Email Received: A simple experiment

> >>>>This is cute. Try it out.
> >>>>
> >>>>Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger?
> >>>>There is a
> >>>>beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese.....
> >>>>
> >>>>Thumb represents your Parents
> >>>>Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
> >>>>Middle finger represents your-Self
> >>>>Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner
> >>>>& the Last (Little) finger represents your children
> >>>>
> >>>>Firstly, open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and
> >>>>hold them together - back to back
> >>>>Secondly, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip
> >>>>to tip
> >>>>(As shown in the figure below):
> >>>>
> >>>>Now, try to separate your thumbs (representing the
> >>>>parents)..., they will open, because your parents are not destined to
> >>>>live with you lifelong, and have to leave you sooner or later.
> >>>>Please join your thumbs as before and separate your Index fingers
> >>>>(representing siblings)...., they will also open, because your brothers
> >>>>and sisters will have their own families and will have to lead their own
> >>>>separate lives.
> >>>>
> >>>>Now join the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers
> >>>>(representing your children)...., they will open too, because the
> >>>>children also will get married and settle down on their own some day.
> >>>>
> >>>>Finally, join your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring fingers
> >>>>(representing your spouse).
> >>>>You will be surprised to see that you just CANNOT....., because Husband
> >>>>& Wife have to remain together all their lives - through thick and
> >>>>thin!!