mv wrote:
Here in the United States, people of Irish descent wear them, but they don't (alone) signify that you're single. If you wear it one way, you're single (your heart is open) and if you wear it the other way, you're not single (your heart is closed/spoken for/taken by another). I know married people of Irish descent who wear Claddagh rings as wedding rings.
By one way or the other way, I mean which way the crown is pointing (toward your fingernail or toward your wrist). I just can't remember which is which.
Oops!
I see you're in Detroit. I thought you were writing from Ireland...
Anyway, I'm in Boston, also another "Irish town"...
yes, they are not uncommon around here. usually the ones ive seen have been pointing toward the girl. it has actually made two friendships that i have had easier to understand the boundaries in. just this week i met with a girl downtown while i was working and i saw it on her right hand and i double checked which way it was pointing
shes cute. and i like that the ring tells me it is okay to think she is cute. now i just have to figure out when it is okay to treat her like she is cute. i look at pupils, this is something that i am trying out. if a person is excited, their pupils dilate. that or she is on drugs =P