How can you tell a ring is a wedding ring? Do wedding rings have some sort of special design? I thought a wedding ring could be any ring. I am married but neither my spouse or I own any jewelry including wedding rings so I don't know.
There are a lot of exceptions to this. But I assume the burglar kept his rule simple.
The bride who receives the item must be able to tell more or less what it's worth (so that there is no falsehood involved). If the ring is decorated, or if it's made of more than one metal, or if it has jewels on it, this is more difficult.
It's hard to tell just by looking what the quality of a Jewel is, but everyone knows that gold is worth something, and you can see how much gold there is. (So a hollow ring would also be a problem.)
As a result the guidance is that wedding rings are always plain gold bands.
If someone did have other rings, I'd think they'd be visually different, wedding rings typically have one large diamond set with other jewels and a band is dead obvious as it's so plain. A ring with multiple small diamonds or other gemstones (emerald, ruby, etc) would almost always be a safe bet, especially if a ring similar to the traditional wedding ring was available for comparison.
I thought they were usually plain (just the ring, no adornments). Engagement rings tend to be fancier (diamonds etc.) but maybe practice varies between regions.
Did you grow up under a rock? Have you never, ever interacted with people wearing wedding rings?
If not, fine, fair enough. Judging from your comment history, this doesn't seem to be the case.
To answer your question, you can tell if something is "a thing" by comparing said "thing" to other known and accepted "like things." Does that not make sense?
No it wasn't. It was asking what make a wedding ring identifiable as a wedding ring. It confuses me that someone can identify something as a wedding ring when it isn't being worn - I thought that wedding rings were any ring. I know that engagement rings usually have a diamond but I think other rings can have diamonds too?
>Did you grow up under a rock? Have you never, ever interacted with people wearing wedding rings?
Sure, but I don't pay much attention to other people's jewelry because that's just not something I care about. My parents didn't wear wedding rings or any other types of jewelry at all so I guess I did grow up under a rock. I don't think my aunts or uncles wore them either, or does my mother-in-law, - they just aren't "a thing" in my family so I'm out of the cultural loop. Its totally and completely out of my knowledge area. I like learning something new so I figured it was worth asking!
Judging by the variety of comments it seems that there is a variety and the theft's "standards" didn't make sense.