Is this weird?

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Last year I unexpectedly lost DH. I still wear my engagement ring, wedding ring and eternity ring daily. A few weeks ago I was doing a lot of diy and I took them of so they didn't get damaged or lost. Why I wasn't wearing them I felt like something was missing and as soon as I had finished doing the work I was doing I put them all back on. I worry that people find it strange that I am still wearing my rings as normal but I find it strange not wearing them. Would you find it strange if someone you knew was still wearing their wedding ring over a year after their husband/wife passed away?

No

Not at all

Not strange at all. So sorry for your loss.

Definitely not, no, you wear them.

I'm so sorry for your loss

I wouldn't think it strange at all. My grandma wore her wedding ring until she died, 13 years after my grandpa died.

Absolutely not , wear them as long as you like

No, not at all. My mum still wears her rings and my dad passed 8 years ago.

perfectly normal to keep wearing them, for the rest of your life if you wish - they were given with love, they are special to you.

I would find it most odd if anyone was to question why you are still wearing them.

Sorry for your loss, OP. My grandmother outlived my grandfather by forty years, and wore her wedding ring till she died.

No, of course I wouldn't think it was strange

Of course it isn't weird. Whilst I can't imagine the situation you're in I can't envisage ever wanting to take mine off if I was. It's no one's business whether you wear them or don't (it's fine if people want to remove them too after bereavement) do what is right for you

Sorry for your loss. This sounds very usual to me.

Thank you for all your responses. No one I am close to have mentioned anything about it, it's just me overthinking especially during lockdown when I say I am a single parent critical work so DD can still go to school, I can see people look at my ring finger and assume because I am married I'm not a single parent

Not strange at all. I can't get mine off! But I wouldn't want to, anyway. DH gave them to me, and they're so precious.

So sorry for your loss.

Absolutely not strange at all.

My father died 23 years ago, and my mother still wears her wedding ring.

My dad passed away when I was 16. My mum's always worn hers and I'm 42 now. I thought that was the norm

Oh gosh no, I'd be surprised if you didn't wear them. I'm very sorry for your loss.

No not at all

Not at all weird and nobody's business anyway !
My dads gone and my moms rings are always on her fingers, he's not here anymore but she is still married to him in her heart .

Sorry for your loss OP. This is not weird at all. I think its nice and I would do the exact same thing. Keep wearing them for as long as you like.

It's not strange at all. In fact I think it would be a little strange if you didn't wear them.

Not strange at all. So sorry for your loss

I wore my wedding ring for seven years after my husband passed away. If I was older and not interested in another relationship I'd probably wear them still (I was 47 when he died). Now I wear them on my right hand pinky and wear my husbands wedding ring on my left thumb so he's always with me. But I felt that though I'm not actively looking, I didn't want to have people assume I was married and unavailable.

I'd still wear them.

No it wouldn’t surprise me if you wore them for years totally up to you.