Posted on 04/04/2012 11:36:32 PM PDT by thecodont
While most of the women I know wouldn’t stand for it, there’s been a lot of buzz around husbands opting not to wear their wedding bands.
According to some experts, people just don’t value the symbolism in a ring like they used to.
“I know I’m married, everybody else knows I’m married. I just don’t have no desire to wear it, at all.”
Richard Rhodes has been happily married for 15 years and says he hasn’t worn his ring since he tied the knot.
“I took it off right after the reception and I ain’t seen it since,” said Rhodes.
But the wedding ring is not just a symbol of love for married couples; it’s also an “off-limits” sign for singles.
Psychiatrist Gary Malone says that when a man decides not to wear his ring, it’s usually because he wants to “present himself as not married.” We didn’t need a psychiatrist to tell us that, but it helps.
“He gets all the payoff of presenting himself as single, while he actually gets the other payoff of having a wife at home,” Malone says.
(Excerpt) Read more at living.msn.com ...
Right on. It’s jewelry, which in the end means nothing. You can be just as faithful without a ring, and it’s demonstrable that people can be just as unfaithful with rings on. My wife has two rings that she swaps out. A little gold band that surgical gloves slide easily over, and another ring. I don’t bother with the swapping. My ring is Jewelry, just like my expensive watch that I don’t need to tell time (the cell phone is the 21st century pocket watch) but I wear when I dress up.
Kudos for combining extreme stupidity with an equally extreme level of arrogance into a single post. There should be an award for that. It's like riding. There are only two kinds of bikers: Those who have gone down, and those who will.
I’ll never need a wedding ring.
All women hate me, it’s instinctual.
Is this thread STILL alive? ;)
Your theory stinks. It’s been reported to me that I’m a woman...and I LOVE ya, Laz!!!
I don't recall saying that I've never had an accident. I have - but in my 30 years in the construction trades, they've been few and far between, because I keep my attention on what I'm doing while working. Simple as that.
"Stupidity and arrogance"? Who pissed your corn flakes today?
Apologies. I really shouldn’t post after dealing with 18 year old girls who know everything.
LOL! Been there, done that, partner. My girl is just 14, and she's already trying to 'explain' things to me. Pray for me ;-)
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