How many married guys dont wear a ring?

I'm gonna stick my neck out here: unless your job REALLY prohibits it: every husband should wear a ring alwa ys (though the tattoo option counts).
If you don't, somewhere in you're puny brain, you're afraid for other to know you're married and off the market. Fungi? 25 years wearing rings on the same 2 fingers, never had fungus. Wash better. Traditionalist? That's what your woosey dad told you to explain his why he was ashamed to wear one. Allergies don't count unless you are allergic to all metals. Uncomfortable? Give it 30 days non-stop on your finger, you'll forget it's there. To expensive, get and EDC model. Plain gold bands are cheap, as are silver.

Here's the deal, you may hear your wife say it doesn't matter. Start wearing one and she'll let you know how much it matters.
 
jimh0220 said:
I'm gonna stick my neck out here: unless your job REALLY prohibits it: every husband should wear a ring alwa ys (though the tattoo option counts).
If you don't, somewhere in you're puny brain, you're afraid for other to know you're married and off the market. Fungi? 25 years wearing rings on the same 2 fingers, never had fungus. Wash better. Traditionalist? That's what your woosey dad told you to explain his why he was ashamed to wear one. Allergies don't count unless you are allergic to all metals. Uncomfortable? Give it 30 days non-stop on your finger, you'll forget it's there. To expensive, get and EDC model. Plain gold bands are cheap, as are silver.

Here's the deal, you may hear your wife say it doesn't matter. Start wearing one and she'll let you know how much it matters.
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Been married 29 years, I wear it out and about (when I remember), but at home and when I'm working with my hands, no. I don't need a ring to remind me that I'm married. Women hitting on me has never been a problem either... :D

My wife usually doesn't wear hers either, and neither one of us really cares. We know each other extremely well, and a trinket of jewelry isn't going to change that. I've NEVER seen her parents wear theirs, they've been married 55 years.

We both leave all jewelry at home when we travel internationally. No need to be the victim of assault or have your finger cut off for a ring in a third world country. Yes, they still do that in some places.

Do what works for you, but don't tell me what I should do.
 
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I wear my tungsten ring most of the time, but if I don't remember it in the morning, its not like my day is ruined. I do take it off at work since it and my watch tend to bash into things and be inconvenient. (road cases damage everything thats not inside them) Lost the first one while getting my work truck towed out of a snowbank in northern alberta, thankfully they are relatively cheap, and at the rate I was making, replacing it was no big deal.
 
sodak said:
Been married 29 years, I wear it out and about (when I remember), but at home and when I'm working with my hands, no. I don't need a ring to remind me that I'm married. Women hitting on me has never been a problem either... :D

My wife usually doesn't wear hers either, and neither one of us really cares. We know each other extremely well, and a trinket of jewelry isn't going to change that. I've NEVER seen her parents wear theirs, they've been married 55 years.

We both leave all jewelry at home when we travel internationally. No need to be the victim of assault or have your finger cut off for a ring in a third world country. Yes, they still do that in some places.

Do what works for you, but don't tell me what I should do.
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Do you feel better when your wife wears her ring, a most personal gift you gave her that symbolizes your marital bond? It matters to me. Taking off your ring while working with tools, totally with you. Same with int'l travel. But what reason do you not have otherwise to wear your rings. I just don't get why you don't WANT to wear such a special token as much as possible
 
I do agree I could get something that wouldn't make my finger break out...BUT...I purchased our bands and when I had the money a nice big diamond for the wife. She asked my a couple of years ago if I'd wear one now that I don't work in such a hazardous environment. I told her yes but if she wants me to wear a ring she has to buy it. She's too cheap. Balls in her court ;-)
 
jimh0220 said:
I'm gonna stick my neck out here: unless your job REALLY prohibits it: every husband should wear a ring alwa ys (though the tattoo option counts).
If you don't, somewhere in you're puny brain, you're afraid for other to know you're married and off the market. Fungi? 25 years wearing rings on the same 2 fingers, never had fungus. Wash better. Traditionalist? That's what your woosey dad told you to explain his why he was ashamed to wear one. Allergies don't count unless you are allergic to all metals. Uncomfortable? Give it 30 days non-stop on your finger, you'll forget it's there. To expensive, get and EDC model. Plain gold bands are cheap, as are silver.

Here's the deal, you may hear your wife say it doesn't matter. Start wearing one and she'll let you know how much it matters.
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Nope!

Neither of us wear them. Sometimes when we both think of it, we'll wear them if we're going out to dinner or with family, but it's more for fun than anything else. Wearing a ring is a fun and time-honored tradition, but in our relationship it doesn't come close to expressing or representing the bond and love my wife and I share.

Afraid that others will know I'm married and off the market? Ha! I tell people all the time. My wife and I are best friends and crazy about one another; why in the world would we need our rings to convey that?!
 
I'm not married but I have a buddy who doesn't wear a ring because he's general a contractor. He got a band tattoo'd on his ring finger. I think he might have a ring somewhere but I don't think I've ever seen him wear it except at the wedding.

I don't think wearing a ring if you're married is an absolute, as long as your partner is really OK with it. Yeah it's symbolic and all but it comes on and off really easy so it's not like it'll keep you on the straight and narrow when the spouse isn't around. That's why married Amish men grow beards. It's something you can't hide or take off.

If I get married I'll have a ring but I'll get a tattoo so I don't have to wear it all the time. And I'll get "property of" and the wife's name tattoo'd on my hind end just for $h*ts and giggles. :D
 
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I never wore rings before getting married and still cant get used to it 3 years married now. My wife gets on me about it and random people from my work and elsewhere question me about not wearing a ring sometime. It's just uncomfortable, I wear it when we go out but yeah call me a bad guy and sure I could be wrong for not wearing it but I didn't get married to wear a ring so whatever.
 
WJswiger - the gold allergy may be actually allergy to one of the alloying elements added to gold such as zinc, copper, nickel .
I once started a thread in the maker's section about ring injuries ,There was a long list of responses. When I was in HS learning to operate lathes and other machines they were very strict - NO jewelry, roll up the sleeves ,no tie ,apron that had just a few threads to hold it on so the machine would take the apron , not you.
Safety first !!
 
jimh0220 said:
Do you feel better when your wife wears her ring, a most personal gift you gave her that symbolizes your marital bond? It matters to me. Taking off your ring while working with tools, totally with you. Same with int'l travel. But what reason do you not have otherwise to wear your rings. I just don't get why you don't WANT to wear such a special token as much as possible
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No, not really. We've been together so long, it really doesn't matter to either of us. We might put them one when we go out on our anniversary, or something like that. I don't like jewelry. It's just that simple. She's not much into jewelry either, which I'm happy about. I believe that marriage is a sacrament, and the ring is just a symbol. Big difference in importance there, symbols don't mean much to me. How you treat your wife is much more important to me than some external symbol. Maybe you believe differently. Maybe my "puny brain" prevents me from understanding.

If you want to wear yours, more power to you. But not everyone feels that way, and your way is not the "right" way, everyone has to decide for themselves.

We're coming up on our 30th next year, so I guess I'm not too worried about it. And neither is she.
 
No rings when working with any tool -- I know too many guys named "three finger" and "lefty". After years of this, I only put on one of my masonic rings if I am dressing up for a special occasion.
 
I worked in healthcare, changing gloves 100+ times a shift. I would have lost it in one of them with all the hand washing, I wear mine sometimes while out.
 
I havent taken mine off other than to wash it since the day I said "I do". Mine is a Tungston Carbine (I think this is what it is called) and I went with it because it pretty much cant be damaged. For me I wear it more for me than anything else. My wife wouldnt care if it didnt wear it but I will glance over at it every now and again and it will remind me of a great time between my wife and I, then no matter how bad of a day I have had I get cheered up. My wife has also never taken her set off since we were married. She says its because its the most personal gift I have ever given her.

For both of us we dont need our rings to know we are married but we both wear them everyday for different reasons.
 
I don't because of work too. And juggling has scarred it up pretty well too.

I just made up a neck holster for mine out of kydex.
 
Got married in 2009. My mom was nice enough to give me my deceased dad's wedding band. I wore it for a while, but it really needs to be resized since it's a little too tight for my finger. Either that, or I need to lose some weight. Whatever the case, I've been too busy/lazy to get it done. Unlike most of the other responses, I don't work in a field that jewelry would be dangerous to wear. Actually, my jewelry collection consists of the wedding band, that isn't worn, and a Casio G-Shock watch that is worn everyday. Not much on jewelry, and to the relief of my wallet, neither is my wife. I suppose that leaves more money to spend on knives.
 
I took mine off when I was flying in Vietnam - for obvious reasons. I haven't worn one since. I work around tools a lot and don't wear a wrist watch either.
 
ron finkbeiner jr said:
I don't simply because I can't find one big enough to fit my ring finger.
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If you actually want one, go to a real jeweler and they will resize a ring to whatever size you need. I have my Mother's wedding band that I resized to fit me. She has pretty small hands, I have great big fat fingers. The jeweler had to add a lot of gold and it actually cost more to resize it than it would have been to just buy a new one but it was kind of sentimental.

Or you could buy one of those cool damascus and gold custom made jobs like the ones that Jonathan Loose makes.
 
Been married 29 years and when we got married we didn't have the money to buy a ring for either of us. It really didn't matter at the time. Since then I have got the wife a couple of wedding sets (shes as big a jewelery hound as I am about tools). I have never been one to wear rings, inparticular after I saw a guy fall off a ladder and reach for the gutter only to leave his finger minus the bone on the gutter. I work on industrial equipment and don't really want anything like that to happen to me. Me wearing a ring doesn't mean anything one way or the other to me or the wife. She's still my best friend, always will be.
 
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