What do you think when a woman you believe is mRried is not wearing a wedding ring?

[Anonymous]

I'd either not notice or if we had any sort of friendship I'd ask you quietly if everything was okay because I noticed you weren't wearing your ring.

You could wear it on a necklace if you wanted to?

[Anonymous]

Another vote for it not mattering. The only situations in which I look for a ring are something like if I'm trying to gauge if a new coworker is married or if my kid's new friend has a dad at home (both out of curiosity more than anything else). If I see a ring, I take that as evidence they are married. If I don't see a ring, I don't make a judgement either way as there are many reasons someone would choose not to wear one.

[Anonymous]

We're doing home renovations and I take it off frequently so I don't damage it and forget to put it back on. I've seen coworkers notice but they don't say anything.

[Anonymous]

I haven't been wearing mine much lately either - new baby, little time to think about these things, a little extra baby weight plus summer makes them uncomfortable, SAH part time, in grad school part time... No one cares. I shower and brush my teeth every morning - I consider that enough of a win.

[Anonymous]

That her fingers got fat after having kids.

[Anonymous]

If you recently lost quite a bit of weight- that is what they will be noticing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd either not notice or if we had any sort of friendship I'd ask you quietly if everything was okay because I noticed you weren't wearing your ring.

You could wear it on a necklace if you wanted to?

Isn't that what you do when your husband is dead?

[Anonymous]

Since I don't wear my ring, I never assume anything about a person's marital status based on what is on their ring finger.

This reminds me of my mom who always signed school forms Mrs. John Smith. When I asked her why, she said so people would know she was married. ( I am an older mom, so this was a while ago).

[Anonymous]

Retaining water & fingers are too chubby that day

[Anonymous]

Well, dammit OP. I just tried to take off my ring and I can't get it off my now fat finger. Argh.

[Anonymous]

Neither DH or I wear our rings for work related reasons. Nobody ever cared.

[Anonymous]

whore

[Anonymous]

I always lose my rings and definitely notice I get hit on a lot more by middle aged strangers when I don't wear one. I've even been called out about it by one guy who was ticked when I mentioned my husband during our conversation. So my point is, men do notice. But I personally don't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd either not notice or if we had any sort of friendship I'd ask you quietly if everything was okay because I noticed you weren't wearing your ring.

You could wear it on a necklace if you wanted to?

LOL. Seriously?

[Anonymous]

I don't think anything, generally. Many of my friends in happy marriages don't wear rings sometimes or ever.

If I did see someone who ALWAYS had her rings on and she wasn't wearing them, I might wonder if she had gotten separated without my knowledge, but I probably wouldn't ask outright.