where do the rings go before the wedding ceremony?

[Green with Envy]

I am sure this is a ridiculous question- but if we don't have any cute little kids to walk the rings down the aisle on a ring pillow- what do we do with them? Does the best man hold both of them in his jacket pocket? If so... should he keep them each in a box together? I have seen all sorts of sweet ceramic ring plates and such that then can be a keepsake for later, but not really sure if this is a practical way to hold the rings without an official ring bearer. Thoughts?

 

[Laila619]

Our best man held on to both of our bands, in different pockets so they didn''t scratch each other (my request, lol).

 

[Octavia]

Not ridiculous at all! My younger brother held our rings, and while I wanted him to keep them in the box (didn''t trust him not to lose them, hehe)our officiant made him put them loose into his pocket. I kind of freaked out, it was actually the only thing I had a bit of a bridezilla moment about that day...I didn''t even care that the topper didn''t make it onto the cake. But it ended up being fine, thank goodness! And the photographer got some great photos of my bro holding the rings beforehand, and taking them out of his pocket during the ceremony.

 

[LilyKat]

Best man is holding ours, in a little cloth pouch with a divider in between, in his jacket pocket. Perfect solution.

 

[Tuckins1]

We did not have a ring bearer... We had 3 flower girls! We just had one of the girls'' mother hold the rings. Then, when it was time for the ring, the 2 oldest girls went over and got the rings, and brought them to DH and I. I like the idea of having the best man or another member of the bridal party hold them for you. That way they can have a "role" in the ceremony too!

 

[monkeyprincess]

We''re having two ring bearers, my three year-old nephew and his five year-old nephew. But there is no way I would trust the little guys with our rings. They will just be ceremonial and escort our two little flower girl nieces up the aisle. I am sure we will just have the best man hold onto the rings in his pocket.

 

[zipzapgirl]

We put fake rings on the ringbearer pillow.
We gave the real rings to the MOH and best man to hold. She tied it up in her bouquet until just before we went in. He kept it in his breast pocket. We didn''t give it to them until an hour before the ceremony, so we ditched the boxes at that point.

 

[elrohwen]

The best man held my ring in his pocket and my MOH held DH''s ring.

 

[purselover]

DH held onto them

 

[Bella_mezzo]

in a pouch in best man or DH''s pockets.

We had a ring bearer and he carried an awesome little flat ceramic bowl made by paloma on etsy, but we got simple sterling bands for like $5 each and had them tied to his bowl--he was a "very active" 5 year old

The best man carried our actual rings.

 

[Smurfysmiles]

Ring bearer had fake rings and best man had both of the real rings

 

[FrekeChild]

One of his best men held onto them in the ring box. Ironically it was the 15 year old because the 21 year old was too nervous.

 

[sunnyd]

We had them in a ring box in the best man''s jacket pocket. No way our 2 year old RB was getting them!

 

[Luckyeshe]

We''re having one ring bearer, but he''s not getting the real rings to walk down the aisle with. He''s gonna have some other rings on the pillow for show purposes. As for the rings, they''ll be with the best man and the man of honor in pouches in their individual pockets. Safe and sound, hopefully!

 

[BeachRunner]

Our ring bearer originally did NOT want to do his duties of walking down the isle, etc. His mom talked him into it by saying how IMPORTANT his job was that he would be carrying out rings down the isle. I had to run out to get a pillow with fake rings so he could have his moment.

Our best man "took" the rings from him, but he and the MOH each had the respective rings.

ETA: He did such a good job!

 

[kittybean]

The best man carried my ring (in its box), and my MOH wore DH''s ring on her thumb until I needed it. We didn''t have a ring bearer.

 

[lucky_D]

My seven year old brother (no worries, i was 24, hehe) carried them in an elaborate embossed box and handed them to the best man to hold on to during the ceremony. I was not at all concerned as he is a super smart kid and was reading at the age of 4, potty trained at 1.5 years, and in first grade knew his multiplication tables to 10. You can tell what a proud sister I am!

 

[lucky_D]

Sorry, dont think I made my point clear enough. Have your best man walk in with a little box holding them and set it aside or in his pocket until needed. Ours set it next to the bible stand he would later be reading from.

 

[honey22]

Our BM had them in his pocket in the box DHs ring came in. It had two sections, once for each of our rings.

 

[jewelz617]

Our "best man" (we got married in a 7 minute ceremony) just held them for us, and gave them to the JP when it was time. They were in a small box.

 

[DearBuddha]

My BIL (the best man) had both rings in his pockets, then he just handed them to us during the ceremony.

 

[ilovesparkles]

At my mother''s wedding, I the MOH carried the groom''s ring to give to the bride and his son carried my mom''s ring to give to the groom for the ceremony.

So I do have 2 ring bearers. But have yet to decide whether to trust them with our wedding bands. Whether they get the real rings or not, I will have the best man [appear to] take the ring for me from one RB to give to the groom, and my MOH to take my FI''s ring and give it to me for the ring ceremony.

 

[RaiKai]

I would just have your BM or MOH carry them.

We did not have a bridal party (or ring bearers) and we came to the ceremony together, so I carried his ring on my thumb and he carried mine on his pinkie finger when we went up to say our vows. I have also seen brides tie them to their own bouquet, etc.