What do you think when a woman you believe is mRried is not wearing a wedding ring?
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Anonymous
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Writing this after leaving the house accidentally (yet again) without my wedding ring. I lost a lot of weight, if is HUGE on me and I need to get it resized badly, but I have just been running around like a crazy person all summer and never got around to it. So I would say 1/2 - 2/3 of the time I don't wear it, after having two big scares where they fell off and I didn't notice. I make an effort to put it on in a professional setting or with acquaintances who might wonder, but I forget a lot of the time. I know this probably sounds like I'm deep down trying not to wear it, but that's not true- just overwhelmed with working and a toddler and not enough time to myself. I have a nice watch and usually forget that too.
Anyway just wondering what my coworkers, etc think. I hope no one thinks I'm getting a divorce or something. |
Anonymous
| Pretty sure nobody's looking. |
Anonymous
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Hates wearing rings ( me).
Allergic to gold (my sister). |
Anonymous
+1 If by the most rare circumstances I did notice my thoughts would be either you just aren't wearing the ring today or you are getting divorced, each thought having the same probability of popping into my head. Fwiw, I'd probably be much more inclined to notice a man without his ring. |
Anonymous
| Honestly, unless you're sitting at a bar and flirting with men, nobody cares. |
Anonymous
| If you're that worried about it, go buy a cheap ring that fits and wear it until you can get your rings resized. Or wrap moleskin around your rings so they stay on. |
Anonymous
| Nobody cares. My husband and I never wear our rings. A professional setting? Do you somehow think you are more respected if you're married? |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't notice. I don't think many people would notice unless you are flirting with a man and he looks. If I did notice and I knew you were married, I might think you forgot to put the rings on. If I knew you before you lost weight then I would think that the rings were to big for you and then start thinking about how I want to lose weight. I would not spend a lot of time thinking about you, honestly. |
Anonymous
I probably wouldn't notice, unless like PP said you were sitting on a bar stool flirting with someone 
If I DID happen to notice, I would just assume you took it off for XYZ reasons, and forgot to put it back on. This is the primary reason I never take mine off - when I do, I tend to forget to put it back on until DH asks me what's up, lol. |
Anonymous
| Neither DH nor I wear a wedding ring. If I noticed you weren't, I would not have any thought about it whatsoever. |
Anonymous
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My husband lost his ring and didn't wear it for two years. Surprisingly, it didn't bother me much but I teased him a lot (example: people probably think you're my boyfriend, not our kid's father).
He bought a new one a month ago - very sweet! |
Anonymous
No. I'm a teacher and have been away for the summer, and I don't want my coworkers thinking that I got divorced over the summer. I could care less whether people think I am married or not except for people who already think I am (was?) who don't know me well enough to ask, like my colleagues. |
Anonymous
| I have become increasingly allergic to mine through the years, and took it off a few months ago to give the blistered skin underneath a chance to heal. My husband jammed his finger badly playing basket ball at around the same time, and we had to take it off (with a lot of effort and soap) because his finger was so swollen. We went about a month with neither wearing them, and no one noticed except one set of neighbors and close friends, who I could tell were very worried we might be having problems. They were relieved when we explained. |
Anonymous
| No big deal, wouldn't notice. I've never worn one. I don't give a thought to what others might make of it. |
Anonymous
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If I noticed, I'd think, "wow, I'd feel naked without my ring."
But I've known many men and women who don't wear theirs for a variety of reasons, especially gaining and losing weight, because of fit. Not unusual. |