Wedding Ring - yes or no? (Page 3)

I wear mine all the time except when I swim (it's a tad big) and when handling stuff in the kitchen that I don't want to have to clean afterwards - ground meat being the most common.

I've worn it for long enough that it feels really weird not wearing it.

We don't wear ours a lot - when working out, working with our hands, planning to encounter wet stuff (washing dishes, shower, etc, because of worry they'd slip off).   We both have "travel rings" which have been different rings through the years, stainless steel usually.  I wear my wedding band on nicer trips (i.e. Europe) and leave it at home when going to Mexico or something where we'll be scuba diving or doing water sports.   I finally bought a nice travel ring, made of white gold, and managed to lose it after a year.  I took it off to apply sunscreen during Ragnar and never picked it back up.  Sleep deprivation can do that.  I won't bother with that again...

My problem is that my engagement ring has an expensive diamond, my wedding band also has diamonds but even worse was very difficult to find one that matched my engagement ring style.   I have an anniversary band that I prefer, but also has diamonds.  Neither band cost a lot more than the insurance deductible and they'd be hard to find again anyway.  Also, all of these are made from white gold which just look worse as you wear them.   I get them replated every year, but that's a pain too.   Because of all this, I save wearing the whole set for nice occasions or when we my mom keeps asking if I sold them.

Has been on since we got married. Taped over it when climbing, but forgot a few weeks ago and that finger got injured. So the ring came off, but I wear it on a cord as a necklace, until I can put it back on.

My wife takes it off when climbing, and usually gives it to me to hold.

It just seems the thing to do.

Mine didn't last an entire year before it got lost.

I was always taking it off for work or play.  The day it disappeared it was from play.  I had a tendency  to smack my jewelry against a particular game and I left it sitting there and someone apparently walked off with it.

I was much more upset about it than my wife, she figured it was only a matter of time.  That was almost 10 years ago and we never replaced it.  She wears hers most of the time, I don't have one, no biggie.

I wear mine most of the time. Just take it off for the obvious stuff, training, working on cars, working in yard etc. Mine comes off pretty easily so I always take it off before I do something that might cause it to fall off.

My wife wears hers all the time except for gym time and washing dishes. 

My wife had the idea of me getting a tattoo on my finger underneath my band for when I am not wearing it, which sounds like a cool idea. But then we looked at various finger tattoos and found that they don't seem to hold up very well. 

As far as the going to bars with or without a ring deal. The only time I ever had a stranger (female) buy me a drink was when I was out with the guys, wearing my ring. I was visiting a friend and my wife had been with us earlier but got tired and went to bed, we stayed out a bit later and the waitress comes over with a shot from two girls. They then came over and asked if I was married and "looking to cheat". I think it was a challenge for them, they left disappointed.

ETA: My wife's ring is pretty valuable, we have it scheduled on our homeowners insurance policy. So whether she loses it or it gets stolen or a stone falls out, almost anything is covered full replacement cost with no deductible. It cost's less than $20 a year. Something worth looking into if you are worried about losing a ring. 

That's why I said "In my experience" not "in general".

Also, I think that not wearing it for a reason like work, swimming, cooking, etc is FAR different from not wearing one because you just don't want to.

The men in my scenarios generally just aren't wearing it, for no good reason.

For me, I just don't like wearing it.  I figure it's the same reason I don't wear a necklace, a bracelet or an anklet.  Just don't want to.

wear mine all the time except for swimming, racing, and making home made pizza.  i've shed some weight since marriage and lost my original ring while making pizza at home.  it was so big on me that it would routinely come off when washing my hands or making quick hand movements.  i still don't know how i managed to lose it while making pizza dough (it wasn't in it surprisingly).

i got a replacement that's pretty much identical and haven't lost it yet.  i figure the less i take it off, the less likely i am to lose it.  plus wearing my ring has saved my finger on two occasions.  a stack of 4x4s shifted when my hand was in a tight spot the first time, and the second time i tried to catch a metal beam from falling (like that was gonna happen) and it sandwiched my hand.  it's titanium.  both times i pulled my hand out, leaving the ring in place.  it was kind of freaky the first time, so the second time was kind of like an omen to always wear my ring because it seems as if i was destined to lose my left ring finger at some point.

eta:  uh...real pizza that you eat.............not "pizza".

My wife wears hers all the time, I never wear mine.  I don't know why.

I'm not cheating on my wife, ever.

I doubt she has ever cheated on me.....but I've never asked.

I am in the 100% ring wearing crowd, and have worn a stainless one for when I was running a lab.  My husband cannot wear his during work, so he is in the "only when we go out" camp.  

When he forgets to wear it, we joke that I am going out with the pool boy.

I wear my ring during the week without fail.  I don't wear it when I work out but it put it back on right after I work out during the week.  However I don't generally wear it on the weekends.  between workouts, house/yard work, and kids activities (I coach soccer and clap a lot and it hurts, for example) I just don't put it on, or my graduation ring either.  My wife doesn't seem to care for a few reasons: 1) during the week is about the only time we are apart, in which case I'm wearing it 2) she knows I have no interest in cheating 3) she also knows that just because she sees me leave with it on, doesn't necessarily mean that it doesn't go in my pocket after I get in the car.  So really it boils down to trust.  My ring is stainless steel because it's never been about the ring, it's always been about the marriage.  So if I ever lost the ring, I don't care about the price, I care about it being given to me from her.  Our wedding was set to be on the beach in Cancun and a hurricane sat on top of us on the day of the wedding.  We said our vows in the room and exchanged rings.  A month later when we got back to the states we got legally married at a JP.  We still celebrate the day we spent in our hotel room with 200 mph winds blowing through, not the day the judge pronounced us Man and Wife.

My wife wears her ring all the time. If she didn't, it wouldn't be a big deal.

As soon as I walk in the door of my house I always take off the ring, when I leave the house I always wear it with the exception of anything athletic. 

Mentally I am very comfortable with my ring but after 11 years I still don't like playing basketball, golfing, swimming or anything else physically.

I wear mine all the time with the exception of sporting activities, I always take it off for sports, but nothing else, I used to take it off for work when I was climbing daily.

I recently took it off for swimming, about 4 days or so ago and "lost" it until last night, it felt very strange wearing no wedding ring during the day at the office or out for a meal, I actually really noticed it was missing.......

Commenting on another part of this thread, I had someone try and pick me up while I was out with work colleagues, I politely declined, showed the ring, and she said "I noticed, but married men always seem to be more reliable"....made me laugh....and my wife when I told her.

Speaking as a single woman, this is baffling to me. In fact, it grosses me out. Married men are simply not attractive. A wedding ring is a shiny version of a big STOP sign. And if that weren't enough, a man who cheats on his wife is, IMO, a weak skank. Not attractive.

If anything, what she probably meant was they are more reliable in not carrying STDs since, presumably they are monogamous. Except for this one magic night with a woman who wants to mitigate her risks with someone who supposedly doesn't take risks.

I am always really dense. I realized a guy at a Ragnar after party was hitting on me (after I lost my travel ring) only after it came up that I was actually married, I explained I lost the ring, etc.   He was then very much less interested in me.  Naively I just thought he liked my company!

Oh, this made me laugh.

In terms of your question... I will wear mine all the time... except for maybe open water swimming and bike riding. Chris... I told him he can do what he likes... I do prefer that he wears it in his day to day life... and I think he prefers to wear it too... however, I wouldn't ask him to keep it on at all times if he's not comfortable doing that. If he wants to take it off when he swims or races or whatever... that's OK with me. A ring does not a marriage make.

But I do agree with Lisa in that I like the symbolism of it.