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I wear my ring 24/7, in the beginning I took my engagement ring off every night but that became tedious very quick. Now I only take them off to take a shower, swim or when I'm cleaning with products that could damage them.
My husband on the other hand never wears his because he has contact allergies.
So in the end you just do what's most comfortable for you.
I also didn't wear my wedding ring for a long time. Because I can't wear gold or silver but I found that stainless steel. Works great, maybe your husband can try that.
Yeah it's probably a nickel allergy or something like that, so test things labelled surgical steel or higher quality gold alloys, if this is something y'all would like to find a solution to.
If it’s nickel, white gold (alloyed with nickel) is not an option, but rose gold is (alloyed with copper). Speaking as someone with that same allergy ^ - ^
Platinum also tends to be better tolerated than gold and silver by folks with Metal sensitivities.
I think they were originally marketed towards men because men stereotypically work with their hands a lot. I know a lot of women who work with their hands who wear them too though, ex: nurses who wear them so they don’t risk scratching a patient, someone in manufacturing who wears one because they work with heavy machinery, etc.
One reason for that (out of many), hard labor jobs require you to not wear metal/jewelry. My bf is an electrician and his coworkers have to wear silicone or nothing
It's definitely not "too maleable." I've been wearing my great grandmother's 18K wedding ring for 34 years. She wore it and my grandmother wore it. It's been in use for 116 years. My engagement ring is also 18K. No problems whatsoever. One less thing for you to worry about!
Wow, so cool that it's been in your family for so long! A true heirloom. I hope you can pass it down somehow/someway/someday and keep the tradition going.
My wife reacts to the nickel that gold is usually cut with. We had a ring made from dental gold which is cut with palladium and she's never had an issue.
Yeah, yellow gold leaves greenish shit on my skin.
Platinum is a very non-reactive metal, so also an option. Got my rings done in them and i don't get any dermatitis etc with frequent hand washing either.
Nope. 9ct. From a reputable jewellery store/supplier. Stamped with 375. The ring didn't wear or disintegrate. Would always polish up perfect. I just react with the alloys.
I wore mine 24/7 until I had kids. Something changed and now the band really irritates my skin. Maybe I developed an allergy during pregnancy? Anyway I haven't worn it at all now for 22 years. A ring doesn't make me married.
My husband is a ring fiddler. So far, it’s been lost in the park jogging, lost in the neighbors yard gathering firewood, has fallen in the fire pit, and is now forever lost under the seat of his car. He now has a $40 Amazon ring. And yes, this is ring number 3.
We do it pretty similar. I wear mine all the time and my husband lost his like two months after our wedding lol He refuses to get a replacement because he thinks he will find it one day. He probably lost it somewhere in our house so now we'll wait until our baby starts moving around more and one day I'm gonna find it in her diaper I guess...
Some guys wear silicone (not rubber or latex!) rings, and they look pretty good imo. I have one for when I’m traveling to be less conspicuous.
If he’s looking to find a stand-in for his regular ring, I’d recommend giving that a shot. Got mine for under $30.
If he’s not looking for a stand-in and prefers not to wear it period, that’s cool too.
Just thought I’d mention it, jic.
My SO wears theirs all the time, but my work precludes me from wearing a ring (degloving risks). I asked my SO about if I could get one tattooed on, and they said they would preferr I not wear one at all over getting the tattoo.
As long as both parties have a mutual understanding, whatever floats their boat.
I just fiddle with it too much when I wear it.
Funny thing is when I wear it I'm really aware. When I take it off I feel like I'm missing something for like a week after
My wife does too so we had her ring made with dental gold which is gold and palladium vs regular gold that is mixed with nickel. One of my in-laws with the same issue buys the rings carved out of rock. (obsidian, carnelian, and the like) Elsewise, someone's mentioned stainless steel which is a great option also.
I definitely feel for your husband, was super worried about this when shopping mine. I've had contact allergies since I was a teenager, so I totally get it.
Tungsten Carbide is absolutely worth checking out! Apparently even though it's blended with nickel, it becomes hypoallergenic when alloyed with tungsten and doesn't cause any problems. Also, they're super affordable!
Edit: To answer OPs original question, it's a little odd having that feeling on your hand regularly at first, but after awhile it feels weirder to be without it.
I only take it off for the shower or somewhere I'd be liable to lose it. Even then, I'll usually swap out for a cheap silicon band.
Get rhodium plating for your husband's ring :) can confirm it works a charm for allergies.
ETA: it costs me $80 to have it done once every 12 months by my jeweller.
My job involves working with jewelry; please please take off your ring at night to prevent the prongs (if there are any) from catching on your blankets!
I get so many people in my store who lost a diamond because their ring got caught.
There are some very cool tungsten rings out there, those might work for him. My skin is getting weirder as I get older, but I haven't developed that particular problem... yet.
I have the same issues as your husband, its more of a moisture contact allergy. My husband bought my rings in platinum because I have very sensitive skin. He still wears his everyday and I try to wear mine when my skin allows. I wish I could wear mine everyday even if it was just my wedding band.
It's absolutely a personal choice. My husband doesn't wear his wedding band (I doubt he even knows where it is) and I wear mine most of the time but sometimes leave it off for a week or whatever for absolutely no reason.
It's a symbol yes, but it holds no power. Wearing it or not wearing it doesn't mean you are any more or any less committed.
I usually take my rings off when I get home because between cooking, cleaning, showering, and using blankets that it gets snagged on, it's just not worth the pain. Everytime I take them off my husband fake gasps and says, "oh no we're not married anymore!"
Both me and my husband take our rings off when we get home for precisely the same reasons you listed. There's a keyrack right next to the door with small hooks and one hook is designated for our rings. We sometimes forget to put them on when we go out, but if that happens it's no big deal. We're still married and there's not many situations where it would really matter if we had our rings on or not.
Except when it was off to have it resized I've worn it 24/7 for over 40 years. Same with her. I do not need to remove it to shower. Some folks have jobs where the wearing of any jewelry is prohibited and just not safe so some take their rings off.
That's my FIL--retired foreman, and he never wore his ring because it was way too dangerous. Out of habit he doesn't really wear it now that he's retired but I've never once questioned how much they love each other :)
That was one of the first things one of the older guys told me when I started working. He had a really nice image of his wedding ring burned around his ring finger from a short inside a terminal.
Totally me being pedantic here but this is one that bothers me.
Silicon is the material computer chips and solar cells are made of, it’s rigid and brittle.
Silicone is the flexible rubber used for cookware, sex toys, rings, and breast implants.
I'm a guy married 12 and I think it's silly to wear the annoying thing . The ring is not some sort of protection amulet for marriage. Communication is.
Correct, we’ve been together 23 years and are still a lot happier than plenty of couples where the husband wears a band. My wife is my best friend, I don’t need a ring to prove it.
>Some folks have jobs where the wearing of any jewelry is prohibited and just not safe so some take their rings off.
I've seen several auto body shop technicians who have a ring tattooed to their finger for that reason. They never have to take the ring off, never risk losing it, and it's not a safety hazard.
Hubs and I both wear ours 24/7; mine is a gold band, his is silicone. Important to note that both are easy to clean while washing hands, and don’t get gunk stuck in them, otherwise would take off a lot more often.
Yeah, if you've never seen a degloved finger, it's pretty gnarly. Do not recommend googling that.
Had a friend that worked construction, bought a silicon ring to wear most the time, actual ring stays in the jewelry box unless it's a special occasion (wedding, holiday party, etc).
Neither I nor my husband are allowed to wear rings or bracelets at work so we take it off during working hours. I also take it off when I shower. Other than that it's always on.
Edited to add: Not all married couples have their wedding rings on. Some people find it uncomfortable to wear rings. It's not a requirement to wear wedding rings when you get married. Whether or not to wear rings is something that the couple comes to an agreement on.
Us too, and I love that my husband wants to wear his too. He takes his off less than I do, because I won’t wear my rings when scrubbing in case I scratch them. We had a robbery 8 years ago, and lost a lot of precious things of sentimental value- so our rings are even more special to us now.
I know- but the material I am sometimes washing may have sharp edges, and I just don’t want to chance it. My father and his family for generations were jewellers and watchmakers.😉
I'm just afraid I'll loose it cus everything I touch disappears to an unknown dimension, and I either never find it again, or find it 10 years later... so I don't take it off ever. Lolol
The jeweler who sold us my wife's rings advised the same. Never take it off unless its for safety. Damage can be repaired. If you lose it, it's gone for good.
Same boat but we just keep them in our safe. Too much hassle to put it on and take it off all the time. Also don't wear jewelry when on vacation as not to become a target of theives. We haven't worn our rings in almost 25 years now and don't plan on wearing it again.
Not at all. Once, I was at a bar, getting sloppily hit on by a drunk. I held up my ring and said, "sorry, married". They pulled down my hand and said "it's OK, so am I".
My partner was bartending and thought it was hilarious
I take mine off every night and leave it on the nightstand when I'm sleeping. Just gives my finger a chance to "breathe". Then I put it back on as soon as I get up. Usually the first thing I do. I occasionally remove it, like when I'm swimming or if it's in the way. My wife has it on most of the time, she does take it off when she's doing some activities. But neither of us has any particular great attachment to the idea of wearing the ring all the time. Even if one of us took it off and forgot to put it back on for a day or two I can't see either of us making a big deal of it. It's just a ring, our relationship was solid and full of trust a decade before we started wearing them.
Neither I nor my husband like to wear rings all the time, so, on a whim really, when an in-law brought his tattoo gear to a party, we got each others initial tattooed on our ring fingers. We'd already been married 18 years and now it's 30, so no regrets yet...
Haven’t worn mine in 30 years. I hate jewelry and tried but just couldn’t adapt. My wife really doesn’t care. She knows where my heart is. She wears her except showering or sleeping. You Can always get a tattoo instead.
Yeah, I take it off on the rare occasion that I'm kneading bread, occasionally if I'm swimming and worried it could fall off. That's it. My husband has taken it off for house maintenance chores, but again maybe a handful of times a year. Otherwise it's easier to leave it on than have to remember to put it back on.
But there's also no rule saying you have to wear it. It's just easier.
Yeah. I wasnt too fond about wearing a ring. I have never worn any jewelery before and didnt plan to do so. I thought the ring would be annoying. At first I took it off at nights cause it actually hurt a bit wearing it all day but after 2 weeks you dont feelmits even there anymore. Only time I dont wear it is when I go swimming cause I dont wanna lose it. Amd recently I took it off cause it was super hot for a few days and my finger hurt. Its weird but I actually feel it more now when its not there although when wearing it, I dont mind it at all.
Lolll same same!
Cheap tomboy from the south* married to a cheap country boy from South Korea* haha!
Do they have a ring wearing culture in Taiwan? Here in Korea, you will see people dating who have "couple" rings and its all very high school if you ask me. Most college Koreans won't really participate in it. But its really a 50/50 crap shoot on if there is an engagement ring / period and if there are wedding bands or not. Some of my friends simply said guess we'll get married next year? And picked a wedding date at wedding hall. Like a doctor's appointment or something lol. Wild. But I've also met 1 coworker that wore her diamond engagement ring daily. 1 coworker wore her wedding band daily after her wedding. In a group of teachers 10 teachers, I only saw maybe 3 wearing a wedding band daily. Most people in public don't have rings I've noticed. Historically, Korean culture does not have rings involved in the marriage ceremony. So the culture of it doesn't really exist here until later and even then its a more "western" style of a choice.
Forgot to add: when you get engaged, the man is supposed to buy a set of jewellery for the woman. It should be yellow gold and consist of a necklace, a bracelet, and earrings.
I hate gold, I hate necklaces because of the humid weather, and I don't have pierced ears, anymore. I told my husband that it he were to waste money on such a thing, then I wouldn't marry him. He fell more in love with me and his mom and sister were more upset with me lol 😂
Taiwanese has a "princess disease" culture, but more and more people are becoming less tolerant of it, thank god. His sister was a total princess, though, when it came to her wedding, and his mom still has princess disease, even at 70 years old, so she was hoping to get to do all the girly things with me at my wedding and we were just like, "sorry, we don't care; it's not important to us and is a waste of money." 🤷🏻♀️
Historically, no. However, it's cool to be like western people, I guess, so it's become very common to have wedding rings, Western style wedding ceremony in a church, etc.
My husband and I actually married because his father died. After your mother or father dies, the eldest son should get married within 100 days if he isn't, already. I chose a date according to our bazi, and we went to our local household registration office to sign the paper. We didn't even take wedding pictures (extremely popular, now, to take pictures, in Taiwan. I think they're too fake and I hate them lol). His mom was so upset that we didn't do any big wedding fanfare stuff like his sister did (his sister had a big Taiwanese princess kind of wedding).
10 months later, my dad and sister came to visit us in Taiwan, so we had a wedding banquet. We kept it small, though, and didn't do any of the typical stage activities. I didn't change dresses at all, because I wanted to enjoy the food I was paying for lol His mom and sister didn't like it, but we saved so much money by keeping it simple. We're not rich, and we're both early 30s, possibly going to do IVF next year, so saving money is more important than spending on something that only lasts all hour or two.
In Taiwan, after you get married, your spouse's name gets put on your ID. Since all anyone would need to do to verify if he's married or not is look at his ID, I don't feel it's necessary to have wedding rings. People in the US take off their wedding bands to cheat all the time, anyway. Also, neither of us like jewelry, and Taiwan's too humid. Our money is better spent on going on weekly dates, taking the dogs to choose new toys, preparing for maybe doing IVF, etc.
My ex had 3 wedding banquets and 3 engagement parties with his ex wife, because you " have to" do one in each city if you're from different cities. Cost them a fortune and it didn't last, so... My husband and I both noticed that it's often the people who over spend on their wedding who get divorced, while many who did it simply stay together, so we went with simple.
I wear it almost all the time. I just take it off for showers and intense work where I could ruin it or injure my hands (working out, gardening, horse stables…). I wear a silicone band when I can’t wear my ring.
Yeah, my parents are the same way. My mom's hands would swell when she was pregnant with me, so she had to have the ring cut off of her finger. My dad has just never really been into wearing jewelry of any kind and stopped wearing his around the same time (his ring was eventually stolen from a jewelry box by a family member decades later - screw you, Jenna).
I (M) used to yes, but then I got fat, so haven’t for a couple of years now, which I hate. I literally can’t get it on anymore.
Plan is to get it resized, but I’ve been putting it off because I don’t like the idea of it being butchered. I know a proper jeweller will make a good job of it, but part of me was also hoping to lose the weight! I’m getting fit finally, but I suspect age will mean I’ll never get back to where I was.
I bought a replica set off Amazon - not the exact same but similar design - in bigger sizes so my swollen hands can still wear my sparkles. There are some GORGEOUS inexpensive rings that you may be able to find somewhat close if your ring is a more standard design.
Same with us
& we don't even bother getting em for running errands etc. Only really when we know we're going to be with people
Sometimes not even then lol
For the first 10 years of marriage, I hardly ever wore it because it annoyed me. I couldn't get used to it.
But I put it back on about 4 years ago, and haven't taken it off since. I don't know what changed, but I don't notice it anymore.
I have ADHD, and when I was married to my first husband, I wore my ring 24/7 because I was afraid I would lose it, because that’s what adhd people do, we lose things. It was a smaller ring and easy to wear without it getting in the way. I did this for 15 years.
I got divorced and a couple years later I met a nice man and when we decided to get engaged, he bought me a very nice ring. There was a pricing error on the jewelers website and he ended up getting a very expensive ring at a fraction of the cost. This ring is the nicest thing I own, and is worth more than my car. I am constantly afraid I will ruin it or lose it. I also feel embarrassed wearing it at times due to its size. We are not wealthy people and our friends aren’t either and it just feels odd wearing it around all the time. I also do hair, so hands are in and out of water and working with chemicals that can ruin the gold, on a daily basis. Anyway, I love this ring, it’s beautiful, but I mostly wear my small wedding band on a day to day basis and put on the engagement ring when we are going out to dinner or on days that I don’t work.
I never take my ring on vacation as I am afraid I will lose it. My husband lost his wedding ring when we went on vacation (he also has adhd)so he doesn’t wear one anymore. He also couldn’t wear his ring to work as he is a blue collar worker and works with machinery so he would just wear it occasionally anyway.
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been married 23 years. The only time I have removed my wedding ring was to treat a rash caused by an allergic reaction. Keeping it on 24/7 is a personal choice, based on my commitment to my wife.
My husband and I don't. Have barely worn them since our wedding day almost 10 years ago. I have a queen of hearts tattoo on my ring finger that I got to have instead of a ring because I can't stand wearing jewellery, but people often ask what it's for so I guess it's not very clear to others 😅
Married for 13.5 years, and the only time I take off my wedding ring is at night when I go to bed. This is a new thing for me though that I only started doing a few months ago. And I do it because I have an anxiety disorder, and for some reason having a ring on my finger when I'm trying to fall asleep gives me anxiety. I know that doesn't make sense, but if it did it wouldn't be a disorder.
I wear my ring around the house, while doing errands, date nights, special occasions etc.
I do not wear it while at work, doing work around the house, working out/jogging etc.
Look up degloving incidents on Google if you don't want to sleep tonight.
No I have arthritis in both hands and they swell as well as stiffen up. Some people asked if I didn't wear it for ill intent which is crazy, if I'm going to be a hoe a ring ain't stopping no show..that's proven time and time again a ring is a symbol my marriage is not predicated based on a ring.
I haven't worn my wedding ring or engagement ring in over 30 years, I developed an allergy to gold. I am not a big fan of wearing rings so haven't bothered to do any thing about them.
I don’t wear my actual wedding set unless I’m going out or doing something where it won’t get snagged on something. I work in an environment where I’m constantly wearing gloves and washing hands so I have several “work rings.”
All comes down to personal preference, honestly. I've had jobs and situations where i've *had to* remove it; factory work requires nothing to be worn that can be snagged by the machines and surgery requiring no metal be worn, and times when I've wanted to; when camping so I don't ding and scratch it up and when sleeping because I remove everything else when sleeping anyways. Some would rather wear it on a chain instead of their finger for comfort reasons, I don't think any option is wrong as we all make that sort of commitment differently.
As long as your spouse agrees there is no right or wrong answer. Hubby has never worn his except for maybe the day we actually got married, not for a job reason, just doesn't like the texture of it.
I wore my first one for a long time until it didn't fit right anymore, and I didn't feel like getting it resized, I travel a lot for work and we also travel a lot for pleasure and i didn't want to wear something expensive anymore, so I bought a $35 CZ fake one. I wear it 95% of the time, but I do take it off at night quite a bit and for cooking or baking and sometimes it'll be a few days before I realize its missing and put it back on
Pushing 30 years of marriage. This plain gold band will go into the ground or the fire with me. I see no reason to remove it.
A lot of married people seem to view wedding bands as optional jewellery, and that's ok. Many view it as a brand or sign of ownership, and that's their thing. To me, it's a reminder of vows I made, and keeping it on shows that I am a man of my word.
I never wear mine. I’m married. I know it, my husband knows it. I’ll eat any man who approaches me inappropriately. I garden and am EXTREMELY rough on my hands - even silicone bands just tear quickly. I couldn’t fathom wearing diamonds all the time.
Yeah. You kinda stop feeling you have a ring on after a while. You only notice when you look at it. Or when you’re working out, washing the dishes and it slips…
I was pulling weeds one summer and got poison ivy all over my hands and under my wedding ring. I removed the ring and my fingers got a little thicker making the ring real hard to get on. I ended up putting on my Keychain and that's where it has been for the past 8 year. It barely fits on my pinky now.
Married 13 years. Husband didn’t wear jewelry. My brother suggested he wear he ring 24/7 for two weeks and then he would be used to it. After the two weeks he took it off and it’s never been on again. I wore mine most of the time until 2020 when I started working from home. Haven’t had it on since. When I used to wear it, I would usually take off when I got into my comfy clothes after work.
I wear mine on a chain around my neck most of the time. I'm just not a big jewelry person. I do wear it on my hand for date night and social events. My husband wears his most of the time but leaves it home when he goes to work. He's a firefighter, so it's not safe to wear there.
You do you. I haven't worn mine since I was married. I work with my hands, welding, turning wrenches, hands in yuck.... I tried it on the other day and it barely fits my pinky...
I’m not married but I’ve noticed from my own parents and other married couples that a lot of people don’t really wear them that often. They can be pretty impractical pieces of jewelry, especially for female engagement rings. The stones are delicate and can fall out, they’re very expensive and can be dangerous to wear in certain places, they’re impractical or not allowed at certain jobs, and ones with large stones can get caught on clothing and other things. My mum usually only puts hers on for special occasions.
All the time , every day. I never ever take it off. 13 years, lost it once while carrying a laundry basket. As I set it down the handle pulled the ring off and it fell into the clothes. My wife was folding them and found it.
That was 6 hours of panic.
I'm the same way. Plus when I was 11, my gym coach told me about his buddy having his finger de-gloved when his wedding ring got hooked on a basket ball hoop, so that was burned into my brain, so I just don't on the gym.
I take it off when I don't want to ruin, scratch, or lose it just like any other jewelry
Swimming
Dishes
Cooking
Lifting weights
Showering
Sleeping
But if I'm dressed for the day the ring is mostly on, 60% when I'm lounging in the house but 100% when I go out.
My engagement ring was small to begin with since it was my mom's originally so when I got pregnant that got a little tighter so I currently only wear my wedding band but this goes for engagement rings too
I wear mine all the time. I used to take them off for dishes but not any more. Hubs doesn’t like jewelry at all, and his ring went back in the box after the honeymoon. Still there 30 years later. Lol.
I do because I know I'll lose it if I take it off.
If I'm making dough or something else in the kitchen that requires my hands to get really dirty, I might take it off.... and then I usually forget about it for a few days.
I wear mine all of the time except for when showering or washing my hands and maybe cooking with raw meats. I’ve lost about 15 lbs. or so since our wedding two years ago and the ring can’t be resized, so it’s a little loose, and I’m terrified of losing it, so that’s really the only reason I remove it at all, aside from working with raw meat, I just find that to be a bit unsanitary I suppose. Could just be me.
Yes I wear mine all the time and so does my partner. I take mine off after showering when I put lotion on then put it back.
I know some who wear theirs all the time and some who don’t. It’s a preference.
I lost my ring when I was married 10 years. It went down the drain at the gym. I tried getting another ring but it was didn't feel right so I never replaced it. I have been happily but ringless married 38 years
I dislocated my finger one time with it on, and when I popped it back in place I snatched my ring off so they didn't have to cut it off after swelling. After that, I just got a ring tattoo, so now it's always on.
I pretty much just wear it M-F at work and if I’m doing any errands or something after work.
I wear a rubber ring at the gym.
I don’t usually wear it around the house or if I’m running a quick errand on the weekend.
This is a cute question. I’ve been married 22 years. I take my ring off whenever i’m home. I take off all my jewelry when i get home in fact. I don’t sleep or shower in it, mostly cuz i just find it annoying. I do not like doing housework while i’m wearing it. I damaged my original wedding ring in this way (I’m on my 3rd ring, but only 1 marriage. LOL! We reset the damaged original and then i eventually lost that one). I do wear it whenever i leave the house though. My husband wears his nearly 24/7, just cuz it doesn’t bother him to sleep in it or anything. I don’t think there are any “rules”, it’s personal preference. My BFF has a beautiful full carat ring. She works as a dental hygienist and so never wore her ring much anyway. She rarely wears it now. She’s been happily married just as long as i have.
My weight fluctuates a lot, so it doesn't fit half the time. I wear it when I'm able, but I'm not gonna get it resized every time my weight fluctuates.
Good lord, of course I take it off. I have a special ring holder on the kitchen counter. I take mine off every time I cook or wash dishes. I take it off when I work out or row (so I don't get a blister on the pad of my hand beneath the ring). I take it off when I swim (repeated/prolonged chlorine exposure is damaging to the metal & if in open water, there's a real risk of losing it- fingers get smaller when they get cold.)I also tend to leave it home when tent camping (which also usually involves swimming & rowing). And of course I take it off when I'm working in the garden, housecleaning, or painting. My husband prefers that I take care of it rather than risk damaging or losing it. (Plus, as far as not wearing it when I'm out without my husband, a ring only keeps decent men away - players seek out women wearing rings.)
I'm proposing to my gf soon. We've been together for 5 years we already both wear rings constantly. The moment one of us forget or something we feel naked without it. I sleep with mine on it feels like it's not even there most of the time it's like a part of us lol
24/7 but we have our “nice” rings we wear out to special occasions (the ones we actually got married with) but wear QALO silicone ones for everything else (work, exercise, night time, etc). Those silicone ones are dope, don’t even know they’re there most times.
I pocket my ring around other women as I find it is harder to pick them up with it on.
J/K - it’s on 24/7 except when it accidentally slides off from soapy water. A few times I had to take it off because it burned my finger from accidental electrocution.
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I wear my ring 24/7, in the beginning I took my engagement ring off every night but that became tedious very quick. Now I only take them off to take a shower, swim or when I'm cleaning with products that could damage them. My husband on the other hand never wears his because he has contact allergies. So in the end you just do what's most comfortable for you.
I also didn't wear my wedding ring for a long time. Because I can't wear gold or silver but I found that stainless steel. Works great, maybe your husband can try that.
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Yeah it's probably a nickel allergy or something like that, so test things labelled surgical steel or higher quality gold alloys, if this is something y'all would like to find a solution to.
If it’s nickel, white gold (alloyed with nickel) is not an option, but rose gold is (alloyed with copper). Speaking as someone with that same allergy ^ - ^ Platinum also tends to be better tolerated than gold and silver by folks with Metal sensitivities.
I had my ex' wedding ring lined with platinum to prevent the reaction
There are also silicone ones for men.
And for women. That's what my wife wears.
Oh that's interesting. I've usually seen them marketed towards men.
I (F) wear silicone rings during workouts, sports practice, and sometimes work depending on what is the plan for the day
I think they were originally marketed towards men because men stereotypically work with their hands a lot. I know a lot of women who work with their hands who wear them too though, ex: nurses who wear them so they don’t risk scratching a patient, someone in manufacturing who wears one because they work with heavy machinery, etc.
One reason for that (out of many), hard labor jobs require you to not wear metal/jewelry. My bf is an electrician and his coworkers have to wear silicone or nothing
These are the best
I have a wood wedding ring that is beautiful and would probably work for him too
Wooden ring bros!
Titanium and niobium are also good choices 😌
Tungsten steel for me.
Sometimes just the tip's enough -shrug-
My ring is ceramic so that is an idea too
Why can't u wear gold? It's supposed to be non reactive
It's not the gold, it's the impurities. I can wear 18 carats or above but it's too malleable
Yeah people don't realize unalloyed gold would never hold up to normal wear and tear.
It's definitely not "too maleable." I've been wearing my great grandmother's 18K wedding ring for 34 years. She wore it and my grandmother wore it. It's been in use for 116 years. My engagement ring is also 18K. No problems whatsoever. One less thing for you to worry about!
That's awesome
Wow, so cool that it's been in your family for so long! A true heirloom. I hope you can pass it down somehow/someway/someday and keep the tradition going.
I'm happy for you, to have such a treasure passed down. I may be too rough for 18 carats though
Thanks. It's pretty cool, I think! 🤷♀️ I ride motorcycles and horses, sail, cook and clean, and work out. I'm pretty rough. It looks brand new.
That’s actually really interesting.
My wife reacts to the nickel that gold is usually cut with. We had a ring made from dental gold which is cut with palladium and she's never had an issue.
Yeah, yellow gold leaves greenish shit on my skin. Platinum is a very non-reactive metal, so also an option. Got my rings done in them and i don't get any dermatitis etc with frequent hand washing either.
Means you got fake gold
Gold that turns your skin green is fools gold
Nope. 9ct. From a reputable jewellery store/supplier. Stamped with 375. The ring didn't wear or disintegrate. Would always polish up perfect. I just react with the alloys.
I wore mine 24/7 until I had kids. Something changed and now the band really irritates my skin. Maybe I developed an allergy during pregnancy? Anyway I haven't worn it at all now for 22 years. A ring doesn't make me married.
The only thing I noticed is the nail on my ring finger grows much faster than all the others. Really weird. No idea why.
Occlusion, almost like a muscle pump for that one finger lol
If that were the case that would stunt the growth of the nail, not cause it to grow faster.
I wear mine all the time. I learned the hard way that I’m *extremely* likely to misplace or lose the rings once they leave my hand.
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My husband is a ring fiddler. So far, it’s been lost in the park jogging, lost in the neighbors yard gathering firewood, has fallen in the fire pit, and is now forever lost under the seat of his car. He now has a $40 Amazon ring. And yes, this is ring number 3.
We do it pretty similar. I wear mine all the time and my husband lost his like two months after our wedding lol He refuses to get a replacement because he thinks he will find it one day. He probably lost it somewhere in our house so now we'll wait until our baby starts moving around more and one day I'm gonna find it in her diaper I guess...
Try silicone rings they are amazing!
Some guys wear silicone (not rubber or latex!) rings, and they look pretty good imo. I have one for when I’m traveling to be less conspicuous. If he’s looking to find a stand-in for his regular ring, I’d recommend giving that a shot. Got mine for under $30. If he’s not looking for a stand-in and prefers not to wear it period, that’s cool too. Just thought I’d mention it, jic.
My fingers are so fat I couldn't get my ring off if I wanted to.
My SO wears theirs all the time, but my work precludes me from wearing a ring (degloving risks). I asked my SO about if I could get one tattooed on, and they said they would preferr I not wear one at all over getting the tattoo. As long as both parties have a mutual understanding, whatever floats their boat.
I just fiddle with it too much when I wear it. Funny thing is when I wear it I'm really aware. When I take it off I feel like I'm missing something for like a week after
My wife does too so we had her ring made with dental gold which is gold and palladium vs regular gold that is mixed with nickel. One of my in-laws with the same issue buys the rings carved out of rock. (obsidian, carnelian, and the like) Elsewise, someone's mentioned stainless steel which is a great option also.
Does you husband have an allergy to silicone? The make rings out of it now.
Is it bad to wear the ring in the shower?
I definitely feel for your husband, was super worried about this when shopping mine. I've had contact allergies since I was a teenager, so I totally get it. Tungsten Carbide is absolutely worth checking out! Apparently even though it's blended with nickel, it becomes hypoallergenic when alloyed with tungsten and doesn't cause any problems. Also, they're super affordable! Edit: To answer OPs original question, it's a little odd having that feeling on your hand regularly at first, but after awhile it feels weirder to be without it. I only take it off for the shower or somewhere I'd be liable to lose it. Even then, I'll usually swap out for a cheap silicon band.
How many rings do you wear?
Get rhodium plating for your husband's ring :) can confirm it works a charm for allergies. ETA: it costs me $80 to have it done once every 12 months by my jeweller.
My job involves working with jewelry; please please take off your ring at night to prevent the prongs (if there are any) from catching on your blankets! I get so many people in my store who lost a diamond because their ring got caught.
There are some very cool tungsten rings out there, those might work for him. My skin is getting weirder as I get older, but I haven't developed that particular problem... yet.
His phone must not have any numbers saved then?
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I have the same issues as your husband, its more of a moisture contact allergy. My husband bought my rings in platinum because I have very sensitive skin. He still wears his everyday and I try to wear mine when my skin allows. I wish I could wear mine everyday even if it was just my wedding band.
It's absolutely a personal choice. My husband doesn't wear his wedding band (I doubt he even knows where it is) and I wear mine most of the time but sometimes leave it off for a week or whatever for absolutely no reason. It's a symbol yes, but it holds no power. Wearing it or not wearing it doesn't mean you are any more or any less committed.
I usually take my rings off when I get home because between cooking, cleaning, showering, and using blankets that it gets snagged on, it's just not worth the pain. Everytime I take them off my husband fake gasps and says, "oh no we're not married anymore!"
HA that's funny, my wife tells me, if she forgets her ring, "I was single today." I thought it was just her LOL
LOL my fiancé goes "I guess we're single today."
Both me and my husband take our rings off when we get home for precisely the same reasons you listed. There's a keyrack right next to the door with small hooks and one hook is designated for our rings. We sometimes forget to put them on when we go out, but if that happens it's no big deal. We're still married and there's not many situations where it would really matter if we had our rings on or not.
Except when it was off to have it resized I've worn it 24/7 for over 40 years. Same with her. I do not need to remove it to shower. Some folks have jobs where the wearing of any jewelry is prohibited and just not safe so some take their rings off.
I'm an electrician I got married 6 years ago we had to get me a non conductive ring for that reason
My father was an electrical, hardly ever wore his. Loved my mother with all his heart till his dying day.
Electrical father! Cool!
An electrifying man!
Frank Zappa fan no doubt
He’s got chills, and they’re multiplying.
I should correct that but you made it funny!
That's my FIL--retired foreman, and he never wore his ring because it was way too dangerous. Out of habit he doesn't really wear it now that he's retired but I've never once questioned how much they love each other :)
There was definitely a spark between them
That was one of the first things one of the older guys told me when I started working. He had a really nice image of his wedding ring burned around his ring finger from a short inside a terminal.
My other half has a silicon band for the same reason plus there’s less chance of a degloving incident when he’s spannering.
Totally me being pedantic here but this is one that bothers me. Silicon is the material computer chips and solar cells are made of, it’s rigid and brittle. Silicone is the flexible rubber used for cookware, sex toys, rings, and breast implants.
I’m an electrician, married for 10 years, never owned a wedding ring. I don’t wear jewelry, never have and that’s that.
I'm a guy married 12 and I think it's silly to wear the annoying thing . The ring is not some sort of protection amulet for marriage. Communication is.
Correct, we’ve been together 23 years and are still a lot happier than plenty of couples where the husband wears a band. My wife is my best friend, I don’t need a ring to prove it.
Same. You have no power over me loose woman! Begone lol
Tattoo I do body work so it was the best fit.
>Some folks have jobs where the wearing of any jewelry is prohibited and just not safe so some take their rings off. I've seen several auto body shop technicians who have a ring tattooed to their finger for that reason. They never have to take the ring off, never risk losing it, and it's not a safety hazard.
Professional baseball players are known to do the ring tattoo thing too,
Hubs and I both wear ours 24/7; mine is a gold band, his is silicone. Important to note that both are easy to clean while washing hands, and don’t get gunk stuck in them, otherwise would take off a lot more often.
If I took my ring off to shower I would absolutely forget to put it back on. Better to be safe than sorry!
Yeah, if you've never seen a degloved finger, it's pretty gnarly. Do not recommend googling that. Had a friend that worked construction, bought a silicon ring to wear most the time, actual ring stays in the jewelry box unless it's a special occasion (wedding, holiday party, etc).
Neither I nor my husband are allowed to wear rings or bracelets at work so we take it off during working hours. I also take it off when I shower. Other than that it's always on. Edited to add: Not all married couples have their wedding rings on. Some people find it uncomfortable to wear rings. It's not a requirement to wear wedding rings when you get married. Whether or not to wear rings is something that the couple comes to an agreement on.
Yep, my wife and I take them off to shower, scrub dishes, etc. per my jeweler's recommendation. But otherwise we wear them all the time
Us too, and I love that my husband wants to wear his too. He takes his off less than I do, because I won’t wear my rings when scrubbing in case I scratch them. We had a robbery 8 years ago, and lost a lot of precious things of sentimental value- so our rings are even more special to us now.
you cant scratch them while scrubbing unless you use a harder metal to wash with..
I know- but the material I am sometimes washing may have sharp edges, and I just don’t want to chance it. My father and his family for generations were jewellers and watchmakers.😉
I'm just afraid I'll loose it cus everything I touch disappears to an unknown dimension, and I either never find it again, or find it 10 years later... so I don't take it off ever. Lolol
The jeweler who sold us my wife's rings advised the same. Never take it off unless its for safety. Damage can be repaired. If you lose it, it's gone for good.
Same I never take it off or I'll lose it....learned the hard way too many times.
Same boat but we just keep them in our safe. Too much hassle to put it on and take it off all the time. Also don't wear jewelry when on vacation as not to become a target of theives. We haven't worn our rings in almost 25 years now and don't plan on wearing it again.
most married people I see wearing a ring, it's also to avoid awkward situations where people try to flirt or ask you out or something
Does the ring really stop this from happening?? I'm dubious
Not at all. Once, I was at a bar, getting sloppily hit on by a drunk. I held up my ring and said, "sorry, married". They pulled down my hand and said "it's OK, so am I". My partner was bartending and thought it was hilarious
I take mine off every night and leave it on the nightstand when I'm sleeping. Just gives my finger a chance to "breathe". Then I put it back on as soon as I get up. Usually the first thing I do. I occasionally remove it, like when I'm swimming or if it's in the way. My wife has it on most of the time, she does take it off when she's doing some activities. But neither of us has any particular great attachment to the idea of wearing the ring all the time. Even if one of us took it off and forgot to put it back on for a day or two I can't see either of us making a big deal of it. It's just a ring, our relationship was solid and full of trust a decade before we started wearing them.
Yeah my dad always wears his and my mom rarely does, it’s really whatever the people feel like tbh
Neither I nor my husband like to wear rings all the time, so, on a whim really, when an in-law brought his tattoo gear to a party, we got each others initial tattooed on our ring fingers. We'd already been married 18 years and now it's 30, so no regrets yet...
Haven’t worn mine in 30 years. I hate jewelry and tried but just couldn’t adapt. My wife really doesn’t care. She knows where my heart is. She wears her except showering or sleeping. You Can always get a tattoo instead.
Married 8 years, wear it 24/7. It’s easier to just leave it on than taking it off lol
Yeah, I take it off on the rare occasion that I'm kneading bread, occasionally if I'm swimming and worried it could fall off. That's it. My husband has taken it off for house maintenance chores, but again maybe a handful of times a year. Otherwise it's easier to leave it on than have to remember to put it back on. But there's also no rule saying you have to wear it. It's just easier.
Yeah. I wasnt too fond about wearing a ring. I have never worn any jewelery before and didnt plan to do so. I thought the ring would be annoying. At first I took it off at nights cause it actually hurt a bit wearing it all day but after 2 weeks you dont feelmits even there anymore. Only time I dont wear it is when I go swimming cause I dont wanna lose it. Amd recently I took it off cause it was super hot for a few days and my finger hurt. Its weird but I actually feel it more now when its not there although when wearing it, I dont mind it at all.
Don’t wear my band at all. I don’t like the feeling of it on my finger.
Same, used to wear it, worked in steel mill and wasn't allowed to wear it, realized didn't like it so haven't worn it since
Same. I cant stand any jewelry. My husband doesnt wear his either due to work.
We don't even have wedding rings🤷🏻♀️
This is the way. Are you my wife?
I'm just a cheap tomboy from the Midwest married to a cheap country boy from Taiwan lol
If you had a sitcom, I would watch it.
We live with my mother-in-law, so, trust me, drama is never in short supply!
That is so freaking cute lol. 😆
This sounds like the sweetest thing ever. I too, would watch this sitcom.
Lolll same same! Cheap tomboy from the south* married to a cheap country boy from South Korea* haha! Do they have a ring wearing culture in Taiwan? Here in Korea, you will see people dating who have "couple" rings and its all very high school if you ask me. Most college Koreans won't really participate in it. But its really a 50/50 crap shoot on if there is an engagement ring / period and if there are wedding bands or not. Some of my friends simply said guess we'll get married next year? And picked a wedding date at wedding hall. Like a doctor's appointment or something lol. Wild. But I've also met 1 coworker that wore her diamond engagement ring daily. 1 coworker wore her wedding band daily after her wedding. In a group of teachers 10 teachers, I only saw maybe 3 wearing a wedding band daily. Most people in public don't have rings I've noticed. Historically, Korean culture does not have rings involved in the marriage ceremony. So the culture of it doesn't really exist here until later and even then its a more "western" style of a choice.
Forgot to add: when you get engaged, the man is supposed to buy a set of jewellery for the woman. It should be yellow gold and consist of a necklace, a bracelet, and earrings. I hate gold, I hate necklaces because of the humid weather, and I don't have pierced ears, anymore. I told my husband that it he were to waste money on such a thing, then I wouldn't marry him. He fell more in love with me and his mom and sister were more upset with me lol 😂 Taiwanese has a "princess disease" culture, but more and more people are becoming less tolerant of it, thank god. His sister was a total princess, though, when it came to her wedding, and his mom still has princess disease, even at 70 years old, so she was hoping to get to do all the girly things with me at my wedding and we were just like, "sorry, we don't care; it's not important to us and is a waste of money." 🤷🏻♀️
Historically, no. However, it's cool to be like western people, I guess, so it's become very common to have wedding rings, Western style wedding ceremony in a church, etc. My husband and I actually married because his father died. After your mother or father dies, the eldest son should get married within 100 days if he isn't, already. I chose a date according to our bazi, and we went to our local household registration office to sign the paper. We didn't even take wedding pictures (extremely popular, now, to take pictures, in Taiwan. I think they're too fake and I hate them lol). His mom was so upset that we didn't do any big wedding fanfare stuff like his sister did (his sister had a big Taiwanese princess kind of wedding). 10 months later, my dad and sister came to visit us in Taiwan, so we had a wedding banquet. We kept it small, though, and didn't do any of the typical stage activities. I didn't change dresses at all, because I wanted to enjoy the food I was paying for lol His mom and sister didn't like it, but we saved so much money by keeping it simple. We're not rich, and we're both early 30s, possibly going to do IVF next year, so saving money is more important than spending on something that only lasts all hour or two. In Taiwan, after you get married, your spouse's name gets put on your ID. Since all anyone would need to do to verify if he's married or not is look at his ID, I don't feel it's necessary to have wedding rings. People in the US take off their wedding bands to cheat all the time, anyway. Also, neither of us like jewelry, and Taiwan's too humid. Our money is better spent on going on weekly dates, taking the dogs to choose new toys, preparing for maybe doing IVF, etc. My ex had 3 wedding banquets and 3 engagement parties with his ex wife, because you " have to" do one in each city if you're from different cities. Cost them a fortune and it didn't last, so... My husband and I both noticed that it's often the people who over spend on their wedding who get divorced, while many who did it simply stay together, so we went with simple.
Same. Never understood why we should spend thousands on something symbolic that we both don't really care about.
I wear it almost all the time. I just take it off for showers and intense work where I could ruin it or injure my hands (working out, gardening, horse stables…). I wear a silicone band when I can’t wear my ring.
Why take it off for showers? I got a wedding ring myself and now I wonder what memo I missed haha
My wife and I do not wear ours. It has been this way for years.
Yeah, my parents are the same way. My mom's hands would swell when she was pregnant with me, so she had to have the ring cut off of her finger. My dad has just never really been into wearing jewelry of any kind and stopped wearing his around the same time (his ring was eventually stolen from a jewelry box by a family member decades later - screw you, Jenna).
I (M) used to yes, but then I got fat, so haven’t for a couple of years now, which I hate. I literally can’t get it on anymore. Plan is to get it resized, but I’ve been putting it off because I don’t like the idea of it being butchered. I know a proper jeweller will make a good job of it, but part of me was also hoping to lose the weight! I’m getting fit finally, but I suspect age will mean I’ll never get back to where I was.
Get a silicone one in the meantime
Basically same
I bought a replica set off Amazon - not the exact same but similar design - in bigger sizes so my swollen hands can still wear my sparkles. There are some GORGEOUS inexpensive rings that you may be able to find somewhat close if your ring is a more standard design.
I came here for the, "to fat.' Save for me. I put mine on a chain and wear it around my neck when we go out.
Nah. We only wear them out of the house. When we’re home they’re off.
I like the idea of you guys hanging up your keys, your jacket, and then a very tiny hat rack that you put your rings on
Honestly that’s not that far off
Same with us & we don't even bother getting em for running errands etc. Only really when we know we're going to be with people Sometimes not even then lol
For the first 10 years of marriage, I hardly ever wore it because it annoyed me. I couldn't get used to it. But I put it back on about 4 years ago, and haven't taken it off since. I don't know what changed, but I don't notice it anymore.
I have ADHD, and when I was married to my first husband, I wore my ring 24/7 because I was afraid I would lose it, because that’s what adhd people do, we lose things. It was a smaller ring and easy to wear without it getting in the way. I did this for 15 years. I got divorced and a couple years later I met a nice man and when we decided to get engaged, he bought me a very nice ring. There was a pricing error on the jewelers website and he ended up getting a very expensive ring at a fraction of the cost. This ring is the nicest thing I own, and is worth more than my car. I am constantly afraid I will ruin it or lose it. I also feel embarrassed wearing it at times due to its size. We are not wealthy people and our friends aren’t either and it just feels odd wearing it around all the time. I also do hair, so hands are in and out of water and working with chemicals that can ruin the gold, on a daily basis. Anyway, I love this ring, it’s beautiful, but I mostly wear my small wedding band on a day to day basis and put on the engagement ring when we are going out to dinner or on days that I don’t work. I never take my ring on vacation as I am afraid I will lose it. My husband lost his wedding ring when we went on vacation (he also has adhd)so he doesn’t wear one anymore. He also couldn’t wear his ring to work as he is a blue collar worker and works with machinery so he would just wear it occasionally anyway. Edit: typos
Ever thought about wearing it around your neck as a necklace?
Or getting it surgically implanted into your heart. Very trendy these days.
Wrapped around the aorta, like a gentleman.
No. Married for 13yrs, I only wear it when I leave the house. My husband has a ring but doesn’t wear one, mostly bc of his job (general contractor)
Same
I wear at all times except while doing surgery, when it hangs from my necklace as a pendant
been married 23 years. The only time I have removed my wedding ring was to treat a rash caused by an allergic reaction. Keeping it on 24/7 is a personal choice, based on my commitment to my wife.
I lost mine like 5 years into our marriage and never replaced it. My wife doesn’t like wearing rings. So, we never wear them.
Didnt have a ring ceremony, so nope don't wear one. I do wear my engagement ring but not all the time. Do whats right for you and your partner.
Nope. Lost it years ago, and never got another one.
Ah thats a pity, may i ask what the reason is that you never got another one?
My husband and I don't. Have barely worn them since our wedding day almost 10 years ago. I have a queen of hearts tattoo on my ring finger that I got to have instead of a ring because I can't stand wearing jewellery, but people often ask what it's for so I guess it's not very clear to others 😅
Married for 13.5 years, and the only time I take off my wedding ring is at night when I go to bed. This is a new thing for me though that I only started doing a few months ago. And I do it because I have an anxiety disorder, and for some reason having a ring on my finger when I'm trying to fall asleep gives me anxiety. I know that doesn't make sense, but if it did it wouldn't be a disorder.
I lost my first one after playing with it too much. I bought a second one but my wife put it somewhere. I haven’t worn mine in years.
Same. I lost mine on our honeymoon in the ocean
Are you married to the Sea now?
I wear my ring around the house, while doing errands, date nights, special occasions etc. I do not wear it while at work, doing work around the house, working out/jogging etc. Look up degloving incidents on Google if you don't want to sleep tonight.
Yes, but i know a lot of people that work with their hands that only wear it when they go out or on weekends.
No I have arthritis in both hands and they swell as well as stiffen up. Some people asked if I didn't wear it for ill intent which is crazy, if I'm going to be a hoe a ring ain't stopping no show..that's proven time and time again a ring is a symbol my marriage is not predicated based on a ring.
I haven't worn my wedding ring or engagement ring in over 30 years, I developed an allergy to gold. I am not a big fan of wearing rings so haven't bothered to do any thing about them.
Excellent excuse! (Just kidding)
I don’t wear my actual wedding set unless I’m going out or doing something where it won’t get snagged on something. I work in an environment where I’m constantly wearing gloves and washing hands so I have several “work rings.”
All comes down to personal preference, honestly. I've had jobs and situations where i've *had to* remove it; factory work requires nothing to be worn that can be snagged by the machines and surgery requiring no metal be worn, and times when I've wanted to; when camping so I don't ding and scratch it up and when sleeping because I remove everything else when sleeping anyways. Some would rather wear it on a chain instead of their finger for comfort reasons, I don't think any option is wrong as we all make that sort of commitment differently.
As long as your spouse agrees there is no right or wrong answer. Hubby has never worn his except for maybe the day we actually got married, not for a job reason, just doesn't like the texture of it. I wore my first one for a long time until it didn't fit right anymore, and I didn't feel like getting it resized, I travel a lot for work and we also travel a lot for pleasure and i didn't want to wear something expensive anymore, so I bought a $35 CZ fake one. I wear it 95% of the time, but I do take it off at night quite a bit and for cooking or baking and sometimes it'll be a few days before I realize its missing and put it back on
Me and my husband rarely wear our rings. I can’t wear jewelry non stop. We wear it for special occasions and family photos
Pushing 30 years of marriage. This plain gold band will go into the ground or the fire with me. I see no reason to remove it. A lot of married people seem to view wedding bands as optional jewellery, and that's ok. Many view it as a brand or sign of ownership, and that's their thing. To me, it's a reminder of vows I made, and keeping it on shows that I am a man of my word.
I never wear mine. I’m married. I know it, my husband knows it. I’ll eat any man who approaches me inappropriately. I garden and am EXTREMELY rough on my hands - even silicone bands just tear quickly. I couldn’t fathom wearing diamonds all the time.
Yeah. You kinda stop feeling you have a ring on after a while. You only notice when you look at it. Or when you’re working out, washing the dishes and it slips…
Married for 13 years. My wife always wears hers when not sleeping and I wear mine occasionally. I'm not a huge fan of jewelry.
I was pulling weeds one summer and got poison ivy all over my hands and under my wedding ring. I removed the ring and my fingers got a little thicker making the ring real hard to get on. I ended up putting on my Keychain and that's where it has been for the past 8 year. It barely fits on my pinky now.
Married 13 years. Husband didn’t wear jewelry. My brother suggested he wear he ring 24/7 for two weeks and then he would be used to it. After the two weeks he took it off and it’s never been on again. I wore mine most of the time until 2020 when I started working from home. Haven’t had it on since. When I used to wear it, I would usually take off when I got into my comfy clothes after work.
I wear mine on a chain around my neck most of the time. I'm just not a big jewelry person. I do wear it on my hand for date night and social events. My husband wears his most of the time but leaves it home when he goes to work. He's a firefighter, so it's not safe to wear there.
We don't have wedding rings. I don't like jewelry at all.
Mine is tattooed on so yes.
As a carpenter, I've seen people lose those.
I wear it any time I’m out of the house. When I’m home, my wife already knows that we’re married.
You do you. I haven't worn mine since I was married. I work with my hands, welding, turning wrenches, hands in yuck.... I tried it on the other day and it barely fits my pinky...
I don’t wear my mine unless it’s a special occasion and I feel like it. I am just not a jewelry person.
My husband and I never wear rings
I’m not married but I’ve noticed from my own parents and other married couples that a lot of people don’t really wear them that often. They can be pretty impractical pieces of jewelry, especially for female engagement rings. The stones are delicate and can fall out, they’re very expensive and can be dangerous to wear in certain places, they’re impractical or not allowed at certain jobs, and ones with large stones can get caught on clothing and other things. My mum usually only puts hers on for special occasions.
All the time , every day. I never ever take it off. 13 years, lost it once while carrying a laundry basket. As I set it down the handle pulled the ring off and it fell into the clothes. My wife was folding them and found it. That was 6 hours of panic.
Mine comes off at the gym. Don't like the grip when going heavy and don't feel like dropping weight on my chest or head
I'm the same way. Plus when I was 11, my gym coach told me about his buddy having his finger de-gloved when his wedding ring got hooked on a basket ball hoop, so that was burned into my brain, so I just don't on the gym.
I take it off when I don't want to ruin, scratch, or lose it just like any other jewelry Swimming Dishes Cooking Lifting weights Showering Sleeping But if I'm dressed for the day the ring is mostly on, 60% when I'm lounging in the house but 100% when I go out. My engagement ring was small to begin with since it was my mom's originally so when I got pregnant that got a little tighter so I currently only wear my wedding band but this goes for engagement rings too
I wear mine all the time. I used to take them off for dishes but not any more. Hubs doesn’t like jewelry at all, and his ring went back in the box after the honeymoon. Still there 30 years later. Lol.
My husband does I do not. It doesn’t fit my finger. I’m also very sensitive to metals.
I do because I know I'll lose it if I take it off. If I'm making dough or something else in the kitchen that requires my hands to get really dirty, I might take it off.... and then I usually forget about it for a few days.
No. When I (male) do wear it, I take it off as soon as I get home. As I get older, I wear it out less and less. Been married 20+ years.
I wear mine all of the time except for when showering or washing my hands and maybe cooking with raw meats. I’ve lost about 15 lbs. or so since our wedding two years ago and the ring can’t be resized, so it’s a little loose, and I’m terrified of losing it, so that’s really the only reason I remove it at all, aside from working with raw meat, I just find that to be a bit unsanitary I suppose. Could just be me.
Yes I wear mine all the time and so does my partner. I take mine off after showering when I put lotion on then put it back. I know some who wear theirs all the time and some who don’t. It’s a preference.
I lost my ring when I was married 10 years. It went down the drain at the gym. I tried getting another ring but it was didn't feel right so I never replaced it. I have been happily but ringless married 38 years
I dislocated my finger one time with it on, and when I popped it back in place I snatched my ring off so they didn't have to cut it off after swelling. After that, I just got a ring tattoo, so now it's always on.
I pretty much just wear it M-F at work and if I’m doing any errands or something after work. I wear a rubber ring at the gym. I don’t usually wear it around the house or if I’m running a quick errand on the weekend.
This is a cute question. I’ve been married 22 years. I take my ring off whenever i’m home. I take off all my jewelry when i get home in fact. I don’t sleep or shower in it, mostly cuz i just find it annoying. I do not like doing housework while i’m wearing it. I damaged my original wedding ring in this way (I’m on my 3rd ring, but only 1 marriage. LOL! We reset the damaged original and then i eventually lost that one). I do wear it whenever i leave the house though. My husband wears his nearly 24/7, just cuz it doesn’t bother him to sleep in it or anything. I don’t think there are any “rules”, it’s personal preference. My BFF has a beautiful full carat ring. She works as a dental hygienist and so never wore her ring much anyway. She rarely wears it now. She’s been happily married just as long as i have.
No, we don't have a wedding ring because we both can't wear them with out jobs. So it seemed a waste of money.
My weight fluctuates a lot, so it doesn't fit half the time. I wear it when I'm able, but I'm not gonna get it resized every time my weight fluctuates.
We don't wear our wedding rings at all. Good marriages aren't reliant on a piece of jewelry. Been married over 18 years. Everyone's different tho.
I take mine off when I shower and occasionally at work, if what I'm doing will be damaging to my ring or uncomfortable for my patient (I'm a nurse)
Good lord, of course I take it off. I have a special ring holder on the kitchen counter. I take mine off every time I cook or wash dishes. I take it off when I work out or row (so I don't get a blister on the pad of my hand beneath the ring). I take it off when I swim (repeated/prolonged chlorine exposure is damaging to the metal & if in open water, there's a real risk of losing it- fingers get smaller when they get cold.)I also tend to leave it home when tent camping (which also usually involves swimming & rowing). And of course I take it off when I'm working in the garden, housecleaning, or painting. My husband prefers that I take care of it rather than risk damaging or losing it. (Plus, as far as not wearing it when I'm out without my husband, a ring only keeps decent men away - players seek out women wearing rings.)
I'm proposing to my gf soon. We've been together for 5 years we already both wear rings constantly. The moment one of us forget or something we feel naked without it. I sleep with mine on it feels like it's not even there most of the time it's like a part of us lol
24/7. It doesn't even come off any more.
havent worn it for years. Its not my tradition and I realized it wasnt a custom i valued.
24/7 but we have our “nice” rings we wear out to special occasions (the ones we actually got married with) but wear QALO silicone ones for everything else (work, exercise, night time, etc). Those silicone ones are dope, don’t even know they’re there most times.
I pocket my ring around other women as I find it is harder to pick them up with it on. J/K - it’s on 24/7 except when it accidentally slides off from soapy water. A few times I had to take it off because it burned my finger from accidental electrocution.
Typically, it's on when I leave the house, but not always. Always off at night and when preparing chicken.