own crests?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | May 30, 2023 2:50 PM |
[quote] What families today have their own crests?
Good ones.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | May 30, 2023 3:06 PM |
Only the very classy families! It doesn't even matter if it's your family.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | May 30, 2023 3:36 PM |
R46 Do you have your own crest, Greg?
by Anonymous | reply 48 | May 30, 2023 3:39 PM |
[quote] Do you have your own crest, Greg?
I most certainly do.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | May 30, 2023 3:57 PM |
I have Crest in the bathroom, does that count?
by Anonymous | reply 51 | May 30, 2023 4:00 PM |
the ring posted at r23 just screams class
by Anonymous | reply 52 | May 30, 2023 4:01 PM |
A signet ring is pretty ridiculous to me because no one has really used sealing wax in well over a century. King Charles III is the only person I can think of who has a reason to wear one.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | May 30, 2023 4:08 PM |
One of this sort, especially for an art historian, an archaeologist, or an historian gets a pass from me. Bonus points for Ancient Roman.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | May 30, 2023 7:36 PM |
You’re thinking of buying a sex swing?
by Anonymous | reply 55 | May 30, 2023 9:40 PM |
[quote]I'm thinking of getting a signet ring.
Why? What inadequacies do you imagine it will address?
by Anonymous | reply 56 | May 30, 2023 9:42 PM |
I want to mark my commitment to TRUTH in this age of lies. My college motto is Veritas which is truth in Latin . A ring that has the motto, but not the name of the school, is not meant to impress anyone. It is for me.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | May 30, 2023 9:48 PM |
You really think people are going to get all of that from a gaudy pinky rink? Okay!
You do you, hon.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | May 30, 2023 10:00 PM |
It’s not for “people.”
by Anonymous | reply 59 | May 30, 2023 10:02 PM |
Pinky rings are weird. Even on King Charles--it looks weird.
Your ring finger is called a ringer finger for a reason. But if you're going to get a ring, why your alma mater? Get something simple and classic for your ring finger that will last. Wearing a ring with a college slogan into your 30s, 40s, 50 and beyond is just odd. If you want to remember your college, make a donation of some sort.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | May 30, 2023 10:06 PM |
[quote]It's not for "people."
Are you sure about that? Why are you asking for people's opinions?
by Anonymous | reply 61 | May 30, 2023 10:18 PM |
R60, he doesn't want "simple and classic." He wants the world to know that he's all about "Truth." But also it's not for "people." So he wants the world to know he's all about "Truth" but not "people."
The ring is for him. Not you. But it's also for the world, but not for "people."
Very "truthy."
by Anonymous | reply 62 | May 30, 2023 10:20 PM |
R2 reads like AI wrote it.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | May 30, 2023 10:21 PM |
R50. Greg did not graduate from Harvard…we would have been informed of that in so many threads, were it true.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | May 30, 2023 10:26 PM |
Get a simple wedding band, you will get more attention. Are you married...to a WOMAN?????
by Anonymous | reply 65 | May 30, 2023 10:28 PM |
I do care if people think any signet ring is tacky. However, the meaning of the ring I have in mind is personal. Sorry if this apparent contradiction triggers anyone.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | May 30, 2023 10:30 PM |
I'm thinking of getting some rhinestone barrettes
My mother's maiden name initial, but not the name of her school. Because I'm wearing longer bangs now and pigtails.
Is that tacky?
by Anonymous | reply 67 | May 30, 2023 10:34 PM |
[quote] Greg did not graduate from Harvard…we would have been informed of that in so many threads, were it true.
Not true, R64. One never says that one went to Harvard College. It’s embarrassing.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | May 30, 2023 10:36 PM |
R67, tacky is as tacky does.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | May 30, 2023 10:58 PM |
Since I became a volunteer for my fraternity when I turned 40, I have come to the conclusion the alumni brothers who wear our large fraternity ring are uniformly gay. I don't volunteer to take advantage of close contact with the undergrads, none of them do either. We really want to make sure our chapters are living up to the fraternities' values and responsibilities, as outlined in the mid 1800s when they were first established.
Still, I know a gay man when I see one.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | May 30, 2023 11:03 PM |
Get a medal on a chain to wear around your neck. Not a pinky ring--not a good look.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | May 30, 2023 11:06 PM |
OP, in all seriousness, if you wear one, you will be roundly mocked.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | May 30, 2023 11:11 PM |
Note to self : watch out for signet rings i.e. cocksucker insignatia.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | May 30, 2023 11:20 PM |
I suppose if you were on a SuperBowl team and got a ring, you can wear that.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | May 31, 2023 12:47 AM |
R57 rather than a signet ring I vote for a tattoo with veritas. (and I don't have any tattoos but it would be way classier than a signet ring). Get one on the inside of your wrist, or hell, have it tattoo'd over your finger like a ring.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | June 1, 2023 10:31 PM |
Harvard can’t handle Truth—especially if it is about Harvard.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | June 1, 2023 11:22 PM |
OP, I've been mulling over your signet ring dilemma in earnest throughout the weekend. I respect you for having the wisdom to ask the tastemeisters of DL what you should do. I confess that I've considered getting one of these little buddies myself but concluded I would look like a Pippa Middleton wannabe, which would be worse than death. Also, my fingers are fat.
Have you decided yet what you're going to do? In case you're still in limbo, the linked article might help resolve your doubts one way or the other....
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