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woodsprite

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

Wed Jun 19, 2019, 08:20 PM

Jun 2019

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.

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My mom used to say NEVER trust a married man who doesn't wear a wedding ring! [View all] demtenjeep Jun 2019 OP

Lots of men don't wear them, which may or may not mean anything. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #1

Working with electrical, automotive or farm equipment it can help get you zapped or finger torn off. TheBlackAdder Jun 2019 #66

As an engineering kind-of person, yep. susanna Jun 2019 #68

Exacatly still_one Jun 2019 #79

Rings are uncomfortable on my hands. aikoaiko Jun 2019 #2

My wedding ring is uncomfortable, too DFW Jun 2019 #65

I'm Not Sure I Could Get Mine Off The Finger ProfessorGAC Jun 2019 #72

Same with my husband of 40 years. Granny M Jun 2019 #81

Yes, as far as I can tell wearing a ring doesn't stop anyone from doing bad things aikoaiko Jun 2019 #84

This prompted me to once again to find my original wedding blur256 Jun 2019 #3

That was a very sweet little story to share. I love hearing little "bits of life" like that Maru Kitteh Jun 2019 #58

Yes I agree marlakay Jun 2019 #67

I'm 75, but it seems that the wedding ring issue has changed with the times. kskiska Jun 2019 #4

That's ridiculous. cwydro Jun 2019 #5

It's because it announces to other people that you're spoken for woodsprite Jun 2019 #20

It's also an annoyance Polybius Jun 2019 #22

People hit on people who wear rings too. cwydro Jun 2019 #24

I read this and instantly thought of this Sgent Jun 2019 #33

I worked for a man who was happily married and always wore a wedding ring. One day he showed up StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #6

I find it interesting that lack of a ring was that noticeable fescuerescue Jun 2019 #17

I thought so, too. StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #18

"Pounced." "He was a catch." cwydro Jun 2019 #25

It's a thread positing that a wedding ring Codeine Jun 2019 #28

Lol, no doubt! cwydro Jun 2019 #30

The ladies in the steno pool are voracious. Codeine Jun 2019 #31

That's exactly what it put me in mind of lol. cwydro Jun 2019 #32

Find out if Marty McFly is at the diner jberryhill Jun 2019 #34

Bwaha! cwydro Jun 2019 #36

. jberryhill Jun 2019 #74

Lol! cwydro Jun 2019 #86

Well, I hate to break the news misanthrope Jun 2019 #49

It would seem so. Dorian Gray Jun 2019 #53

I never saw my father without his in all of his 50 years of marriage demtenjeep Jun 2019 #7

I worked at a mental health facility for several years and many of the women did not wear rings or dameatball Jun 2019 #8

That's why they have silicone rings now woodsprite Jun 2019 #21

I know of a surgeon Sgent Jun 2019 #35

Neither of my parents wear their wedding rings. N/t demmiblue Jun 2019 #9

I never wear mine-don't like jewelry. Boxerfan Jun 2019 #10

Well, what an odd worry. nt USALiberal Jun 2019 #11

Ikr? I could give a rat's ass if he wears a ring or not. cwydro Jun 2019 #16

Sometimes it means they have a job where it would be dangerous. pnwmom Jun 2019 #12

I worked in a factory and saw a coworker's band get caught xmas74 Jun 2019 #61

We have been married thirty three years TEB Jun 2019 #13

It gets so hot here Codeine Jun 2019 #26

I wore mine over three years after she died. IADEMO2004 Jun 2019 #14

As an aircraft mechanic bluecollar2 Jun 2019 #15

My father was an industrial chemist Retrograde Jun 2019 #63

There are many reasons beyond infidelity than men do not wear rings. Lucid Dreamer Jun 2019 #19

I don't wear jewelry. It feels gross and unnatural. Codeine Jun 2019 #23

A ring does not a marriage make, imo. saidsimplesimon Jun 2019 #27

I have never worn a wedding ring, or other jewelry. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #29

I am married and it has been over a decade since I wore a ring Freethinker65 Jun 2019 #37

years ago auto mechanics didn't wear rings - it was hazardous demosincebirth Jun 2019 #38

After 47 years my husband does not wear one. ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #39

My husband, who worked with machinery when younger, never wears a ring. I'm sure he's faithful. Shrike47 Jun 2019 #40

Sometimes I go out wearing just my ring and nothing else jberryhill Jun 2019 #42

Do you have to "bat off" the womenfolk? Tipperary Jun 2019 #44

My father never wore one. He didn't like jewelry of any type. Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #41

This thread is funny as hell. Tipperary Jun 2019 #43

glad to make you laugh. Clearly it is a cultural differece or age. demtenjeep Jun 2019 #47

Eschewing an arbitrary, non-universal social custom is a bad reason to distrust someone... RockRaven Jun 2019 #45

For safety reasons my husband couldn't Raine Jun 2019 #46

Feel sorry for your spouse... former9thward Jun 2019 #48

A lot of men don't wear them simply because... LuckyCharms Jun 2019 #50

That's why there are scrotum rings jberryhill Jun 2019 #55

I'm a machinist, dammit. Codeine Jun 2019 #56

My hubby was a machinist. He could not wear his at work. appleannie1943 Jun 2019 #51

Google "ring avulsion photo" flotsam Jun 2019 #52

Here you go Quackers Jun 2019 #75

I've been married 35 years and never wear a wedding ring. trc Jun 2019 #54

Neil Armstrong Mendocino Jun 2019 #57

if... myohmy2 Jun 2019 #59

Plenty of men in trades or factory work who don't. xmas74 Jun 2019 #60

I'm a woman who has not worn my wedding ring in YEARS SoCalDem Jun 2019 #62

Neither my husband nor I wear rings Retrograde Jun 2019 #64

My wife ribs me because I wear my wedding ring on the wrong hand DFW Jun 2019 #69

my uncle lost his finger because of his ring bedazzled Jun 2019 #70

Sounds like he's lucky it was just a finger jberryhill Jun 2019 #73

An aversion to avulsion (aka degloving)? sl8 Jun 2019 #71

My ggmom used to say don't trust a man with tiny ears. It supposedly meant they were stingy. nt woodsprite Jun 2019 #76

I dont wear one. Shrugs. tymorial Jun 2019 #77

My husband doesn't wear one because he does mechanic work. sarge43 Jun 2019 #78

I don't wear mine when I'm doing physical labor, I wear it all the time these days. My wife bought mulsh Jun 2019 #80

Total BS at140 Jun 2019 #82

Neither my wife nor I wear a ring. It implies ownership. defacto7 Jun 2019 #83

Husband doesn't wear one Freddie Jun 2019 #85