Married people: do you wear a wedding ring?

[Rain Man]

I forgot mine today, and I feel naked and vulnerable. Plus, all of the women are ignoring me because they're afraid I might ask them out.

[Hog Rider]

Yes. Women are more willing to talk to you when they know you are safe.

I coached women's softball for twenty years - they know who is safe and who is not....and whom they can trust (if you are not married but they are) and whom they can't.

[KCChiefsMan]

uh oh

[Big Chief Homer]

i stopped wearing mine about 6 months ago.i put on some weight and it started cutting off the circulation.my wife hasnt said anything yet,but i think its starting to bother her alittle.

[Bugeater]

I used to wear mine all the time, but it often got caught on things while I was working, and out of fear of being "de-gloved" I stopped.

[DaFace]

I wear mine pretty much all the time. And I'm finally starting to get used to the darn thing.

[Simply Red]

All of the time I wear mine.

[crazycoffey]

I voted for most of the time, I take it off to do yard work, work out, paint, whore around town.... oh, wait, not the last one.

[OnTheWarpath15]

The only time mine leaves my finger is during a round of golf.

[KCChiefsMan]

The only time mine leaves my finger is during a round of golf.

I don't wear rings, but how would that affect your golf game?

[Phobia]

I coached women's softball for twenty years


So are you a dude or a Wo-man?

[crazycoffey]

oh yeah, golf too.

it pinches my finger during my grip and swing...

[Phobia]

I take mine off when I'm working with shovels, chisels, extra-ordinary power tools, and playing sports. Other than that it's always on.

[Phobia]

I don't wear rings, but how would that affect your golf game?
You must not play golf either.

[Hog Rider]

So are you a dude or a Wo-man?

A Dude! It was a lot of fun 'till I married my first baseman..er woman!

Seriously, she's a great woman and made all state first baseman at the Women's State tournament in 1987. Now we are coaching our daughter in the local fastpitch 12U travel team.

[OnTheWarpath15]

I don't wear rings, but how would that affect your golf game?

It doesn't affect my game, but it does leave a nasty callous on my hand.

[Lzen]

I wear mine all the time. Although I'm thinking of ditching it because it keeps sending me images of of an eye in flames.

[RP_McMurphy]

Wear mine all the time. I would rather be degloved than deballed by wife. She know's my old squidly ways.

[Hog Rider]

I wear mine all the time. Although I'm thinking of ditching it because it keeps sending me images of of an eye in flames.
But that Mordor script is so beautiful!

[BigVE]

Serious work hazard for me...I have smashed 2 rings over the years with my finger IN 'em. The last time it trashed my wedding ring so my wifey bought this thick titanium/gold lord of the rings looking ring that I almost never wear.

[jidar]

I occasionally remove mine to throw it into Mt. Doom

edit: had I actually read this thread I would have avoided being the 3rd person to make a LotR joke.
damn.

[Skip Towne]

I was marrried 24 years and never owned one. I worked around car wash pumps and later inside video games. I didn't want my finger ripped or burned off.

[wutamess]

It's a great thing to be allergic to jewelry. I can't where watches or I'll break out. My wedding ring started breaking me out too once softball season started so I stopped wearing it all together.

Life is good.

[KCChiefsMan]

It doesn't affect my game, but it does leave a nasty callous on my hand.

fair enough

[Fire Me Boy!]

I wear mine all the time except at night (after I'm home), to bed or in the shower. Basically, if I leave the house the ring goes on.

[L.A. Chieffan]

Here's another question. Has anyone ever LOST their wedding ring? I have. Twice.

[Iowanian]

I wear mine most of the time, and have lobbied to wear it less. My fingers swell alot and I've got a divet where it resides, and gets sore(its already a size 12)....

I'm doing more physical stuff, so its a more legitimate arguement than my previous job.

Most times, I don't know its there....but it does bother me sometimes and took a long while to get used to.

I actually lost the first one a couple of months after we were married while shotgun hunting deer. The cold either gave me finger shrinkage, or it slipped off in some deer guts.

I've been advised not to let that happen again.

[L.A. Chieffan]

I lost mine on my wedding day, mere minutes after taking the vows. True story.

[Skip Towne]

I wear mine most of the time, and have lobbied to wear it less. My fingers swell alot and I've got a divet where it resides, and gets sore(its already a size 12)....

I'm doing more physical stuff, so its a more legitimate arguement than my previous job.

Most times, I don't know its there....but it does bother me sometimes and took a long while to get used to.

I actually lost the first one a couple of months after we were married while shotgun hunting deer. The cold either gave me finger shrinkage, or it slipped off in some deer guts.

I've been advised not to let that happen again.
Are you operating your new business? Can you say what it is?

[Iowanian]

I am. Its a consulting business in my area of expertise. I'm also working as a contractor(not a builder) doing some work for cashflow. Its a little different, but not bad. I'm also remodeling a house....which I need to keep progressing on, if I want to keep the need for a wedding ring.

[Phobia]

Here's another question. Has anyone ever LOST their wedding ring? I have. Twice.
I lost my wedding ring from when I was married the first time. I had a habit of twisting it around and did so while standing knee deep in the ocean. Gone. Some metal detector lucked out.

I lost the one currently on my hand in my "junk" drawer for over a year once - even though I looked for it there many times. It surfaced one day after my wife had bought a replacement.

[Simply Red]

I am. Its a consulting business in my area of expertise. I'm also working as a contractor(not a builder) doing some work for cashflow. Its a little different, but not bad. I'm also remodeling a house....which I need to keep progressing on, if I want to keep the need for a wedding ring.
I had a recent pay-cut (dramatic) after the company I work for was acquired a month ago. So, I totally understand what I've bolded. :)

[Rain Man]

I lost mine on my wedding day, mere minutes after taking the vows. True story.

That's gotta be an omen. What, did you try to hide it from a cute bridesmaid or something?

[L.A. Chieffan]

That's gotta be an omen. What, did you try to hide it from a cute bridesmaid or something?
HAHA, no nothing like that. Worse actually. We didn't get it fitted before the big day so it was too loose on my finger. Stupid me, on the drive from the ceremony to the reception a couple of miles away had my hand hanging out the window enjoying the beautiful day. Going down a hill and the ring just slipped off and DING DING DING down the street right into a storm drain.

Must have been pretty funny to passerby seeing four people in full formal wear, tuxedos and wedding dress, standing around a gutter trying to get something out.

[ChiefaRoo]

I forgot mine today, and I feel naked and vulnerable. Plus, all of the women are ignoring me because they're afraid I might ask them out.

Is that true? Hmmm.....

[carlos3652]

I lost my ring at the lake taking down our trampoline in the water, we bought my ring on EBAY so it wasnt a big deal... (Funny how her wedding ring cost me my left nut)

I wear it almost all the time... Showers, bed, sports, or when i forget to put it back on...

[ChiefaRoo]

I lost my ring at the lake taking down our trampoline in the water, we bought my ring on EBAY so it wasnt a big deal... (Funny how her wedding ring cost me my left nut)

I wear it almost all the time... Showers, bed, sports, or when i forget to put it back on...

The ring for girls is like an insurance policy. If you turn out to be a dud it's their thanks for playing consolation, along with half your net worth.

[1ChiefsDan]

In 14 years mine has been off 3 time - twice in the first year to get it sized right. Once a couple of years ago when I threw it at her. Been back on since.

[Donger]

Yes, I'm married and I almost always wear mine. The wife sized it too small so even when I don't wear it, my ring finger has "the brand."

[InChiefsHeaven]

I can't think of a time when i would take it off. It's just a thick band of gold so it doesn't get in the way at all. I used to work construction and I knew a lot of guys that would not wear their rings for "safety". I call Bull shit. My ring never got in my way.

Basically, if you are not wearing your ring, you better have a damn good reason...

[Hoover]

I get up and put it on, I come home, I take it off. I wear it like a watch, the wife thinks I should wear it 24/7 which is not going to happen.

[wilas101]

i tried wearing mine once but it burned my finger pretty bad.

it kinda looked like sun on a vampire the way the smoke was rolling off it.

[InChiefsHeaven]

I get up and put it on, I come home, I take it off. I wear it like a watch, the wife thinks I should wear it 24/7 which is not going to happen.

How long have you been married?

[Phobia]

Must have been pretty funny to passerby seeing four people in full formal wear, tuxedos and wedding dress, standing around a gutter trying to get something out.
How many people did you get married to that day?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Here's another question. Has anyone ever LOST their wedding ring? I have. Twice.

I lost mine two weeks ago. I was fiddling around with it in the dark and then "tink, tink, tink" down the driveway. Spent hours looking for it by eye, and then by metal detector, but never found it :(

[Phobia]

I can't think of a time when i would take it off. It's just a thick band of gold so it doesn't get in the way at all. I used to work construction and I knew a lot of guys that would not wear their rings for "safety". I call Bull shit. My ring never got in my way.

Basically, if you are not wearing your ring, you better have a damn good reason...
I've heard enough missing ring finger stories that I'm safer than I probably need to be. I wear it when I'm running miter, table, and circular saws, nailguns, and regular cordless screw guns but if I'm running anything larger than that it comes off. Besides, the kind of women you'd pick up around constructions sites just aren't worth a whole lot.

[KChiefs1]

I've lost 180lbs so there's no way my wedding ring will fit....my wife hasn't mentioned getting a new one either so I don't really have one to wear.

[Donger]

I lost mine two weeks ago. I was fiddling around with it in the dark and then "tink, tink, tink" down the driveway. Spent hours looking for it by eye, and then by metal detector, but never found it :(

You are a dead man.

[Bugeater]

I can't think of a time when i would take it off. It's just a thick band of gold so it doesn't get in the way at all. I used to work construction and I knew a lot of guys that would not wear their rings for "safety". I call Bull shit. My ring never got in my way.

Basically, if you are not wearing your ring, you better have a damn good reason...
It's not bull shit at all. I've heard enough horror stories about people losing fingers. Heck mine used to get caught frequently as I climbed down ladders, enough to get my attention that's for sure. If the Mrs wants me to wear my ring she can find me a sit down job that pays the same as I'm making now.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

You are a dead man.

She wasn't even mad about it. In her exact words "It's just a thing"...

Me: "I realize that, but it has sentimental value."

Her: "But it can be replaced."

I was really hard on myself about it, but she just let it slide.

[Bugeater]

Oh, and as far a losing the ring stories, once mine seemed to vanish right off my finger. It was all of a sudden gone one day and I couldn't remember taking it off. It was quite the mystery until a couple weeks later when I took a pair of gloves out of the closet, and when I put them on I suddenly had my ring back on too. The darn thing slipped off when I had taken the gloves off the last time I had worn them. It had stayed in right in place inside it.

[InChiefsHeaven]

It's not bull shit at all. I've heard enough horror stories about people losing fingers. Heck mine used to get caught frequently as I climbed down ladders, enough to get my attention that's for sure. If the Mrs wants me to wear my ring she can find me a sit down job that pays the same as I'm making now.

I guess I should rephrase. I swung a hammer for a living, doing sheetrock and framing. It just never got in my way. I suppose working with machinery all the time might be a different story. I never had a problem on ladders either, but again, I only did that for like a year of my life.

Just wear the ring when you are not working. Call me old fashioned, but I'd be pissed if my wife did not wear hers.

[Frazod]

Here's another question. Has anyone ever LOST their wedding ring? I have. Twice.

Lost my first wedding ring from my first marriage while I was swimming at Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Very rough surf that day. When I told the ex, she accused me of pawning it for gambling money for the casinos, which wasn't true. I did, however, end up pawning the replacement ring for beer and gas money.

Best use I ever got out of the damned thing. :grr:

[Phobia]

I guess I should rephrase. I swung a hammer for a living, doing sheetrock and framing. It just never got in my way. I suppose working with machinery all the time might be a different story. I never had a problem on ladders either, but again, I only did that for like a year of my life.

Just wear the ring when you are not working. Call me old fashioned, but I'd be pissed if my wife did not wear hers.
If my wife worked construction or played competitive sports with her left hand, I wouldn't have a problem with her taking it off. But she never does.

My first wife did and it was always for a reason.

[cdcox]

I don't even remember the last time I had mine off. In fact, its too tight to get over my knuckle without soap.

[Frazod]

I never take my current ring off. Of course, I actually kind of like this wife. :D

[ChiefsFan4Life]

Married and wear mine all the time

This thread does remind of a great Alec Baldwin moment from The Departed though:


Marriage is an important part of getting ahead. It lets people know you're not a homo. A married guy seems more stable. People see the ring, they think "at least somebody can stand the son of a bitch." Ladies see the ring, they know immediately that you must have some cash, and your cock must work.

[Taco John]

I almost never wear my wedding ring. It used to bother my wife, but she knows that I'm faithful. I'd never cheat on her. The thing just makes my finger itch after awhile, and I don't like typing with it on.

[88TG88]

I'm not married, but I wear a ring to make people think someone loves me.
thats me :deevee:

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

I never wear mine. It would just smell like boar semen if I did.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

I almost never wear my wedding ring. It used to make callouses on my penis. My brother wears a cock ring when he does my wife, but she knows that I'm gay as hell. I'd never have sex with her. The thing just makes my finger itch after awhile, and I don't like jerking off with it on.

:drool:

[patteeu]

I always wear mine with very rare exceptions (e.g. a recent surgery).

I lost mine once in a swimming pool. I realized it a couple of hours later and knew it must have come off in the pool so I was able to get it back.

My wife lost her original wedding ring. She's a health care professional and can't really wear a ring with a protruding stone on it, so she would take it off during work. Unfortunately, someone stole it out of her (unlocked) locker. Or so she said... haha

[InChiefsHeaven]

Actually, neither me or my wife have our original rings...she lost hers down the drain, and I lost my original less than a month after we were married. Washing dishes or giving the kid a bath...I took a whole day off work to trash the apartment to find it...when I got the replacement, I put it on and have never taken it off since.

[kepp]

I take mine off for any kind of yard/house work that involves tools and when I wash my legs. Other than that its always on.

[trndobrd]

I take mine off for any kind of yard/house work that involves tools and when I wash my legs. Other than that its always on.


:spock:

[Phobia]

Actually, neither me or my wife have our original rings...she lost hers down the drain, and I lost my original less than a month after we were married. Washing dishes or giving the kid a bath...I took a whole day off work to trash the apartment to find it...when I got the replacement, I put it on and have never taken it off since.

You do understand that a ring won't go all the way down the drain. It's probably still in the trap where it was lost. It would take a plumber about 2 minutes to remove the trap and drop the ring in your hand.

[Jilly]

I'd die if I lost mine...the diamond in it was what his dad gave his mom. I only take it off to play volleyball (A friend of mine lost theirs in the sand once) and to take a shower....

[thehead]

Married 16 years ,worked in a machine shop first 3 years could not wear at work so never got used to it , Yes the wife wears hers no she does not mind if I don't ,never been a issue.

[BucEyedPea]

I'm allergic to metal.

[Planetman]

If I take mine off, a giant flaming female eye appears and scolds me.
http://images.google.com/url?q=http://www.the-mathom-house.com/ringopowerspinning.gif&usg=AFQjCNGio3yUq3zEsxtliEjEUiFRrwevIw
One Ring to bring me into the marriage and in the darkness bind me.

[seclark]

have always worn mine. never taken it off. not even for surgery.
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~it does hurt my nose when she yanks on the chain though.

[Lzen]

I guess I should rephrase. I swung a hammer for a living, doing sheetrock and framing. It just never got in my way. I suppose working with machinery all the time might be a different story. I never had a problem on ladders either, but again, I only did that for like a year of my life.

Just wear the ring when you are not working. Call me old fashioned, but I'd be pissed if my wife did not wear hers.

Did she actually buy that story?









:p

[ZepSinger]

Mine's been off my finger for maybe a total of 10 minutes since I was married in '95...

Z

[StcChief]

I'm allergic to metal.I'm definitely allergic now.

[Iowanian]

I'm allergic to metal.

And here I thought it was because your ex husband was allergic to marraige....

[WARPARTY70]

I wear my all the time even when I'm swinging my clubs

[Scaga]

Wear mine all the time. It was my parent orignal wedding ring for the first 35 years (coming up on 41) and I've had it for 12. Seems to have good luck and I'm not taking any chances! :)

[bkkcoh]

I forgot mine today, and I feel naked and vulnerable. Plus, all of the women are ignoring me because they're afraid I might ask them out.

don't flatter yourself, that isn't the reason why they are ignoring you.


:p :cuss: :harumph: :hmmm: :shake:

[BIG_DADDY]

don't flatter yourself, that isn't the reason why they are ignoring you.


:p :cuss: :harumph: :hmmm: :shake:
LMAO

[Rausch]

It's lost somewhere in the house.

You can tell I'm married though by the dead look in my eyes...

[BIG_DADDY]

It's lost somewhere in the house.

You can tell I'm married though by the dead look in my eyes...

LMAO How does that go. I don't do fun and excitement anymore I'm married.