Wearing a wedding ring when widowed

I wore mine until I started dating, a few years after DH1's death.

Not a widow but fairly sure my wedding/ engagement ring would remain in place if I am ever without my DH. Having said that it is a personal choice and perfectly ok either way .

Still wear mine been widowed for 11 years

i am 62 and have been widowed since i was 39, i still wear my ring, although my wedding ring got to tight for my finger i bought another one.

I’ve been widowed 5 years. I wore my rings for the first year, but then I decided it was time to take them off, as death had parted us and I am no longer married. It felt odd not wearing a ring at all, and I definitely don’t want to advertise myself as “available”, so now I just wear a selection of different rings to match whatever I’m wearing (mostly bought off EBay!) I think my husband would be happy with my decision.

I'm confused about husbands and wedding rings.

When did it become a thing for the man to wear a wedding ring?

When I got married in the eighties, most men did not wear wedding rings and I was surprised when one of my sons announced he was buying one for his wedding about 12 years ago.

My DH died 16 months ago. I wear my wedding ring and had his ring made to fit the middle finger of my left hand.

I’ve been widowed six years now after 40 years of marriage and I won’t take off my wedding ring. Like Crossstitchfan I still feel married and also wear my DH wedding ring on my right hand.
Each to their own

I stopped wearing a wedding ring about 40 years ago, my husband died 8 years ago, I sold my engagement ring and both our wedding rings a couple of years ago.

I was widowed in 1997 (I was 35 at the time) - I wore my rings for many years afterwards. I can't remember when I stopped wearing it but think it was because it was wearing down my engagement ring so stopped both although I still wore the eternity ring my husband had bought me. It was my great grandmothers ring as well which I still have it.

DH died two years ago. I shall always wear my wedding ring. I've taken it off only twice - when my fingers swelled during the epidural when DD1 was born - and it was cut off in A&E when I fell off my bike and my hand swelled. I'm still married to DH, he's still alongside (not in a spooky way).

Married 44 yrs & ring was off & on due to my hobby of rock climbing. Had it made bigger lots of times & now wear on my right hand. But didn't want to appear available so wear what I call my widow ring which is very thin by comparison. However, I do have a partner now, we'll never marry but are committed. Hand felt very bare without my wedding band.

No, I don’t wear mine now, about five years after my husband died I began to feel it was wrong to do so as I wasn’t married any more. I was relatively young, with children still in school, and I was weary of being asked what my husband did etc., and having to explain he had died, with people wanting more information than I wanted to discuss. It made life a lot less stressful.

My wedding ring became too tight a couple of years ago, and I haven’t got around to having it made a bit bigger. If I lost dh I’d still wear it though,

I’m originally from Switzerland, where it is the custom that, when widowed, you wear not only your own ring, but that of your late husband as well (having it taken in to fit, of course). So if you see a woman wearing two rings, you know she’s widowed. I remember that after my father died, my mother had her own, my father’s, and my grandmother’s wedding rings refashioned into a treble, knot-like ring which looked very pretty. As for myself, I only wear my wedding and engagement rings, as my husband didn’t wear one when he was alive.

I lost my husband nearly 8 years ago after 40 years married. I finally took my rings off 2 years ago. I don’t love my husband any less, I still adore and miss him greatly, I just couldn’t bear to be reminded of my loss every time I looked at my hand with the rings still there. 😭

Widow here, I don't wear mine. We both had rings and I have got them put away together. We didn't wear our rings all the time when my DH was alive because I worked in the NHS as a clinician so constant handwashing. We had "dirty" hobbies, eg gardening, DIY and my husband was a biker too so many occasions where it would have been unsafe to wear a ring. We did used to wear them when out socially and DH wore his to work but we both took them off when we arrived home.

I was married for 57 years and will wear my wedding ring with thankfulness for those years until the day I die.

It never occurred to me to take it off I am still wearing mine.

I'm widowed (seventeen years ago) I don't wear my wedding ring for the following reasons:
• it won't go over my knuckles
• I practise Shotokan karate and we're not allowed to wear any jewellery when training
• even if I could get it on and off, it would be a proper faff to keep taking it off and putting it back on every time I'm training or teaching karate (every day except Wednesdays)

Still wear my wedding rings even though my husband is no longer here . Like both my mum & grandmother they also never took their wedding rings off after they lost their husbands.
There is no right or wrong way on this one

I can’t imagine taking off my wedding ring or my eternity ring. They keep me connected to him.

I still wear mine after six years. To be honest I think it would have to be cut off anyway. I also wear my mother's. My husband insisted on taking hers off "Because they'll just steal it at the crematorium" I was cross because I'm sure she would have wanted to keep it, but I couldn't get him to see it. He didn't have a ring because it wasn't really a thing when we got married and, when we did look at a few, it turned out that he had very big hands and nothing fitted.

I had to take mine off long before he died, as my hands are very arthritic and often swell. I wear mine on a chain around my neck.

Although in our 70's we married only 7 years ago. We have matching rings, although his is much bigger. I would still wear mine if widowed, I have no idea what he would do, he does not always wear it anyway as apparently jewellery of any sort is dangerous if using a chain-saw - which he has to use because we have woodland. Taking my ring off would be an extra sadness. He would still be in my heart, so why not on my finger?