Does your OH wear a wedding ring

My OH never has, he just doesn't like jewellery. We were married in the sixties and I had a very wide wedding ring that got very uncomfortable. I had it melted down and two rings made; my daughter had the second one for her wedding ring.

Yes, we both have wedding rings, though I'd never ever worn a ring of any kind before. When DH was receiving in hospital receiving chemotherapy last year (and taking the agressive treatment very well) what broke him up was when the ring went missing. It had been taken off because hand had swollen; happy ending however, it was discovered two days later dropped down in his bathroom!

I`ve always worn mine, except for the 2 occasions that it`s been cut off and enlarged! 18ct, cost £4 in 1963, might be just a little bit more nowadays.

We exchanged wedding rings in 1975. DH wears his now and then. I hardly wore mine in the begining and don't wear it at all now.

Thank you Learergran and Gadabout. He didn`t forget the day, just made nowt of it. I didn`t mean to take over the thread, sorry.

Just read an article saying that more men started wearing rings in WW2 because of the anxiety that they might not return. The Anglican wedding service only mentions the giving of a ring to the bride too. Also not wearing them was very much an upper class (real men don't wear jewellery), traditionalist thing. We're not the former & hadn't much money for a second ring, but our families were probably on the traditional side. Of course a ring symbolised ownership which is why feminists didn't believe in them but I suppose both having rings goes some way towards equality. I'd be more worried about being owned if he'd put the ring through my nose.

DH did not want a wedding band, but said he would like a signet ring, which he has always worn. He can't get it off. At least it was put on his finger at the Register Office! Mine was left behind in a kitchen cupboard by the best man (it's a long story) and I had to borrow my mother in law's ring, as it was the only one which would come off! Can't have been too much of an ill omen - we've managed to clock up 46 years!

We married in 1970, gadabout and all our male friends wore them - we are from the Midlands!!

We were married in 1970 and, same as Gagagran found, my man (not a rugby player and from the south) and his friends wouldn't be seen dead with a ring. Not sure when the fashion/acceptability changed -perhaps in the 80s with the increased commercialisation of weddings? He did wear a signet ring until an ex-Borstal boy we were helping stole it (I never liked it so thanks Borstal boy!) and he wore his Dad's signet ring for a while until it got lost.

HAPPY 49th ANNIVERSARY NUMBERPLEASE. I hope he's remembered by now. If not I hope you've treated yourself to a celebration - or phoned the lawyer.

Quite right.

He never wanted one and has never worn one and has never strayed. A ring is an object - what matters is commitment.

We had matching rings when we got married but my fingers got quite swollen when I went through the menopause so I started to wear my mother in law's, which is of the curtain ring variety. My husband's has, periodically, had to go to the jeweller's to have amalgam polished off! I always wear my engagement ring too though it was the fashio when we got married to save one's engagement ring for 'best'. I don't have an eternity ring but my husband had a solitaire diamond ring designed for me instead, which I always wear on my right hand.

We were married in 1965 and few of our friends - all tough northern rugby players - would have been seen dead wearing a ring. In fact the last straw for my DH, and the reason he gave up playing rugby at 40 was seeing one of the young blokes taking out his earring before playing! Our son does wear a wedding ring though and is just as macho and manly as his Dad so it doesn't really mean a thing does it?

Hope you had a good anniversary today anyway, number!

DH took his off when it got too tight, I had it made bigger and also bought a new one but he only wears it when he is going out socially. I can't say anything because I only wear mine when going out too.

Mr. Merlot has never worn one for the same reason, number and jeni. I don't think many men worried about wedding rings in the sixties.

number my late oh was an electrical engineer and said the same. Very few engineers do wear rings I've noticed

Think the romance is waning though, 49th wedding anniversary today, apart from opening the 2 cards we got, nothing`s been said!

I don't agree that both should or neither should. Most women want to wear one, but many men work in industries where it would be hazardous to wear one, or don't like jewellery anyway. Surely it's only in the last 40 years or so that it's become the norm for men to wear them? I know my father and grandfathers didn't.

No, he always said that in his engineering job it would catch on things. He`s not the type to wear a ring, or any other jewellery though.

Yes he does - like Gkal, I'd say either both do, or none.

I do but DH doesn't and never has. My father wore one until he nearly ripped his finger off climbing through a window!!!!

Yes, we both do and never take them off. We've been married for 29 years and have upgraded both rings due to the fact that when we got married we bought the cheapest there was as we didn't have a bean in those days.

Yes, he does - never takes it off so it almost embedded now after 41 years - I, on the other hand remove mine every night and as my fingers are inclined to 'swell' from time to time I only wear it when comfortable!

Yes he does - initially he said he did not want one, so I bought him a wedding "gift" of two smart shirts (we were both students then, so this was a VERY big deal); but then, a few weeks before the wedding, he decided that he did want one, so I forked out for it - and he has worn it every day since (41 years).