to feel that men 's jewellery - gold chain, rings etc is just tacky

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Mother taught me this...

AIBU?

Nothing to do with ear sex though

I must admit that my husband used to wear a lot of jewellery when i met him over 20 years ago but then he also used to wear a pair of yellow trousers.

over the years he has toned it down a bit. The yellow trousers are long gone and the rings are sitting in a box at the bottom of his undie draw.
Now he wears a wedding ring on one had and his engagement ring on the other and a simple gold chain. He also has a really nice heavy red or dead watch that i bought him in the early days of our marriage.

I think my DH would look silly with a chain nestling betwixt his moobs.

My dad used to wear a silver st christopher which was nice.

I took mine out when I was (I think) 17. I'm now 22 and if I tried hard enough I would still be able to get a 5mm ring through. It looks normal though. Just the holes a little bigger.

I don't get this I don't like yellow gold thing.

Surely no one stops wearing their wedding ring, engagement ring. 18th locket, special inherited earrings, nice watch etc. just because of fashion. DHs work trip gifts are yellow gold. Nothing large or showy but all special.

I don't like yellow gold so I don't own anything yellow gold.

I always wear the same jewellery and proabably it is a bit more than average.
I wear small gold hoops in my ears, a white gold crucifix necklace, 3 intertwinned while gold bangles and my watch on my right wrist, on my lefthand i wear a pinky ring and s gold band my dad bought me for my 18th and on my right a pinky ring, wedding ring amd a wide gold band on my middle finger.

the thingymajig that went in her ear (have no idea what you call them) was HUGE. she then demonstrated how something the same girth as her boyfriends long-john (i think it was a rolled up magazine) could fit through it. we were VERY drunk. apparently they used ky jelly so it could go through smoother.

Starball I didn't know it was a fashion thing? I've never worn 'yellow' gold because it doesn't suit my olive skin tone.

When I was younger/before I was married I used to wear/buy/ask for silver jewellery, and when I got married I had a platinum wedding ring. I would have thought if you liked 'yellow' gold enough to get a gold wedding ring in the first place, you'd always like it...

I think yellow gold looks fine on the right skin tone, just not mine. So actually, I don't get it either. And anyway, gold is yellow, full stop. Any other colour just means it's been plated or alloyed with another metal which isn't gold at all - which is why 'white gold' often turns yellow in the end anyway.

So as I don't like the colour of gold, I either have silver or platinum jewellery.

As for jewellery on men, like all, but very ordinary clothes it has to suit them.

A man who's trying too hard is an instant turn off.

It's very hard to put into words, somehow it has to be their natural style.

Just as the yummy mummy at school doesn't bother me, because I can't conceive of her not looking quietly stylish.
It's not contrived, it's just how she is.

I guess men's jewellery is the same.

Ditto Wankpants. I've never liked it. I think I had gold studs when I had my ears pierced as a teen because that's what they use. As soon as they could be removed I had silver ones.

It's not about fashion it's about taste - I just don't like yellow gold.

I don't think yellow gold suits me either. It's not a fashion thing really (though tbh it can look a bit old-fashioned). I do have a gold bracelet that was a gift, but it wouldn't have been my choice.

I hate a little gold hoop earring on men. Creeps me out.

May be its an age thing, I'm 44 white gold was very rare, platinum very pricy and most silver jewellery cheap looking and tarnished.

My 40th present of DH is designer silver and amber and its got a shine that older stuff just doesn't have.

I don't like platinum as it goes such a dull, grey colour.

I don't like yellow gold as it doesn't look good against my pale skin. I do think yellow gold looks great against more mediterranean complexions however.

I rarely wear 'proper' jewellery actually, I much prefer accessories from Top Shop, Accesorize etc.

Just a plain wedding ring and a Rolex is best.

My wedding ring is titanium. Strong, lightweight, silvery...and cheap! :)

My mother was married about when you were born and has white gold rings .

*'I don't like platinum as it goes such a dull, grey colour.'

That's why you add diamonds for sparkle.

I don't like lots of jewellery on a man. My OH wears reluctantly at first a wedding ring, nice watch and stealth bling cuff links. I don't wear much either, 1 set of earrings, 1 necklace, wedding & engagement rings and if we're going out a bracelet too.

On some men it looks okay, Lewis Hamilton's diamond studs look cute, IMO, but I noticed a cross on a gold chain Mr T would be proud of on an Olympic runner last week and forgot the race because I was all that'll knock him out if it hits in in face while he runs

Most men here have a chain, either gold or sliver depending on social status (I'm not kidding) with either a cross or a saint and a wedding ring.

YABU - depends on the man; it's an individual choice.
My Dad never wears jewellery but i know lots of men who do wear it & it looks ok to me; including yellow gold.

star - silver and amber is such a lovely combination, I bet that looks amazing.

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Your right and rings are the most tacky of all. A watch is fine and that should be all.