Wedding rings after death of husband

I still wear mine, and like Anniebach I’ve been a widow for very long time.

Gypsyqueen, it's your acquaintance who has an odd attitude. It's perfectly normal for a widows to continue wearing their rings which must hold so many memories for them.

I had my wedding ring and my mothers made into one after my 1st husband died and eventually transferred it to my right hand where it remains even though I have since remarried.

I would do exactly as Maw has done if DH goes first. And I would hope he would do the same for me.
I wear one ring DH gave me when I was 17. ( 57 years ago) It is part of my hand and I never take it off

Gypsyqueen what a daft and frankly hurtful suggestion.
I wear my wedding and engagement rings and I wear Paw’s on my right hand as those fingers are wider (fatter?) than on my left.
Grr
I wish people have not been bereaved would keep some of their observations to themselves!

Annie I stopped wearing my wedding ring when I almost lost it twice (it reappeared in strange places after slipping off) I reckoned the third time I wouldn't find it again. Then a friend gave me a bit of "ring size adjuster" which is a kind of small spring-shaped spiral bendy nylon wire. Scissors cut it. You cut a piece about an inch long and wind it round the ring on the palm side, It thickens the shank and holds it invisibly against your finger. It has been brilliant!

Amazon has several versions of it, at about £3 or £4 a pack, enough to do all your rings.

I'm a widow and wear my wedding ring.

Yes, keep wearing your rings, how strange that anyone suggest you remove them. I wager the person who said it was younger than you.

It was a gift from your husband on your wedding day and is a reminder of that day. You would not want to get rid of all the other gifts he gave you over the years. Wear it and think of him often as I am sure you do.

That is a lovely idea for a remarriage.

my sister had hers melted down and made into a necklace which she never takes off (but she has remarried)

Thank you all for positive responses. I worried that people would think I was odd for wearing them but have no wish to take them off.

I agree with Anniebach and Suesocks do whatever is right for you, its a comfort to feel that ring on your finger I'm sure.

Quite agree. Wear it with pride in memory of your dear husband.

Do what you feel is right for you. I agree with ninathenana it is a symbol of your love.

My dad died in 1985. Mum was still wearing her wedding ring the day she died in 2014.
She never took it off, having worn it 24/7 as do I mine.
Unless a person is hoping to find a new relationship I can't see a reason to remove it. It's a symbol of the love you shared and still do.

Wear them, you are not divorced , you are not seeking male companionship. You will know if and when you are ready to take them off. X

I just can’t imagine taking them off. I think the acquaintance was intimating that while I am still wearing them males will assume that I am married and won’t approach me but to be honest that is what I want!

My husband died over forty years ago, I still wore mine, now I don’t because having lost too much weight it would fall off .