Does your husband wear a wedding ring?

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I have been married for almost 11 years and my husband has never worn a wedding ring.

He just says he hates wearing jewellery and finds it really uncomfortable.

I have never had an issue with this but yesterday my friend raised her eyebrow when the topic came up and said it’s very suspicious that he doesn’t want people to know he’s married.

I said it isn’t about that and he just doesn’t like wearing jewellery but she told me not to be so naive.

Do your husbands / wives wear wedding rings and does it bother you if they don’t?

I'm not married but I wouldn't have a WR. My middle brothers do, eldest brother doesn't, BIL, uncles and Dad didn't have them either. The only jewellery I have is a ring that belonged to Mum (kept in its box) and a few inexpensive watches, if they count as jewellery.

Your friend is talking bollocks! Loads of women hate wearing rings - so men can be the same!
Mine wears one as he wanted to - it was me that had to get used to wearing it while doing sport etc.

My DH does, it was his granddad's.

I think your friend's wrong - my dad hasn't worn a ring in 40+ years and he ADORES my Mum.

DH never had one, it seemed like a waste of money. I have one but I rarely, if ever, wear it. No reflection on our marriage (coming up for 10 years) at all.

Nope my husband doesn't wear one , in fact he never had one, i knew he wouldn't like to wear one , has short fingers and often works with hands, doesn't like Jewelry. So i said we will just have one for me, when getting married -almost 20 years ago- in discussions before ceremony they kept saying and you will exchange rings , and we said not exchanging rings only one ring i was asked was i sure i didn't want him to have one to put in a drawer.

My dad never wore one, my grandfathers on both sides never wore them

My dad never wore one. He was devoted to my mum for all the 64 years of their marriage. My bloke's never taken his off.

He did, he liked wearing it, now I wear mine and his instead.

Do I take it your dh has died - is so 💐

I did the same when first dh died

Funny story (well kind of as dead)

He always wore his. Broke his finger with a sledgehammer so sent it off to get made bigger as wouldnt go over knuckle - they said would take 4w

He then died

I rang jewellers in tears saying needed it asap back so could wear at funeral as I feel he needed it on

They rushed it through due to circumstances

Then once funeral I kept ring and asked then to resize to my size and I wore it on other hand ring finger for about a year or so

So went from his size. To large. To small in a matter of weeks

Really depends on the person/couple. My parents are happily married 30+ years and neither wears a ring. A friend has a fiancé (partner of almost 20 years, fiancé for 5) who came back from a "lads" holiday (they're all in their 40s) recently and his friends uploaded photos in which he's not wearing his ring, even though he left wearing it. I find that a bit suspicious.

Totally logical to me!

My DH hates wearing jewellery. Won't even wear a watch. I asked him to at least try to wear a wedding ring, which he did. He still doesn't like jewellery! So, he now only wears it if we're going out for a group meal or out for the evening.

I suspect DH has ADHD as he is hypersensitive to the feeling of anything "tight" on him. He hates shirts done up around his neck, or too tight necked t-shirts too.

I was pleased he tried it, but as it turns out, it doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would.

It bothers him that I've not taken his last name (not as much as it bothers my mother though!), so I guess we're equal!

If he ever says anything about my name I just reply "I'll change my name when you start wearing your wedding ring every day", knowing full well he never will!

Mine doesn’t.

Im pretty sure he can fend off the advancing women without it.

My dad has never worn one and is the most honest and principled person I've ever met

My DH didn’t want to wear a wedding ring for the same reason as yours - just didn’t like jewellery and had been brought up with the idea that men don’t wear them.

I really wanted him to wear a ring. I think it’s nice to have an outward sign of your commitment. I also think it’s a bit weird if the woman wears a ring and the man doesn’t - it feels a bit like he ‘owns’ you and you don’t ‘own’ him, if both partners don’t wear one I think that’s better. I convinced him it was important to me and he wears a ring, says he doesn’t notice it anymore.

That said, I wanted him to wear one, if you don’t care whether your DH wears a ring that’s fine, don’t let your friends opinion bother you.

Yes and I’d rather he didn’t as I can’t stand Jewellery.

I don’t wear any myself, no wedding ring for me - it’s almost a phobia, I can’t touch it. I couldn’t help someone do up a necklace for example, even the thought of doing that makes me feel sick.

We skipped the ring exchange part of the ceremony, but he bought one to wear after from Argos.

He’s lost a lot of weight and thank god, it’s slipping off so I am hoping he will lose it or get rid of it. I can’t even hold his hand the feel of it is horrible.

Neither DH or I wear our wedding rings. We’ve both gained weight and they don’t fit any more.

im of the opinion if someone wants to cheat they will, wether they wear a wedding ring or not. Rings can also be removed.

My husband always wears his wedding ring. I never wear mine as I don’t like wearing jewellery. I put it on if we are going somewhere special, the same as I would put earrings/necklace on but it comes off again as soon as we get home.

My husband can't due to working with heavy machinery, but he didn't like that he wasn't wearing it, so had a little diamond tattoo on his finger instead!

Doesn’t that remark say more about your friend than about the relationship between yourself and your husband. DH (sadly passed away now) never wore a wedding ring, we were very happily married for 40 years. if a person worried about husband being unfaithful, I don’t think a removable ring is going to keep him on the porch.

No. He had one for the wedding but decided he didn't like wearing it. He doesn't wear any jewellery though.
My dad never wore one, it's a relatively new thing for men to have one I think. Some women don't like wearing rings either, there's no law about it!

My husband wears his on opposite hand, says its too big for other hand but won't get it adjusted (he is a bit of a tightwad), so I stopped wearing mine. Why should I wear something that let's everyone know I am married but he doesn't (I have also reverted to Ms as opposed to Mrs) - I do think the ring on the other hand in our case is just symptom of a much bigger issue though.

DH didn’t have a wedding ring. He has never worn jewellery of any sort - not even a watch. He doesn’t hide the fact that he is married and has been for well over 30 years.

Yes. Although he really struggled to get used to it at first as he’d never worn jewellery and would take it off in random places when it annoyed him. I ended up saying to him that he didn’t need to wear it if it really bothered him but to please leave it in my jewellery box where it wouldn’t get lost rather than take it off in random places when it annoyed him as he’d lose it. He’s got used to it now and wears it daily. I wear mine less than him as I had to stop wearing them when I was pregnant and even after resizing a year postpartum they’ve never fit right since so I often leave them off for comfort. My Dad never wore a wedding ring so I never saw it as odd growing up, I thought that was normal! When my mum married my Stepdad and he wore a ring I actually found that strange!

Yes and I would be very angry if he removed it.

DH doesn’t, nor do I. In fact we don’t even own wedding rings. (I had one for the ceremony, it was my great grandmother’s so was my something old and my something borrowed).

None of the males wear them in my family and actually a few of the females don't either. Building working family they would get damaged quickly I guess