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do you wear a wedding ring if you are married?

144 replies

SlartyBartFast · 09/06/2008 22:47

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!

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CoteDAzur · 10/06/2008 10:06

DH and I both wear our wedding rings.

Iota · 10/06/2008 10:07

We wear matching plain gold bands. My dh wanted to wear one, but it's the only jewellery he would ever wear.

daftpunk · 10/06/2008 10:08

we have been married for 17 years. i don't think wearing a ring makes any difference to whether you are going to be happy or not? we are as happy as most couples. it's like spending £1000's on a wedding..waste of money imo.

TattooedGrrrl · 10/06/2008 10:16

I wear one- i love looking at it, it makes me feel proud. It's also handy for when you're being chatted up, you can just wave your finger at them and say sorry.

DH has never had one- he doesn't even wear a watch, so would have been a waste of money.

FluffyMummy123 · 10/06/2008 10:17

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Iota · 10/06/2008 10:17

a weeding ring is only chavvy if it has a gold sovreign embedded in it

themildmanneredjanitor · 10/06/2008 10:18

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JodieG1 · 10/06/2008 10:19

We both wear ours, it's the symbolism and the fact that we gave each other the rings on our wedding day.

DeeRiguer · 10/06/2008 10:21

no neither me or dh infact i
dont have one either got bracelet instead much admired by registar!

hatwoman · 10/06/2008 10:22

didn;t wear mine (wedding or engagement) for years as I was alleric to them. I kind of missed wearing them. I suspected that people suspected we weren't really married. esp as we have different names. (though why I should care I have no idea). after a campaign of large hints dh eventually sorted out some hypo-allergenic coating stuff that seems to have done the trick. so I'm ring wearing again.

I like it because we got engaged when we were pov-stricken students. so my engagement ring has a diddy diamond and my wedding ring is a £50 job from H.M.Samuels. and I'm proud of that. don't like platinum/white gold/flashy big affairs.

hatwoman · 10/06/2008 10:23

dh wears one too. and I agree with janitor - there's something deeply uncomfortable about the symbolism of a woman wearing one and a man not.

Heifer · 10/06/2008 10:46

Both DH and I wear ours. Despite DH suggesting that we bought him the cheapest ring possible as he wasn't planning on wearing it after the wedding (he hates jewellery of any kind)

For some reason he changed his mind and wears his always (except when playing/training hockey)

I actually wear my wedding ring, engagement ring and my mums wedding ring all on the one finger.

FluffyMummy123 · 10/06/2008 10:48

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funnypeculiar · 10/06/2008 10:53

Yes, both me & dh. I don't really think about it, tbh.
I was much more uncomfortable with the idea of an engagement ring, as dh didn't have one of those

Heifer · 10/06/2008 11:24

what on earth is WET about wearing a wedding ring? please explain......

FluffyMummy123 · 10/06/2008 11:25

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Pinkjenny · 10/06/2008 11:30

We both wear one. They don't match though, and we both take them off as soon as we get in at night!

ladylush · 10/06/2008 11:31

H does. I don't. I'm waiting til he is worthy of putting them back on my finger

Tortington · 10/06/2008 11:33

dh had his cut off in a fight in his youth.

i still have mine. i am proud of it. i fucking well earned it!

Heifer · 10/06/2008 11:36

ah fair enough cod (this time)

Well I have to admit that I am probably soft in the head for wanting to wear my mums (as I was never actually married to her)

But no I don't feel any more in love when wearing it, or any less when not wearing it. It is just something I wear, take off each night and put on again each mornin.

I actually like the look of it.. ok?

bluefox · 10/06/2008 11:40

Dh hasnt got one. Mine had to be cut off when pg with dd as finger had swollen. Its still awaiting repair! However Im not really sure if I would wear it again anyway as I now dislike yellow gold. Only wear silver. Could maybe fancy a new white gold one though.

oneplusone · 10/06/2008 15:25

neither DH nor I do. I'm allergic and get eczema if I wear a ring and DH would not wear any jewellry at all. I don't think either of us are bothered, we're happy but have had our ups and downs, but these were nothing to do with whether we wore our wedding rings or not!

posieflump · 10/06/2008 15:30

WelliesAndPyjamas - that happened to my mum and 5 years later she found it when she was weeding!!

ManhattanMama · 10/06/2008 15:30

Yes we both do - I used to take my engagement ring off at bed time as I kept scratching my face during the night, but have managed to overcome that obstacle so never take them off now!

I don't think it means a lack of commitment if you've never worn one, but I would be a little if DH suddenly stopped wearing his!