Your wedding ring

I never had one. I was glad, after my husband died, that I didn't have to make that decision about if and when to take it off.

Have wore mine for nearly 25 yrs, never take it off, only when asked when to got into hospital . Would never go without it.

I do not wear the original. It was a 1970 style and fairly wide - my finger gets itchy underneath it.

I have worn several over the years - that I have bought myself! - including a Russian style 3 rings one, which is great for letting air in and stopping the itch.

Since our 40th I have worn the one that my OH bought me for that event -with a big nudge and lots of help from the DDs!!! It is a narrow rounded band with 6 tiny rubies set in it all around. I love it.

Never taken mine off since the day 48 years ago when my DH put it on my finger

My wide 70s one irritates me too, Lucky, and I now wear Mil's very thin curtain ring one. I am debating having mine refashioned as a fatter curtain ring.

Never taken mine off and now wear Paw’s on my right hand along with DM’s engagement ring.

BTW why are the fingers on my right hand bigger than my left?

I couldn’t get mine off now if I wanted to; it won’t go over my knuckle. It is a plain, 5mm wide twenty two carat band which almost broke the bank when DH bought it, but I had foregone the engagement ring, so hey! I have never had any inclination to take it off, but nearly lost it on a fortunately almost deserted beach in Northern Ireland, when it actually would come off easily. We were shaking a picnic blanket and I let go of my corner and saw my ring fly off and roughly where it landed. So DH made the children stand absolutely still, divided the area of sand up into squares and we sifted carefully through each square - and found it! I remember him making some remark to the effect “B****y good job! I couldn’t afford to replace it now!!”

Maw. If you are right-handed, using that hand more than the other develops the muscles in your right hand. According to my nail lady in the years that I bothered with nails.

Used to take mine off on occasionbut my knuckle seems to have grown (no swelling or soreness) and it would have to be cut off now.

Have to admit I don't even know where mine is. I do sometimes wear an eternity ring DH gave me after we'd been married for about 20 years and also the "engagement" ring I bought for myself after we'd been married for about 10 - the original was more or less from a cracker, all we could afford at the time. My mum wore her wedding ring the whole time after they got married, even after my dad died 30 odd years before her. TBH I only recently found out the significance of the ring - something to do with a circle being love never ending???? I seem to have forgotten already! Ah well, mine was ugly and looked like a washer anyway

Having said all that, And I had forgotten until a few minutes ago, I didn’t actually get married with my ring. It is a long story but it was left in a kitchen cupboard due to a last minute change of best man, and we had all the usual “have you got the ring, Ha ha ha” but no-one was laughing. The only lady in our small party who could get her ring off was my mother in law, so I got married with her ring! I don’t know how we have survived to fifty one years after the fiasco that was our wedding day!

I wear mine and a gypsy ring given to me by my husband for my 60th birthday (I did not have an engagement ring). Since I have been widowed, I have heard others say that the rings should be taken off when the husband dies. I had not heard that before and, certainly, none of my close family or friends have removed their rings when widowed,

I had to replace my original ring as it no longer fitted. I'd worn that one 24/7 for 25 yrs. I got a replacement for our silver anniversary and have worn this one 24/7 for the past 18 yrs.
My friend has had about 5 different ones the last one she had for Christmas '16. She wears each of them as the mood takes her.

I've hardly ever taken mine off. Only time I can remember is when it was getting a bit tight - I can't bear not being able to get rings off - and it had to be made bigger. But the jeweller did it so quickly - a heat-applying thing so it could be expanded - even that didn't last long.

I refused to take mine off, then found I couldn't! My fingers swelled (along with my body) and I eventually had to have it cut off whilst on holiday in Spain. I now wear DH's grandmother's rose gold ring on my wedding finger and DH's wedding ring on my right hand. The original ring sat in my drawer in 3 pieces for years and had no sentimental value any more so I went to one of these gold fairs and sold it, along with a whole load of broken jewellery. It was 22Ct, so made a fair bit of money

PS - I've never heard of widows removing rings, either. My mother wore hers for at least 20 years after my father died - at least until her dementia advanced and the ring went missing - doubtless hidden away somewhere weird, like so many other things - and was probably inadvertently thrown out.

I have an 18ct 5-diamond engagement ring and a 22ct 4mm wide wedding ring and I wear both every day. Only take them off to put hand cream on at bedtime. I love both my rings which we chose together in 1964 when we got engaged and 1965 when we got married.

I also have a Russian wedding ring which I got in 1988 after a hiatus in our marriage and a 3-stone ruby and diamond eternity ring which I had for our Ruby Wedding in 2005.

We had a new TV for our Golden Wedding in 2015!

My husband died many years ago and I wouldn’t dream of removing my wedding ring.

I have my almost 40 year old one which is plain gold hearts in a circle - very pretty. I did have to have a piece put in due to arthritic knuckles. I take it off for sports and gardening and at night - cant stand to wear jewellery in bed.

I didn’t have an engagement ring which has been a good excuse to drop hints on other occasions, like 30th and 40th wedding anniversaries.
I was never going to take my ring off but had to comply with the ‘no rings rule’ when I worked in Manchester Dental Hospital.

I had to have my ring, which cost £6 in 1970, made larger when it was threatening to cut off the blood supply to my finger, and that cost £70
The jewellery cut it off and as he picked up his drill thingy, his colleague said ‘he’s not done this before but don’t worry you’ll be alright’

Mine has stayed on for 37 years it is now smooth from constant wear, it initially had a diamond shape pattern on the outer surface.

I also wear my engagement and eternity ring only remove for jobs such as gardening etc.

I haven't worn mine for about 25 years, for the same reason as Lucky, because it's a wide 70s style band and makes my finger itch like crazy underneath it. I never had a replacement and now I can't imagine wearing one at all - it would probably feel very odd to me, as I don't wear rings at all so I'm used to my hands being free of clutter!

Mine is a silver band made in Carnaby Street and cost £8! Has never been off my finger in 45 years. It's still wearing well but much thinner than it was in 1972!

I haven't worn my wedding ring in years either - I've had it 47 years and may occasionally put it on if I'm going out to a special occasion with the eternity ring husband bought me one Christmas but like others it makes my finger itchy and sore. I don't wear any rings normally. I still have the engagement ring he gave me when we were 15 but it's lost a stone and the band is very thin - I doubt it would fit my fat fingers now