Do you take your wedding ring off?

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In theory, I like the idea that he put it on me and it will always stay there, however also, I work as a primary teacher and my ring has diamonds in it so surely I’ll need to take it off to get the paint/glue/snot out properly?

I wear mine all the time , actually only remember having to take then off when I had a bad eczema flare up on my ring finger a few years ago
Been married nearly 30 years , and don’t have flashy jewellery

@ScrambledSmegs

Yes I take mine off. Barely wear it actually . I just don't like wearing rings, never have.

Doesn't make me any less married.

Same. Only wear mine once or twice a month if that!

When I wore my original rings I wore my wedding ring almost all the time but took my engagement ring off a lot, as it wasn't supposed to be immersed in water. I "upgraded" a few years ago (to rings that were actually cheaper, but more "me") and these ones are safe to wear in water, including sea water, so I don't take them off much - mainly if I'm making something like apple crumble where stuff would get stuck in the engraved pattern. However I do also go climbing and I never wear any rings for that, as they have posters up saying "Remove your rings, not your fingers!"

Well yeah course I do....when I get into bed and when I'm pissed of with him...

I took mine off because tbqh it was starting to cut off circulation

It’s a plain silver band though so I wash my hands and do everything with it on. I rarely wear my engagement ring because the edges of the setting irritate my skin.

Best just to get plain gold band, mine never came off

I can't get mine off; fingers significantly fatter than when I got married.

Yes, all the time. I have eczema and have to apply hand cream every time after I wash my hands and don't want to get the cream on them. I've just got in the habit of not wearing them in the house which makes it easier.

Took it off to shower, swim, gym and for bed. Then took it off at 32 weeks pregnant and my fingers are still fat 11 months on

I do a hobby where wearing a ring would be a safety risk, so yes - I take it off all the time. Degloving injuries look very nasty.

I only wear mine when I go out. I hate rings on my fingers.

Yes I take my rings off every evening as my fingers swell up during the day.

I don't wear them for showering, swimming etc. Remember the scene in Apollo 13 where her ring went down the plughole? 😄

@VenusTiger

No. Jeweller told me to NEVER take it off - I've painted rooms, gardened etc. and got it all covered in paint - comes off no problem and no chance of damaging it as it's the hardest stone there is.

Years ago, an elderly neighbour sat in the back of a taxi, took her precious rings off onto her lap to apply some hand cream - she got chatting away and forgot to put them back on - she got out of the taxi (the rings went with her) and she never saw them again.

I did remove it during last couple of months of pregnancy but it was kept in a safe place.

I don't think it was your jeweller's business to tell you what to do with your own ring and your own hands!

@mynameiscalypso

I took mine off as a precaution when I was pregnant in case my fingers got too swollen. I haven't got round to putting it back on. DS is 2 now.

I took mine off when I was pregnant as my hands swelled. DD is 8 and it's not back on yet. I've never liked wearing rings.

My plain wedding band stays on pretty much all the time. I take it off periodically to clean it, and also when I'm at work if someone wants me to show them what a ring they are interested in looks like on. (I work in a jewellers)
My diamond set band and my engagement ring and my right hand rings all come off at night, but I keep the plain band on. Feels strange to me not to have a ring on my fingers now.

I take mine off every night to sleep, for swimming and when I go to the gym. Or at least I did before I reached 5 months pregnant. Currently wedding and engagement rings live on a chain around my neck which still comes off every night.

@BeenAsFarAsMercyAndGrand I think the jeweller was just making sure she didn’t lose them… imagine how many people they see each year having to replace misplaced precious jewellery.

I haven’t worn my wedding ring for years - my fingers are fat now!

All the time. It's a full eternity ring with diamonds all the way around so I take it off he never it might get dirty.

In peak Covid times I basically stopped wearing it because I was washing my hands so often.

@Ednadidit

I take mine off every night to sleep, for swimming and when I go to the gym. Or at least I did before I reached 5 months pregnant. Currently wedding and engagement rings live on a chain around my neck which still comes off every night.

@BeenAsFarAsMercyAndGrand I think the jeweller was just making sure she didn’t lose them… imagine how many people they see each year having to replace misplaced precious jewellery.

It was still none of their business. There are many genuine reasons to remove rings. What if she was a climber, for example? Or worked with machinery?

All the time!

I take them off at night before bed. Also when I'm cleaning without my marigolds on.

Yep. To go to bed and to clean, but mine is multi rings twisted as one, so needs cleaning often, as all sorts of sh**e gets between them.

Yep, I take mine off every day when I get in. I never used to be spent so long cooking/washing hands that I started.
They live in a little pot in one of the drawers.

I haven't worn mine for years, I can't bear rings

I turned out to be allergic to my original (beautiful) wedding ring so we replaced it with a £4.85 Argos silver ring (silver appears to be the only metal that agrees with me) And I take it off quite a lot. Sometimes just to get air to my skin or to check there is no soap stuck down there.

I didn’t until I was pregnant and then overnight my hands swelled massively and the ring finger was VERY painful and nearly impossible to get the ring off!

So I stopped sleeping in it. Then sometimes I forgot to put it on in morning. Then I put weight on and it didn’t fot so I didn’t wear it for a few weeks until resized. Then I out MORE weight on which I hope to lose so I haven’t had it resized again but rarely wear it because it’s too tight and gets uncomfortable after a while.