Your wedding ring

Annie My mother and father are buried together.
Both with their weddings rings on.

I have never taken my wedding ring off, been married for 54 years.

what's the point of having a ring if you don't wear it (unless, of course, you're divorced or a widow)?

Well, as I and several others have explained, the wide bands of the 70's make our fingers itch. Mine actually brought my finger out in a rather nasty patch of something or other - eczema possibly - which took months to clear up. So that's why I have a wedding ring and don't wear it. Should I throw it out then do you think? I quite like knowing I still have that lovely token of love that my DH placed on my finger all those years ago as we made our vows, albeit in a drawer and not on my finger

I have had two eternity rings. The first one DH had made for me for our first anniversary. When my son was three, he saw it on the bathroom sink where I had put it on a piece of toilet tissue while I did some cleaning, and promptly decided to flush the toilet paper down the lavatory - along with the ring. It was replaced on our 40th anniversary with another but this time a half hoop. It doesn’t seem to fit as well as it did when I first had it and slips round my finger so that the stones always end up underneath; consequently I tend to “fiddle” with it constantly rather than just being able to wear it and forget it.

In answer to kitty's question
No H won't wear a ring.
He said when we got married that to wear one doing the job he did would be dangerous and to have it and wear it only at weekends would be pointless. I agreed.
My dad wore one which I had after he died but sadly it was stolen in a burglary along with my first engagement ring, we replaced mine with insurance money.

My original late 60’s wedding ring was enlarged a couple of times over the years til I thought it might just snap. We had both rings engraved inside with names and date of marriage. My dh still wears his original, i bought myself a new thinner plain band.
For my 60th birthday my husband was ’encouraged’ to get me a diamond ring, my first, which i wear every day. I love how it sparkles in the light. Now about to hit the next decade .....am wondering what should I ‘encourage’ him to give me this time.

I do regret choosing to have my husbands ring left on his hand, our daughters only 5 and 7, I didn't think one day I would have a grandson to pass it to, I only thought of the fact we exchanged rings

I wear my three rings all the time. A thin gold wedding band, a 4 ruby/3 diamond eternity ring and my solitaire engagement ring. I can only get them off with a lot of hand cream (and some pain) so they stay put. My hand would look naked to me without them.

Wear it all the time.

I’m another who never takes my wedding ring off. I also wear my great-grandmother’s wedding ring, and my engagement ring sandwiched between the two as it is very loose now. I’m too sentimental to take them off, especially since DH died.

Kitty the ‘court style’ can be any width but is of a slightly curved shape all round the ring, no sharp edges to dig in, and I really recommend it.

I take mine off Monday to Friday along with my other bits of jewellery and put it back at the weekends .

Havent worn mine for 45yrs, just don't like wearing rings, love earrings though..maybe should have had two wedding rings made into earrings

I never take my wedding ring off and I wear my engagement ring everyday.
My wedding ring was a broad 70's band, but I got it enlarged and made into a narrower one.
My engagement ring had to be frequently repaired as it had a high setting. The last time it couldn't be repaired so my husband paid for it to be remodelled into an art deco style. I love it.

When I married in 1967 I had a broad gold band, thirty years ago I had it made larger and some taken off the width. I take the ring off every night and when I am doing housework because I know someone who lost their finger while cleaning windows.
DH has bought me three more wedding bands in the last 50 years and I like to have a change now and then.

I have a plain gold wedding ring which cost £5 in 1966 and has never been off my finger.

I have never worn mine since the day I had it placed on my finger. I used to live in the same village as Kitty Lester and I got some very funny looks and unpleasant remarks when I used the bus to get into town either pregnant or carrying one of my three children in the 1970's. Never bothered me though. I hate the feel of a ring on my finger.

Never taken mine off in 35 years and would have difficulty getting it over my knuckle. It's a narrow plain band in cheap 9ct gold and has worn it's own groove in my finger. I take my other rings off when I play sport but always carry them with me as I had my original engagement ring stolen.
DH has never worn his matching wedding ring because of his eczema, perhaps I should try that one on.

My husband died at the age of 45, and I took off my wedding ring after two years. This was in part because I didn't want to give the wrong signals to any new men I might meet! 12 years on, I'm thinking of putting it on again to protect me from some of those men (and also because I still love my husband and think about him every day).

I can't get my ring off nowadays but always wore it anyway. Conversely, I can't get my engagement ring on so never wear it, which makes me a bit sad.

My Dh always wore his ring until a few months ago when arthritis meant he could no longer get it on and off. He always took it off at night as he gets psoriasis.

My mother lost her ring in her own kitchen a couple of year ago. It flew off her finger as she got something out of the microwave and despite extensive searches of her tiny galley kitchen it had never reappeared. It was a beautiful Welsh gold ring and still looked wonderful despite it being over 65 years old.

Is a court ring what I call my curtain ring, lemon?

I’m relieved t read that others don’t wear their wedding rings either.

I've never taken mine off. Next month it will be 36 years since our wedding day. I couldn't wear gold, so my ring is platinum, as is my engagement ring and eternity ring. I only wear those on special occasions now.

Never take mine off, have worn it for nearly 42 years and nothing could or would replace it.

Its more than about the ring - its a memory of the day we married and the vows we made so if I lost it I would simply go without as no new ring could contain that same meaning for me.

I lost mine about 20 years ago, it must have slipped off and I didn’t notice.We went to buy a new one and the jeweller recommended a ‘court’ style wedding ring as they are more comfortable.It’s lovely and so comfy I forget am wearing a ring at all.I will always wear it, even if widowed.
At times I have taken my ring off, in hospital etc.