What Not To Engrave On Your Wedding Bands

It has been over nine months since AstroBanana bought their wedding bands but they only managed to agree on what to engrave on their rings yesterday. They did not expect it to be so complicated. Here is what didn't work:

Of Convention

The conventional words engraved on a pair of wedding bands are usually the couple's names followed by the wedding date.

• His ring: "Eric Banana 09.10.2009"
• Her ring: "Astro Girl 09.10.2009"

Sometimes, the couple's names are joined together, like:

• Their rings: "AstroBanana Forever"

Well, let's just say that the conventional is a.k.a. the ultra-boring. To Eric Banana, it's called the last resort - he would have to live with the label of UNCREATIVE for the rest of his life if he really went for it.

Of Meaningful Phrases

Some couples go for a short phrase that is meaningful to them. AstroBanana have a particular penchant for a phrase, which is...

• Their rings: "Every Day We Have, Is One More Than We Deserve"

This was what AstroBanana really wanted but there was a slight technical issue. To engrave the entire phrase, they would probably need a wedding bangle each. It was too long! Even splitting the phrase to two parts wouldn't work :(

• Her ring: "Every Day We Have..."
• His ring: "... Is One More Than We Deserve"

Of Secret Codewords

AstroBanana tried to shorten their meaningful phrase into an acronym and it ended up like some secret codeword:

• Their rings: "EDWHIOMTWD"

The acronym for AstroBanana Chronicles turned out to be really easy though, as easy as:

• Their rings: "ABC"

They also played with the idea of using the acronyms for Ministry of Astro Girl and the non-existent Ministry of Eric Banana:

• Her ring: "MAG"
• His ring: "MEB"

If they both have senile dementia one day, the chances of them remembering what the secret codeword on their wedding bands are close to nil. Erm, forget it!

Of Foreign Languages

Eric Banana thought briefly about engraving the latin translation of "Love Conquers All" on their rings but he could not figure out which version is the right one:

• Their rings: "Omnia Vincit Amor" or "Amor Vincit Omnia"

Well, at least he was sure it wasn't "Omnia Amor Vincit", "Amor Omnia Vincit", "Vincit Omnia Amor" and "Vincit Amor Omnia". Thankfully, Astro Girl came along and solved his headache for him by simply declaring, "I don't want any foreign language on our rings!" Wow, that's what Eric Banana describes as a display of democracy in its finest form

Of Humour

What? Humour on a wedding band? The audacity! But here goes anyway:

• Their rings: "Priceless Tiffany Ring"

Except that the rings are not priceless and already have "Tiffany & Co" engraved on them , this would have been an excellent idea.

To prevent Astro Girl from misplacing her ring accidentally and Eric Banana from misplacing his ring DELIBERATELY, they toyed with this idea briefly:

• Her ring: "Irreplaceable Ring!"
• His ring: "Don't Even Think About It!"

They also tried to inject their personalities into the rings:

• Her ring: "Up To You Lor!!"
• His ring: "Up To Me Meh??"

By now, you should be wondering what exactly AstroBanana are going to engrave on their wedding bands. Well, if you have read the title of this entry properly, you would have realised that the answer will not appear here :P Let's just say AstroBanana do already have an answer and will post a separate entry when they finally get their rings engraved.