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Either one of us wear our rings. No, big deal in own a sympol of your marriage. After 28 years of marriage I know I am not going anywhere and I do know my husband isn't either.

I have been married for 27 years; I am not sure if that influences my thinking but here goes. I have not worn a ring in so many years I have lost count. My husband never wore his ring on a regular basis because he works with his hands (heavy lifting) and for safety he just doesn't wear it to work and since he's at work most of the time he doesn't wear it. I guess what I am trying to say is the ring is a symbol of something much deeper. I am content that my marriage is solid and don't need him to wear a ring to prove it to me and he doesn't need me to wear one either.

I never take mine off -- except when I color my hair, because the diamond would snag the gloves, LOL! My hubby wears his 24/7, too.

I've been married (very happily) to the same man for 41 years and counting and neither of us has EVER worn a wedding ring. We had them for the ceremony and I know exactly where mine is but that's the extent of it. Maybe it's a '60's, hippie-dippie hold over but I've never thought that wearing a ring meant anything, We trust each other. Wearing a wedding ring isn't meaningful for us although we both wear other rings.

I wore my rings the whole time I was married. My xhusbandtobe never wore a ring.I guess wearing a ring put a damper on his social life.

I actually stopped wearing my wedding ring after a month. It bugged me wearing a ring. A wedding ring doesn't mean anything, its just a ring. Its the emotional attachment and feelings you have for each other that should count more then a piece of metal.

I never take mine off, and neither does my husband. He is a physician, and has to wash his hands constantly, and glove up to do medical procedures, and I told him from day 1 that he'd better get used to doing it with his wedding band on!!

While I agree that the rings in themselves mean nothing, what they symbolize means a tremendous amount.