Most people going shopping for engagement rings do so with a strong preference for the oval variety, and will only opt for anything else if they can’t find the said oval engagement rings. To an inquisitive mind, this naturally leads to the question as to why people prefer these oval engagement rings over other shapes.
By the way, when we talk about oval engagement rings, we are looking at the shape of the ring’s main body (rather than the other embellishments made on it). The main body in question is the part of the ring where the finger goes in, that is, the functional part of the ring. So why do many people prefer oval engagement rings in this respect?
Well, for starters, the oval engagement rings are much more convenient to put on and pull out (as the need arises), than say, perfectly circular engagement rings. It is all about the well known adage to the effect that you can’t fit square poles into round holes, and seeing that the human finger is basically oval (rather than perfectly circular), it follows that wearing and pulling off such oval engagement rings becomes easier than the other shapes, into which the fingers typically have to be forced, as that is not their ‘natural’ shape. Of course, someone might raise questions as to why anyone would buy a ring, and an engagement ring at that, which would be easy to pull out, but the truth of the matter is that there are many situations – like when doing some sorts of work, or when walking through certain types of neighborhoods, when the removal of the ring becomes highly necessary – and any pragmatist shopping for an engagement ring would surely have this in mind when selecting one.
Additionally, oval engagement rings are typically ‘better fitting’ than other ring shapes – and this is yet another reason why so many people love them. By better fitting we are looking at the quality where a person can get to purchase a ring that is exactly their size (not bigger or smaller) and still be in a position to wear it comfortably. Now this is unlike the case with say circular engagement rings, of which a person typically has to buy a slightly smaller size if the oval finger is to go in without ‘threatening’ to come out every moment. It is also unlike the case with say square engagement rings, of which one typically has to buy a larger size, if the oval shaped finger is to really go in comfortably. Yet with these ‘unnatural’ shapes, even after having bought a larger or a smaller ring, one can be sure that they would not have perfect comfort in wearing the ring –for the simple reason that its shape is ‘unnatural’ when looked against the oval shape of the organ (the finger) onto which it is being fitted.
Then of course, there is the fact that many people who get to hear that oval engagement rings are the best choice tend to proceed to buy them on account of that advice only, so that we have another group of people buying the oval engagement rings, not because they are easy to put on and easy to pull out, and not because they are ‘better fits’ but simply because they have heard that such rings are the best, or simply because ‘it is the done thing.’
