In 49 years of marriage, my wife has only taken her wedding ring off once, when she was in hospital for surgery in the late 1990s. Her engagement ring lives in the safe and only comes out for special occasions. From my (male) perspective, I wear my wedding ring whenever I am out of the house. I have a signet ring which my wife bought me when we were engaged, and I wear that on my right hand ring finger, again only when I am out of the house. When we are in the house, both rings are threaded onto my watch strap - so I always know where they are.