My mom used to say NEVER trust a married man who doesn't wear a wedding ring!

[demtenjeep]

has #fatdonnie ever worn one?

Why does he refuse?


I hate it when my spouse takes his off to clean it and forgets it one day.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Lots of men don't wear them, which may or may not mean anything.

My dad didn't and neither does my brother and both were (are) totally faithful to their wives. They just don't like wearing rings. In the case of Trump, though, it's probably because he thinks he's totally hot and irresistible to women and he doesn't want to put them off in case he decides to go p***y-grabbing again. A ring would probably get stuck on his fat little finger anyhow.

[TheBlackAdder]

66. Working with electrical, automotive or farm equipment it can help get you zapped or finger torn off.

[susanna]

68. As an engineering kind-of person, yep.

One of my childhood best friend's dad - an electrician - died horribly because of wearing a metal ring.

My father, journeyman electrician, never wore his when working electrical jobs.

Long story short? I only wear my rings when I know I won't die because of them.

Strange, the lessons we learn.

[still_one]

79. Exacatly

[aikoaiko]

2. Rings are uncomfortable on my hands.

I don't wear any jewelry.

[DFW]

65. My wedding ring is uncomfortable, too

Still, I have worn it for 37 years now.

[ProfessorGAC]

72. I'm Not Sure I Could Get Mine Off The Finger

The anniversary ring on the other hand I can get off if hand is wet. (I don't wear it to play golf, cuz it's got a stone in it)
I had a hard time getting it off my hand for an MRI and that was >20 years ago.

[Granny M]

81. Same with my husband of 40 years.

I’m ok with it. It’s a small thing to me, and he’s pretty wonderful in most other ways.

[aikoaiko]

84. Yes, as far as I can tell wearing a ring doesn't stop anyone from doing bad things

Its the commitment and fidelity that counts.

[blur256]

3. This prompted me to once again to find my original wedding

Ring that I lost under the fridge months ago. And I found it!!!! It's probably not leaving my finger again. I have been wearing my second wedding ring (we got married twice because of family) and it just wasn't the same. You don't know how happy this makes Me! Thank you!!

[Maru Kitteh]

58. That was a very sweet little story to share. I love hearing little "bits of life" like that

on here. Thanks for sharing.

[marlakay]

67. Yes I agree

My rings got to tight and I had them resized and engagement one is too loose now so i just wear wedding ring. Someday will make other smaller again.

[kskiska]

4. I'm 75, but it seems that the wedding ring issue has changed with the times.

Reading wedding announcements in the local papers over the years, back in the 50s it was always specified as such when the wedding was a "double-ring ceremony." The norm was one ring. My dad never wore a wedding ring, nor did any other guys I remember.

[cwydro]

5. That's ridiculous.

If you need a ring to trust your spouse, you’re already fucked.

[woodsprite]

20. It's because it announces to other people that you're spoken for

My hubby and I both work in the same IT dept and went to an Educause conference together in New Orleans. We were meeting a shuttle that was going to take us to our hotel, along with some other conference attendees. Weren’t even in the shuttle yet and some lady was hitting on him. He told her he was married, and she said “So... I am too”. Then he introduced me to her. I had been standing with him the entire time. She did look a bit taken aback and apologized, but we saw her over the next few meet and greets hitting on our coworkers.

A ring can be an outward reminder, as well as a personal reminder.

[Polybius]

22. It's also an annoyance

My father never wore one, he hated the feeling of any jewelry. I hate it too.

[cwydro]

24. People hit on people who wear rings too.

Absofuckinglutely they do.

Rings don’t stop cheating, nor do they stop flirting. Surely you know that.

And if someone needs a “personal reminder”, well yikes.

[Sgent]

33. I read this and instantly thought of this

horrible song from a majorly underrated group:

[StarfishSaver]

6. I worked for a man who was happily married and always wore a wedding ring. One day he showed up

without his ring and several women asked me if he and his wife were on the outs and if that meant he was back on the market (he was a catch).

I asked him where is ring was and he said was getting it resized to fit better. I told him he'd better hurry up and get a ring back on that finger because I was tired of batting away the women trying to pounce on him.

[fescuerescue]

17. I find it interesting that lack of a ring was that noticeable

No idea that it was watched that closely.

[StarfishSaver]

18. I thought so, too.

They pounced on day one of him being ringless.

[cwydro]

25. "Pounced." "He was a catch."

Have we somehow slipped back into the 50s?

[Codeine]

28. It's a thread positing that a wedding ring

is an essential element of fidelity, so I’d say the time machine has indeed swept us away.

[cwydro]

30. Lol, no doubt!

I’m still laughing my arse off about the person who had the job of “batting them all away.”

I’m getting an image of someone with a badminton racquet swatting as the desperate women swarm the poor guy.

[Codeine]

31. The ladies in the steno pool are voracious.

Honestly, this shit just makes me wanna rewatch Mad Men.

[cwydro]

32. That's exactly what it put me in mind of lol.

But those steno girls didn’t care if there was a ring or not, right? Omg, this is priceless.

[jberryhill]

34. Find out if Marty McFly is at the diner

[cwydro]

36. Bwaha!

I wish I was good at posting gifs. There’s gotta be one for the batting women away thing.

Sounds like an I Love Lucy episode, “Ricky Forgets His Ring.”

[jberryhill]

74. .

[cwydro]

86. Lol!

Even dead, they’re chasing the menfolk!

[misanthrope]

49. Well, I hate to break the news

but there are still LOTS of Americans for whom those expectations and roles are deeply embedded. They get passed on to their kids as well.

[Dorian Gray]

53. It would seem so.

Neither my husband nor I wear our rings. I haven't thought twice about it for years. It's a preference thing, and I totally trust him (as I hope he fully trusts me). The ring doesn't matter. The character of the spouse does.

[demtenjeep]

7. I never saw my father without his in all of his 50 years of marriage

and he was born in 1932 and a child of the depression.

His father always wore his too...

I guess my values are different but I have always thought a wedding ring was a proud admission of a union.


I even had a middle school teacher back in the 70's who bragged about his never taking his off and he was old then.

[dameatball]

8. I worked at a mental health facility for several years and many of the women did not wear rings or

jewelry because of our patients.
I always wore mine, but I also wasn't working with certain types of machinery, etc. Lots of reasons why someone (man or woman) may not wear a ring.

If I was working on a lathe would I want to wear a necktie?...

But I do understand your point and there is some validity there also. Just not across the board.

[woodsprite]

21. That's why they have silicone rings now

Several of my coworkers who work on computers or have woodworking hobbies will wear a silicone version.

When hubby had his hand injury (crushed 3 fingers on his left hand with a biscuit joiner), the ER docs said they were having a really rough time with people coming in with titanium rings needing them cut off due to hand injuries. Hubby balled up his courage, took his off on his own and gave it to me to hold. His hand’s fine now and ring is back in place. 😀

[Sgent]

35. I know of a surgeon

who almost ripped his finger off on a boating trip trying to fix an engine. Never wore a ring after that.

[demmiblue]

9. Neither of my parents wear their wedding rings. N/t

[Boxerfan]

10. I never wear mine-don't like jewelry.

I used to be a mechanic & that would be a snag in the mechanic world. I have since taken up metal detecting.

I suggest you wear rings-lots of them. High karat gold too if you please. And those pesky small diamonds are impossiblw to sell-maybe keep it over 1/2 carat.

And throw in a few Plats Ok?

Butter your fingers & play frisbee!!.

But seriously-I have never found a ring marked well enough to return it. So if it is precious remove it before doing outdoor activities-especially swimming / skiing. Cold makes the finger shrink & it slips off.

And as someone said above-if a ring is what is keeping him from straying like a bad alley cat you are kidding yourself.

[USALiberal]

11. Well, what an odd worry. nt

[cwydro]

16. Ikr? I could give a rat's ass if he wears a ring or not.

I just want him out of office.

[pnwmom]

12. Sometimes it means they have a job where it would be dangerous.

Anyone working around machinery, for instance.

[xmas74]

61. I worked in a factory and saw a coworker's band get caught

On the belt. Maintenance had to remove the belt to find her finger. She had an almost neon pink manicure so it stood out.

[TEB]

13. We have been married thirty three years

I do not wear ring it is in my wife’s jewelry box it lasted wearing ring maybe two months. But I do have a ring in my nose I just do not like wearing a ring. Kind of like when wrist watches were still common I never wore a watch couldn’t stand it.

[Codeine]

26. It gets so hot here

that a watch is just a sweat factory and gets filthy almost immediately.

[IADEMO2004]

14. I wore mine over three years after she died.

[bluecollar2]

15. As an aircraft mechanic

It was drilled into me....never wear a ring or any other jewelry on the job...

Good way to lose a finger, hand etc..

Wore mine on a dog tag chain around my neck.

[Retrograde]

63. My father was an industrial chemist

He took his ring off and left it on his dresser when he left for work, and put it back on when he got home. Same reason: rings and machinery don't mix.

[Lucid Dreamer]

19. There are many reasons beyond infidelity than men do not wear rings.

Sorry, jeep. Mom is not always right.

I played sports and used tools that don't play well w/ jewelry.
50 years and still happily married.

[Codeine]

23. I don't wear jewelry. It feels gross and unnatural.

I can’t imagine why it would matter to anyone; I can be trusted regardless of the presence of a metal doohickey on my hand.

[saidsimplesimon]

27. A ring does not a marriage make, imo.

[guillaumeb]

29. I have never worn a wedding ring, or other jewelry.

My wife and I have been together for 40 years.

[Freethinker65]

37. I am married and it has been over a decade since I wore a ring

I honestly never notice rings unless they are especially huge and distracting

[demosincebirth]

38. years ago auto mechanics didn't wear rings - it was hazardous

[ProudMNDemocrat]

39. After 47 years my husband does not wear one.

He being half Sicilian, knows he is married. I remind him every now and then.

[Shrike47]

40. My husband, who worked with machinery when younger, never wears a ring. I'm sure he's faithful.

I never wear mine in the house, never have liked to. If I forget to put it on before going away from the house, I always feel naked.

[jberryhill]

42. Sometimes I go out wearing just my ring and nothing else

[Tipperary]

44. Do you have to "bat off" the womenfolk?

And just whereabouts do you wear that ring?

[Laffy Kat]

41. My father never wore one. He didn't like jewelry of any type.

He also cheated on my mother throughout their 35-year marriage until her death. Everyone knew about it and I imagine she did too, but it was never discussed. I always wondered if that's why I have "issues" with relationships.

[Tipperary]

43. This thread is funny as hell.

I needed a giggle today.

[demtenjeep]

47. glad to make you laugh. Clearly it is a cultural differece or age.

growing up in our small town. Rings are a symbol of love and a blessed union. We wore rings. But maybe I am older than I think I am..



I'll accept that. just know we hubby an me wear rings to say we are proudly one unit

[RockRaven]

45. Eschewing an arbitrary, non-universal social custom is a bad reason to distrust someone...

but Trump's serial public adultery and perpetual persistent lying are very good reasons indeed to distrust him.

[Raine]

46. For safety reasons my husband couldn't

wear one, wearing one could've cost him his finger while he was on the job.

[former9thward]

48. Feel sorry for your spouse...

[LuckyCharms]

50. A lot of men don't wear them simply because...

they work with their hands in a way where a ring would cause them danger, or the ring would get abused.

[jberryhill]

55. That's why there are scrotum rings

And don’t tell me that there are guys who need that for work.

[Codeine]

56. I'm a machinist, dammit.

[appleannie1943]

51. My hubby was a machinist. He could not wear his at work.

Mostly it was in a box on his dresser. We both turned it in when gold got high. We have been together for 54 years in July and I never worried about him not wearing a ring because he kept his pants on.

[flotsam]

52. Google "ring avulsion photo"

(only if you have a strong stomach) and you'll see why many men don't...

[Quackers]

75. Here you go

No strong stomach needed

[trc]

54. I've been married 35 years and never wear a wedding ring.

You see, the ring does not matter, the woman I married does. We got married in USAF tech school for jet engine mechanics and rings were forbidden for a jet mech on duty. We bought rings, eventually, but did not wear them even once out of the service. They never mattered to either of us because we were married...to each other. 45 is a horrible human being, but his not wearing a ring is not a symptom of his awfulness, HE is the symptom of his awfulness.

[Mendocino]

57. Neil Armstrong

tore off the tip of his left finger when he jumped of a truck. He packed it in ice and had it reattached.

[myohmy2]

59. if...

...you've ever worked in a factory around moving machinery, thing like rings, watches, rolled-down sleeves, loose clothing are a no-no...

...even at home working on a vehicle, you could easily lose body parts if jewelry got entangled with moving parts...

...why trump doesn't wear a ring I'm not sure...maybe when he's, '...grabbing 'em by the pussy' nothing will get pinched...

...I've been married for 50 years and I've never wore a ring mainly because of my job...Grammie never seemed to mind me not wearing a ring...she's more hostile to the fact that she's been married 50 years to me and could have done better...

...go figure...

[xmas74]

60. Plenty of men in trades or factory work who don't.

They can't wear them on the job because it's a safety hazard. When you go 12 hours without it daily it doesn't feel right to wear it.

[SoCalDem]

62. I'm a woman who has not worn my wedding ring in YEARS

The one my husband put on my finger cut off my circulation when I was pregnant and I got used to not wearing it.. Later I started wearing it again, but the diamond stuck up and I accidentally scratched one of my boys when they were toddlers, so off it went again.. Years later it was replaced with a channel set ring with 12 diamonds.. Somehow, the bottom got "flat and when I heard how much it would cost to "round it again", I balked..so back into the jewelry box..

Fast forward some years and we were robbed, and all my jewelry went bye-bye..

My husband wanted me to get a new one, but I said.. I know I'm married, you know we're married, so I never replaced it ( and it was an expense we really couldn't afford).. I was so crushed when all my jewelry was taken, that I have never again worn ANY jewelry, nor wanted any.. I had heirloom jewelry from relatives and lots of great pieces I dearly loved.

[Retrograde]

64. Neither my husband nor I wear rings

of any sort. And we celebrate our 45th anniversary last week.

[DFW]

69. My wife ribs me because I wear my wedding ring on the wrong hand

Germans wear theirs on the right hand.

Oh, well, what do they know?

[bedazzled]

70. my uncle lost his finger because of his ring

at work. according to my mom he cheated on his wife a lot

[jberryhill]

73. Sounds like he's lucky it was just a finger

My uncle cheated on his wife a lot, but it wasn't a finger she went after with the knife.

[sl8]

71. An aversion to avulsion (aka degloving)?

From https://www.cnet.com/news/ring-avulsion-happens-to-people-other-than-jimmy-fallon-and-its-horrifying/

Jimmy Fallon raises awareness about horrifying injury called ring avulsion

The Tonight Show host talks about his bout with ring avulsion, a finger injury that looks and sounds like something from a horror movie. We Googled it so you don't have to and trust us, you don't want to either.

BY DANNY GALLAGHER
JULY 16, 2015 12:26 AM PDT

Late night host Jimmy Fallon returned to the airwaves with a cast around his left hand and a horrifying story about a rare but serious type of finger injury.

Fans of "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" may have noticed the host with a rather large cast around his left hand where his wedding ring used to be.

That's because he had a little accident over a two-week break at his home that almost...well, if you're the kind of person who gets nauseous during movies like Hostel or Saw, you should probably just stop reading right now.

[...]

[woodsprite]

76. My ggmom used to say don't trust a man with tiny ears. It supposedly meant they were stingy. nt

[tymorial]

77. I dont wear one. Shrugs.

I dont particularly care if my wife does either.

[sarge43]

78. My husband doesn't wear one because he does mechanic work.

Rings can snag on something and ooops broken or missing finger.

A wedding ring or lack of one isn't going to slow down a cheater and that includes women, too.

[mulsh]

80. I don't wear mine when I'm doing physical labor, I wear it all the time these days. My wife bought

my ring. It's called a "comfort fit" what would be edges are rounded and boy is it comfy. These days I only take it off to take a shower.

My wife wears my great grand mother's engagement ring and my grandmother's wedding ring which is also a "comfort fit". Both are over 100 years old. She never takes these rings off.

My father wore his wedding ring for 20 years until he lost it one night playing with it during a play. They were married 45 years when mom died. Both sets of grandparents were married over 50 years, my grandfathers wore their rings.

maybe it's genetic.

[at140]

82. Total BS

I have been married to the same woman since 1992, and I discarded the wedding ring after going on half a dozen cruises where I gained 25-30 pounds. And never cheated on my wife in all these years of marriage.

[defacto7]

83. Neither my wife nor I wear a ring. It implies ownership.

I do not own her. She does not own me. We commit to each other for a reason, not because of an archaic tradition.

[Freddie]

85. Husband doesn't wear one

The ring had gotten too small over the years and he managed to get it off before his finger got strangled. Just haven’t gotten around to getting another one yet. This was maybe 5 years ago. My late FIL noticed immediately and presumed there was trouble in paradise. DH produced the ring from his pocket and tried to put it on - not happening.