Why does Adam wear a ring on his wedding ring finger?

[Laura M]

This is bothering me muchly and I know a PLEBA girl would be able to answer it!

 

[e edge]

because he likes it...?
because he doesn't know it's his wedding ring finger...?
because.... NO, he didn't do that!!!

sorry- can't find one simple answer. is it another mysterious mistery or am i not a PLEBA girl?

 

[Laura M]

it's a mystery to me

 

[Ashley]

I hadn't even noticed that he wears a ring there.

 

[verte76]

I hadn't noticed the ring either.

 

[madonna's child]

Knowing Adam, he might be married and we just don't know it.

 

[Bono's Doll]

Is he still going with Susie Smith?

 

[madonna's child]

An article I read recently said that he was dating someone. But another article I read said that he doesn't get much action anymore. So I don't know.

 

[Diane L]

Susie Smith is mentioned on the HTDAAB liner notes right before Adam's parents & sister, and interviews I've read recently have mentioned that Adam spends much of his time between Dublin & London, where she works in the music biz.

 

[beau2ifulday]

I prefer to think it's just there because he likes it on that finger.
Really, really prefer to think that!

 

[LostAtMoon]

Maybe he did get married and didn't announce it yet.
Anyway, I sometimes wear a ring my wedding ring finger, and I'm not married either.

 

[MooMoo!]

maybe hes teasing us.
(he better bloody had be teasing us!!!)

 

[nurse chrissi]

I believe it is a claddagh ring -here is some history on it

http://www.claddaghrings.com/legend.htm

I looked for a picture where his ring was showing but couldn't get a clear shot
I have way too many of Adam's bangly jade bracelet however

 

[MooMoo!]

hee hee.

 

[MooMoo!]

hang on, it says if its on the left hand hes happily married!!!

bah. he better not know his left from right...

 

[LostAtMoon]

bah. he better not know his left from right...

 

[e edge]

Knowing Adam, he might be married and we just don't know it.

do you really believe that? Adam Clayton married- these 2 words doesn't seem to fit each other (but i may be wrong... God! i hope i'm not....)

 

[xtal]

Also maybe Adam doesn't know the history of the Claddagh ring...he's not Irish you know!

 

[Lisa71]

In the last issue of propaganda (2001) I remember seeing one or two pictures of Adam and he had a ring on his left hand. It looked like a wedding ring and I remember saying something to a friend about that. So, I know he's been wearing one for quite some time.

 

[thrillme]

Also maybe Adam doesn't know the history of the Claddagh ring...he's not Irish you know!

He's certainly lived there long enough to be considered Irish, 39 years.

An example is like how some people who move to America when they're young, live there so long, after a while, they simply refer to themselves as Americans, even if they weren't born there. Same thing, just Irish instead of American.

If the ring is worn on the left hand, traditionally it means married, but it also means, you're spoken for, so he's spoken for, but not legally married (as far the public knows).

Still not sure whether Larry's 3rd child is a boy or girl.

 

[girlwcrimsonnls]

There's an awesome close up of Adam's Hand in the Pop Mexico video, so he's been wearing it at least since the mid-90's (lol that's apparently when he started seeing Susie).

Maybe it's more comfortable on that hand when he plays? Any guitar/bass players vouch for that?

 

[u2bonogirl]

yeah i noticed it a long time ago! i figured either
1. he had a ring he really liked and it only fit on that finger
2. he just didnt notice that it was the wedding finger
3. he had a special somebody and just chose to wear a ring there even though he wasnt really married

i really dont think the guy just went off and got married a long time ago. knowing us, SOMEBODY would have found out! i mean, were nuts.

 

[Laura M]

I thought it was a gold band, I have a Claddagh ring and I can see it much more clearly in pictures than I can see the ring he wears.

Sometimes people just prefer to wear their rings on that finger. My friend does but everyone thinks she is engaged and it drives her Mum mad

 

[MooMoo!]

well someone could always measure the handprints on the HTDAAB to see if u2bonogirls 1st theory was right.
must investigate more pix...

 

[sami0201]

yea he may just not know what it is though..granted I'm not Irish but I have one of those rings and only about a week ago I found out what it meant! I bought it so long ago and I have been wearing it in the direction meaning that my love and I have become inseperable..I don't even have a boyfriend! haha. I do like the ring though, and like all of you I doubt he's married!

 

[smk1379]

Here is one picture of his hands!

 

[MooMoo!]

it doesnt look flat to me, arent wedding rings meant to be completly circular/flat/round?

 

[teenie]

i didnt notice a ring but is it me or does adam look like hes wearing braces on the bottom half of his teeth in the dvd that came with the new album? bling

 

[kellyahern]

Still not sure whether Larry's 3rd child is a boy or girl.

I know - that A, E, A, E stuff in the liner notes was not very helpful

 

[girlwcrimsonnls]

a little off topic: What does the black hole on the envelope next to the thread topic mean? because it just appeared on this one.