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jberryhill

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55. That's why there are scrotum rings

Reply to LuckyCharms (Reply #50)

Wed Jun 19, 2019, 10:22 PM

Jun 2019

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

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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