do you wear a wedding ring if you are married?

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does your spouse?

why/why not

i do, but dh lost his in the sea, i wonder sometimes why i do and should i not just to prove a point!

both dh and i do.

an outward sgn of our committment

I do, it is a symbol of the commitment we made together at our wedding.
Dh does, my dad never wore one as when he got married it was the woman that got the ring so I never thought dh would but he wanted to.

I wear my engagement ring as well, that is because I like it

yes we both do.

imo it's a way of publically showing our commited relationship status.

I like being married to dh. and I like the tradition of the ring.

as much as anything else it is a piece of jewellery that makes me smile when i notice it.

I do, and DH does, but his ring wasn't actually given to him during the ceremony - we couldn't afford it at the time

perhaps it was a 70s or 80's thing, the woman now wearing the ring.
dh can't get another cos the first was blessed by the priest - that's his excuse and he is sticking to it

women not

No, neither of us do actually.

ooh, one positive response... why not mazzy?

Yes we both do for the same reasons as others - as an outward sign of commitment.

I must admit I am always a bit dubious of men who I know to be married but who don't wear a wedding ring. It is a bit like they are pretending they aren't married and are keeping their options open. Silly to judge really as I know that some people just don't like wearing them.

I also wear my eternity ring all the time (my 40th birthday present). I used to wear my engagement ring too but it is pushed a bit further up my finger now I have the eternity ring and it isn't very comfortable.

I would if I weren't allergic to it

Need to get it sorted actually.

DH wears his if he remembers/sees it.

me - no, i think marriage is a load of rubbish lol. but necessary for practical reasons.

dh - no. health and safety concerns

We both do. Dh was anti wearing a ring but actually very rarely takes his off.

DH does, I don't because it needs repairing. I do however wear a ring on that finger, as I feel naked without it (an etched silver band)

DH doesn't wear his, he had a job where it was dangerous to wear a ring so took it off and never put it back. Doesn't bother me. Lots of men are married but don't wear a ring.

I wear a wedding band but it's not my actually wedding band. It's a square silver one I bought at Greenwich Market for a fiver once, preferred it to my gold wedding band. I only wear silver jewellery. My friend is HORRIFIED about it - she thinks my marriage must be on the rocks!! What difference does it make? I would say my marriage is more stable than hers from what I have seen.

IMO it means nothing, it doesn't reflect the state of my marriage but I do appreciate why some people never take off their wedding ring. My nan never took hers off in 60 odd years.

Same as VVV. So weird that we once sat at my dinning table and discussed that and now here you are with the same problem. What are you planning on doing about it qv? I am holding out for dh to get me a platinum ring. Currently have bought several pretend diamond/silever style rings from Claire's to wear as that finger feels naked

I do, DH hasn't got one. Neither of our fathers wears one and he didn't want to either. Doesn't wear any jewellery in fact, not even a watch.

Doesn't bother either of us. I sometimes take mine off (as I wear 3 rings on that finger) if I am exercising or pregnant and swelling up. Wear them most of the time though as they are safer on my finger than in the house, to be flushed away by DD aged 3.

Well I never wear rings ever - so it would be a bit weird to start. But also I suppose there is something unformulated in my head about the traditional symbolism of being seen to be someone's goods/chattels - even though I don't really believe modern marriage to be like that. Didn't change my name either, so guess its something to do with preserving my individual identity. It's certainly nowt to do with anyone keeping their options open.

well good to stick to your principles mazzy.

No.

DH has never worn his. Mine were stolen and my replacement ring gives me excema so I don't wear any. We are a very solid, 12 year married couple though!

We both do. Matching plain, silver bands - neither of us likes gold, plus it rather appealed to us both that our wedding rings cost less than a night out.

We had a civil service cali, kept it to the minimum. And I do each and all sorted. Am very happy to be married to DH though. Did well for myself!

We both started out with rings (married in 1976, they cost about £15 each from somewhere like H Samuel )

Both our fingers got fatter with age and when neither of our rings fitted any more, I started wearing DH's, which was a bit looser on me and one day when I was twiddling it it fell off and I didn't notice - lorst and gorn forever.

Mine is still about, but too small for both of us, and now neither of us wears one. (Doesn't affect our commitment though AFAIK)

My wedding ring got too tight this year & I had to have it cut off - DH was really freaked out by it and only bought me a new one (a bit more of an eternity ring, with diamonds all round) under protest - not because he was mean, but because he hates rings, thinks they are an outdated symbol of women's slavery. I did point out that if he had one too, it wouldn't have that meaning, but he wasn't having it.