Do you wear a wedding ring?

Yes, I still wear a wedding ring in my widowhood.
I’m not remotely interested in another man, although friendship would be pleasant. Besides, at my age, a man would probably be looking for a nurse!

I wear my wedding ring most days. I take it off at night and sometimes forget to replace it in the morning. Married for 50 years in July.

No, since arthritis set into fingers and hands, wearing rings is not possible

I never take either of my rings off. I have had them 58 years.

I haven't worn a wedding ring for 14 years. I broke my left wrist in 2011 and the ring had to be removed.

I have pierced ears but I haven't worn earrings for ages so now I wear no jewellery at all.

I don’t like jewellery either but have never taken off my wedding ring.

I wear my rings and also my great-grandmother’s wedding ring. She used to work in the mills in Oldham and I often think of the hard work done by her hands while wearing this ring. I feel close to her although she died long before I was born.

Never worn my wedding ring at night, and often don’t in the day, certainly if I’m just at home.

Usually put it on if going out.

It’s a wide 70’s ring, very fashionable when we married nearly 54 years ago, but if I were getting married now, I would choose a thin band and wear it all the time.

Wide bands can be uncomfortable as your fingers age, have had to have mine stretched.

Mine would have to be cut off. I’m more than happy for it to stay where it is.

I take my ring off if I am doing certain recipes.

I love a bit of bling, wear it every day, but I’m not sentimental over jewellery. I was married in ‘72, with a wide yellow gold band. Later, I changed it for a much narrower yellow gold ring, then I decided I liked white metal better and got a very narrow platinum band, like a curtain ring! Same with ‘engagement’ rings - I started with a diamond and sapphire cluster, moved on to a diamond trilogy, then after we were burgled, I bought a pear shaped emerald and diamond ring. Widowed, I still wear my latest wedding ring - a diamond set band I bought in ‘05 before a holiday in Egypt. Sometimes, I do forget to slip it back on after I’ve cleaned it.
I was 75 in March and treated myself to a pair of diamond stud earrings - I think DH would have approved.

I am fortunate, DH is still by my side.

I do not always wear my wedding ring, I take it and others off, put them away and forget to put them on.

DH is often asking are we not married today ? when he notices.

I don’t like jewellery and don’t wear any now including rings my wedding ring was getting difficult to take off so I left it off after my husband died. I gave my engagement ring to my eldest daughter years ago. I still have about a dozen rings which my family can do as they please when I’m gone. The rest of my jewellery can go to various family members.

I’ve never taken my wedding ring off, we married in December 1970. It would need to be cut off now.

Have you seen those rubberish rings? Electricians wear them.

-- silicone. For safety.

Macaydia

Have you seen those rubberish rings? Electricians wear them.

A couple of our sons wear them.

Not at the moment, since it got a bit tight - I need to get around to having it made a bit bigger. But it IS a ring, not a band! When did so many people start talking about wedding ‘bands’? They were always rings until relatively recently.
‘With this ring, I thee wed…’

Cannot wear either wedding or engagement rings. The non-malignant growth I have has caused my fingers to get much too big - so cannot get either of those even on my little fingers. Sit in jewellery box now.

Goodness Witzend. Calm down.
I take it you’re referring to me?

Just googled and it seems either band or ring is acceptable - even De Beers use ‘band’.
I tend to think of a band as plain, whereas a ring is fancy with gemstones.
It’s just a word anyway and language evolves constantly.

Freda Payne sang about a band of gold in 1970.

All is left of the dreams I hold is a band of gold, and memories of what love could be…

Yes I do, next to an eternity ring, it rarely comes off.

It will always be a wedding ring in my world. A band is something that gets me tapping my feet.
I still wear a wedding ring that DH bought me to replace the original which had to be cut off after a bee sting caused my finger to swell and turn purple.
My engagement ring is now too small so I mix and match other rings to wear on that finger.

I've worn a wedding ring for about 10 minutes in my whole life .

Been married twice so a ring was slipped on during ceremonies then slipped off shortly after.

I really dislike wearing rings and am permanently ring free