Married guys - yes or no on the wedding band?

About 4 months in, and the ring is finally starching up enough to look good. Ah Titanium, the best way to make 40 bucks last forever. Big ups to overstock.com on this one.

 

When I moved to Colorado years ago from Washington, I thought I'd escaped the monotone of Tom Shane. Little did I know he was in Denver, too.

To answer the original question, I take mine off to shower, work on the car, etc., but otherwise it's on. I'm at the point where I feel naked without it.

 

Actually, I think Tommy Boy's company might have been a Colorado original. I know his shops are in quite a few states now, but he's a University of Colorado graduate. He showed up as an honored guest when my wife, a year after me, graduated from business school there. A year after that, me and missus DEE exchanged vows and Shane Company bands.

I knew others would relate to exactly what I was talking about with his radio spots. We all mocked those spots incessantly back in the 1980s and early '90s, particularly the ones with the clearly fake conversations between a "customer" and Mr. Shane. But when it was time to cough up the dough for wedding bands, well, we didn't look anywhere else -- and I think I did indeed get a pretty good deal.

 

Ever since this thread I can't stop fiddling with my wedding ring. Thanks guys.

 

It took me a while to get used to it, about a month or so. I wear it unless I'm changing or burping the baby (I use my left hand for burping), when shower or do other work around the house.
Sometimes at work take it off because it just bothers me when I type.

 

I always wear my ring. Didn't take too long to get used to, it just replaced my college ring.

Speaking of rings, my mom and my aunt (her sister) share a diamond ring that they inherited from my grandmother when she passed on 20 years ago. They usually alternate every year or two.

My grandfather got the ring from a jeweler friend. Apparently, he had to loan the jeweler some cash for an emergency, and, instead of paying him back, gave him the ring instead for my grandmother. After she died, my mom and aunt got the ring appraised at (and I forget the exact figure because it's been so long ago), either $8,000 or $80,000.

 

I hardly wear mine any more, but only because my fingers have somehow got skinnier than they were almost 18 years go. I'd rather not wear it than lose it and I have yet to be able to find one of those plastic sizer dealies that works right and comfortably.

Doesn't seem to bother Mrs. Angus, luckily.

 

Oh, comfort bands are the shit.

Should we come up with a name for the little callous that now sits at the top of our palm below the base of the ring finger?

 

I wear mine all the time...never take it off. however I just put it back on after about a ten year hiatus in which it became more and more apparent that I was not going to weigh what i did when I got married. I had it resized just a couple of months ago and am pleased to have it back.

I have another ring question. I bought my wife her ring 22 years ago when I had about 5 dollars to my name. (refrencing the "Shane Company post, I bought her ring from Gensler Lee Diamonds. Anyone who grew up in the SF bay are will remember their commercials. They were the "store with a heart". Actually, they were one of the few stores willing to extend credit)

We are much better off now, and I have told my wife on several occasions that I would like to replace her ring with something better than the microscopic diamond chip she now has. She won't let me. She says the ring reminds her of how far we have come, and while I understand the sentiment, I would really like to get her a big 'ol rock. She does not wear any other jewelry, so that's out.

So guys, are the wives really THAT attached to their rings?

 

It took me a few weeks to get used to it, but now it just feels like a part of me. Never comes off, unless I'm fidgeting with it. Occasionally, I'll have a freakout moment because I can't feel it on my finger and I have to check to make sure it's still there.
Sometimes, too, when I fidget, I'll accidentally drop it on the floor and the wife will give me a dirty look. That's all the incentive I need to keep it where it is.

 

I used to fiddle with my wedding band when we first got married, but haven't for years and I never take it off. Somebody asked about getting used to it. That took no time at all for me and it sure beats the heck out of those more bulky class rings. My college class ring was so uncomfortable, that I got into a habit of taking off when I was writing stories.