Hum?
When my husband and I got married, almost 40 years now, people thought it was a really big deal he was wearing a wedding ring, even the newspaper announcement said “double ring ceremony”.
I know people that are machinists that do not wear rings because they say its dangerous.
Not sure its a big deal, except between the married couple.
Exactly. 35 years and three great kids but I rarely wear my wedding ring. At first I did but after a couple of close call when it caught in machinery I stopped wearing it.
Oh good... I was worried that folks would think I was naive or somethin’ from my last post! My husband is a machinist and NEVER wears his ring - EVER. They’ve all seen what happens when that ring gets stuck in a machine and tears off someone’s finger - I could describe it, but I don’t want to make anyone sick.
My truck driver father-in-law was exiting his truck and caught his wedding band between the cab and the door. He hung there momentarily until he could pull himself up by the other hand. It almost cut his finger off, and had to have the band cut off because of swelling. Needless to say, he never wore a wedding band again.
My husband quit wearing his wedding ring when he got it caught on some equipment and it nearly took his finger off. I don’t wear one because I end up taking it off all of the time. I’m a musician and play guitar and it gets in the way.
We still have our wedding rings (locked away for safe keeping) and have been married for over 31 years. We have had no problems identifying ourselves as married - with or without the ring. It is a symbol of marriage. It is not THE marriage.