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So ....who here is like the Queen (and my mum) and never takes their wedding ring off?

I have NEVER removed my plain platinum wedding ring & neither has my husband. They've been there since the day we put them on, through surgeries, childbirth & come rain or shine.

We both wear plain bands & they were handmade & super solid - mine is 3mm & his is 5mm. They are a symbol of our marriage & commitment.

My mother, sisters, brother & BIL's have never removed theirs either. My mother has been a widow for 19 years, but the ring is still on, as is my MIL's wedding band, and she was widdowed 13 years ago. My SIL has a diamond eternity ring as her wedding ring, so she takes hers off for anything messy etc, or to clean.

I guess here in the UK it goes on & stays on, being removed only for divorce or (God forbid) death. It definitely feels part of my flesh.

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My mother and both grandmothers never took their wedding rings off - a tradition I love and always thought I'd emulate. As it turns out, I switch mine out to go with whichever ring I'm wearing in the e-ring spot (since I only really wear rings on my ring finger on my left hand). However, I wear my wedding ring most often as it goes with my three stone ring, and that's the 'e-ring' I wear the most.

But at night, when I take off all my other jewelry, I normally sleep with just my wedding ring on, or will put it on at bedtime if I haven't been wearing it during the day. I find it comforting and it's like - whatever I do during the day - I always come home to, and am most grounded by, my marriage. It's got something to do with belonging, I think. And I love that. :))
 
I didn’t know ring avulsion was a thing! I never take off my rings. I’ve gained weight which makes them tight. I don’t want to resize because i totally plan on losing this weight...someday...in the future....yeah...
 
Daisys and Diamonds said:
I guess its possibly a cultural thing ?
Maybe it's old fashioned?
And in not even married so what would i know ?

But my mum never took her ring off once Dad put in on her hand back in 1965
and she was burried with it still on

I still like just a plan gold band
I don't get all the chopping and changing out of wedding bands
I mean its a symbol of unbroken love - that's why its a ring
And what about the peeps who wear two weddings bands for the modern aesthetics or symmetry or what ever ?
Do people that wear two matching bands remember which one the spouse put on their hand on the big day ?
Or does he/she put both on ?
Or are modern brides not sentimental in that regard ?

Who still favours just a gold band without diamonds ?
The British Royal family?
Do what they do influence what we in the Commonwealth do ?

(Not a criticism of others just an observation)

Thoughts
Pictures
Photos also most welcome of the sparkly kind of wedding band

What did your mom do ?
Your gran?
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my parents stopped wearing their rings at some point, i never remember them wearing them. remember them being in my mom's jewelry box always.

one of my grandmothers wore hers, a plain gold band, and on the middle finger wore my grandfather's plain gold band after he passed away. she had a gemstone ring she wore too, a big rectangular type of thing. i don't remember her ever taking those off.

most people i know don't change their rings unless they lose it or it breaks etc.

i do change mine or forget to wear one many days but we eloped with $10 titanium rings that we're not sentimental about though i still have them
 
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oh and i really do love a plain simple band, most engagement rings are so well complimented by them too
 
@House Cat, girl I know that weight struggle, I was doing so well and then Halloween and the influx of candy derailed me :wall:
 
My grandmother wore hers for 55 years without taking it off. She felt it was a life commitment. I really can’t remember the engagement ring coming off either but it might have. I go months without any rings on.
 
Both of my grandmothers & also my Great Aunt, had their wedding rings removed for them at the point of death. I was given one of my grandmothers 22ct gold wedding rings on my 16th Birthday & so I have always grown up with the notion that the wedding ring stays put. And as @mrs-b says above, there is something very romantic & grounding about it all. I am always twisting my band. I just know it's 'there' and that's very comforting.
 
Not in my part of the UK @Alex T :lol: I had my original wedding ring on for 3 or 4 days, it rubbed my finger raw, I took it off and never put it back on again. I’m not 100% sure where it is, it’s just a thing and I have no sentimental attachment to it. DH wore his for years, but again he’s not sure where it is, you can tell we’re such a sentimental pair:mrgreen:

I bought a plain 2mm plat band when I got Bella, because I had her resized a quarter size bigger and I wear the band above Bella so she can’t fall off.

There’s nothing I wear 24/7, when I come back home, I immediately take my rings off and put them away.
 
Austina said:
Not in my part of the UK @Alex T :lol: I had my original wedding ring on for 3 or 4 days, it rubbed my finger raw, I took it off and never put it back on again. I’m not 100% sure where it is, it’s just a thing and I have no sentimental attachment to it. DH wore his for years, but again he’s not sure where it is, you can tell we’re such a sentimental pair:mrgreen:

I bought a plain 2mm plat band when I got Bella, because I had her resized a quarter size bigger and I wear the band above Bella so she can’t fall off.

There’s nothing I wear 24/7, when I come back home, I immediately take my rings off and put them away.
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I have friends a bit like that. He has never removed his wedding band, but she removed her's years ago & lost it at some point during a house move. It really bothers him that she doesn't wear any kind of ring though, whereas she isn't remotely interested. Each to their own!
 
YadaYadaYada said:
@House Cat, girl I know that weight struggle, I was doing so well and then Halloween and the influx of candy derailed me :wall:
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I hear you!
There is a five pound bag of gummy worms in the kitchen but I can’t seem to figure out why I’m gaining weight!
 
I had wanted to always wear my wedding ring, but it was part of a poor 80s design that hit everything and scratched faces. So I had it all reset. Then I never felt the same about it. I was free though to wear anything though. My parents never wore their rings that I remember. I have my dad's, but sadly my mom gave hers to my niece who has disowned our side of the family.
 
I take mine off all the day- multiple times a day- and don't wear my original wedding band much any more. I can't stand the thought of something permanently on my body! I guess I figure wearing a ring doesn't make me any more married than not wearing one, and it's not the most sentimental piece of jewelry my husband has given me anyway.

My dad lost his once as he liked to play with his ring and my mom has two rings that serve a wedding ring purpose- one is a standalone eternity ring and the other is a very thin band that's soldered to her engagement ring. She wears the standalone ring on her left hand and the ering/band on her right; growing up, I thought it was standard engagement rings were worn on the right hand.

My husband takes his off to shower. Sometimes I like to hide his ring and see how long it takes him to realize it's gone. :devil:
 
I wear my plain palladium band 99% of the time. I save my diamonds for fancy occasions. I take my ring of when I lift weights and when I swim in a lake. My husband wears his band similarly. A3B7465E-6959-4EBC-A6C8-907FEEC5EF61.jpeg
 
lyra said:
I had wanted to always wear my wedding ring, but it was part of a poor 80s design that hit everything and scratched faces. So I had it all reset. Then I never felt the same about it. I was free though to wear anything though. My parents never wore their rings that I remember. I have my dad's, but sadly my mom gave hers to my niece who has disowned our side of the family.
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That's a bummer it went to your coisin
You would think of all things a wedding ring would stay with direct descendents
Its a pity your cousin didn't give it to you before the falling out
 
I had no idea how serious ring avulsion injuries could be, until I read about what happened to Jimmy Fallon.

My husband never takes off his wedding band, but says now he will try to remember to take it off for exercises and yard work.

I rarely wear my wedding band, or any rings. I think DH's family was really shocked at first, lol.
 
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It is definitely more common to go on and stay on in the UK. I absent-mindedly slipped mine off in a meeting once and you'd have thought I'd killed a puppy from the exclamations of horror.
 
MillieLou said:
It is definitely more common to go on and stay on in the UK. I absent-mindedly slipped mine off in a meeting once and you'd have thought I'd killed a puppy from the exclamations of horror.
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Now this i totally get :lol:
 
I love, looove plain, rounded, high polished wedding bands. My original wedding set was yellow gold, with engraving and a few tiny diamonds scattered into it. I then developed a preference for plain bands, so replaced my wedding ring with two 2mm plain gold bands, one either side of my e-ring.

My engagement ring was remodelled and reset into rose gold, so I replaced my bands with one rose gold one. The band was a lot yellower than the e-ring, and the difference in colours between rings irritated me, so I had my jeweller make one to match, and more weighty than the previous one. In between I've had a couple of 14k bands for work, which I've since sold.

I LOVE my current band and can't see myself ever changing it. I think I'm on wedding band number 4 or 5?? I've kept the one that my husband put on my finger on our wedding day, but I'm not overly sentimental about keeping rings are for ever, I just wear what I love. And my husband barely notices anyway, if I'm happy, he's happy! I don't wear rings at home as I'm running around after young kids, so am forever putting them on and taking them off.
 
My wedding band is plain yellow gold paired with a white gold three stone. I don't take either off at all. My knuckle is big and it is a production to get them off, and I'm very much someone who wears the same jewelry (e.g., simple baby gold hoops) for years at a time before changing them out.
 
We grew up on a farm so both parents didn't wear their wedding bands for safety reasons. They do now however every day (retired).

I had a plain 18k yellow gold band and wore it every day but would always remove it at night - I never sleep in any jewellery at all. I would never "upgrade" the actual wedding band, only the e-ring. I also loathe people who cook, like messy stuff (think raw chicken, pastry etc) with their rings on :sick:
 
Polabowla said:
Never thought of it! Would not even have a trustworthy place here to bring it unfortunately.
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Well when covid is over and we can all go visiting exciting places again maybe you will find a place you have confidence in to get it resized
 
i currently never wear wear any rings...too much work...but even before I for the most part only wore a 2mm band and when i first got married i had a 6mm band that i wore but still took that off as well, my mom and sisters all take their rings off and clean them once in awhile
 
My wedding band is plain white gold, I wear it 24/7. I don't do anything with my hands where it's a risk. My e-ring isn't suited for rough wear, so I don't have it on at night or if I'm doing something that might damage it. My husband has 2 rings that I put on his finger together. One is really nice, 2-tone with diamonds, the other is a plain band that matches mine. We got him that to wear if he's going to be doing something that might mess up the nice one. So far, he hasn't taken the nice one off.
 
I can't stand sleeping with my rings on and I am one of those walk in the door and take off your jewelry kind of girls. I don't like when my rings feel tight! I have bands and rings in sizes from 5 3/4 to 6.5 depending on the weather.. I have to pile on the rings in the winter and wear my bigger ones in the summer. My grandmother wore hers 24/7 though.
 
I have only left my diamond at home when we've gone on beach vacations, and when we went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans this past Feb. I feel naked without it.
 
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