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?

My husband and I always wear ours and love wearing them- however we are lucky to work in jobs where we can do that. There are other jobs where it wouldn't be possible (farm work, some engineering etc) so I do appreciate that we are able to wear ours. I think your friend is showing her own insecurities and your husband/marriage is fine.

My DH doesn't because he can't wear it for work and then he just stopped bothering to put it on when he was on his days off because he'd take it off to do jobs in the garden and around the house anyway . He'd put it on when we went on holiday or when we went on nights out but it doesn't fit him anymore

We both wear wedding rings. We are both now on our second rings because after nearly 40 years our very cheap original ones fell apart. I only stopped wearing mine when my hands swelled up in pregnancy.

DH wears his, but on his right hand. For some reason his wedding finger on his left hand doesn’t like it and gets an itchy rash.

Surprisingly he does, although I didn’t expect he would. Never worn jewellery in his life but he likes how it feels and we spent over a grand on a bloody platinum ring for the ceremony so I think he feels obliged.

I wouldn’t care if he didn’t. If he wanted to lie about being married nothing would stop him slipping it off when he saw a prospective shag anyway so it’s hardly bulletproof.

I expect he will lose it gardening anyway in the first 12 months (we are fairly recently married).

My DH does when he remembers he has to take it off for work so gets used to not wearing it. It doesn’t bother me if I’m honest. I wear mine but take it off when I get home. We are all different with these things

My husband has never had his off, but I can often go for weeks without wearing mine! I have histamine intolerance and my skin reacts strangely to things, often resulting in swollen fingers or hives on my hands. I honestly don’t mind whether my husband wears his or not; if I thought the only thing stopping him from being unfaithful was his wedding ring then we’d have bigger problems than jewellery

I rarely wear mine, and also have my own name. Neither of which make me more likely to look for an affair.

Nope, never has done (married over 10 years) as hates any jewellery (doesn’t even wear a watch). We bought his wedding ring for £5 from Argos just to use for the wedding!

We didn't bother exchanging rings. Dh can't wear rings at work and I hate the feel of them! We are still very much married though

@NancyJoan I'm with you on the name thing - also kept mine. And my title (Miss).
I'm a primary teacher and a child told me that I couldn't be married and have a husband because I'm a Miss!!!
I soon put the record straight!

I only wear mine if I am going out for the night. Hate the feel of any sort of jewellery including a watch if I am working, cooking, cleaning, chilling. Put what your supposed friend said out of your head.

We where ours but after 11 years why on earth would he do so now?

Neither me or DH wear our wedding rings (married 30+ years).

Mine doesn’t, can’t wear any jewellery at work and managed to lose it. It’d be nice if he did but he is talented at losing stuff so is not worth a posh ring!

We never exchanged rings as neither of us are fussed about wearing jewellery.

DH wears his more than I wear mine, he never takes it off whereas I only put mine on to go out. I don't wear it at home or overnight.

Neither of us do.

He broke his ring finger and it didn't heal properly and I've put on weight and it doesn't fit.

My DH wears his ring. Never takes it off and I don’t know if he can now because his hands have grown.

I don’t wear my original wedding ring and engagement ring and can only wear my replacement rings for a finite amount of time. After DD2 was born, I developed an allergy to gold and platinum so my finger would blister under my rings. My replacements were silver and the same thing started happening. I wear my cheap sterling silver claddagh ring as my wedding band instead now.

Edited to add that we’ve been married 5 years.

He's never worn one and not do I. It doesn't mean we're any less married. My son however wears his

Been married 23 years, husband wears his when he remembers! He’s a joiner and can’t wear it at work. It’s not a big deal to us.

My dh doesn't have one, he doesn't like jewellery and hates the feeling of a ring on his finger although he did try one on at the last minute on our wedding day but he couldn't stand to leave it on for a minute so didn't buy it, so only i had a ring at the wedding and I rarely take it off

There's nothing remotely suspicious about a man not wanting to wear a wedding ring.

The only way it might be would be if a man who'd habitually worn his wedding ring stopped wearing it for no obvious reason. Even then there would be a mark on his finger.

Pay no heed to your friend. There's a hell of a lot more to being married than wearing a ring!!!

No my husband doesn’t wear a ring. Don’t mind that, but it is awkward that he decided not to take my name.
To be fair I don’t wear any rings either (both had them for ceremony but now in a drawer).

Neither of us do, been married 34 years and still happy so don't think wearing a ring matters really!