Oh, It’s Tuesday: When Do You Take Off Your Wedding Ring?
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So this Sunday while on vacay in San Diego we were forced to watch The Heartbreak Kid (starring Ben Stiller, directed by The Farrelly Brothers) due to an extreme dearth of real-time television options. Yes, I’m prone to hyperbole, but I really don’t think it’s exaggerating to say that this was the worst movie of The Oughts. Maybe the worst movie of all time. Okay, “all time” is actually exaggerating, but The Oughts totally is right. This movie was misogynistic, unlikeable, bad (bad-bad, not bad in a good trainwrecky way bad), and worst of all, not funny — I mean seriously not funny. But the scene that really stayed with me as particularly ridiculous is when the hotel manager asks the newlyweds (Stiller and his hot blond new wife) to take off their wedding rings and leave them in the hotel safe, so that they won’t lose them on the beach — thus setting off all kinds of (convenient) misunderstandings and (massively unfunny) hijinks.
I’m still saying, “Yeah, right!” over that one. What newlywed would really take off their rings for the whole of their three-wek honeymoon for that flimsy of a reason? I certainly wouldn’t. But then the movie got me to wondering about why and when other marrieds take off their wedding rings.
I take mine off at night to wash my face, then put it on again after I’ve showered the next morning. I do this, because I hate having rings on when my hands are wet, yet I don’t take off my ring when I wash my hands or when I swim. So go figure. And I never, ever leave the house without my ring, even if I haven’t taken my morning routine.
But that’s my routine. What’s yours? Let me know in the comments!
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I only wear my ring when I'm in public. I love seeing it on my finger, but it has so many holes and grooves that it would get filthy really fast if I wore it around the house. So the minute I get home, I take it off. People who wear theirs 24/7 amaze me — sleeping in jewelry would drive me crazy.
It's been years since my wedding, but I think…I think…I may have left my ring at home when I went on the honeymoon. We were headed for the jungle and I didn't want to lose it. But I could be wrong.
I actually sleep in my ring in hotel rooms, but yes, I think I'd sacrifice wearing my ring if we went to the jungle — as opposed to a Kauai hotel for our honeymoon.
I only wear my ring when I'm in public. I love seeing it on my finger, but it has so many holes and grooves that it would get filthy really fast if I wore it around the house. So the minute I get home, I take it off. People who wear theirs 24/7 amaze me — sleeping in jewelry would drive me crazy.
It's been years since my wedding, but I think…I think…I may have left my ring at home when I went on the honeymoon. We were headed for the jungle and I didn't want to lose it. But I could be wrong.
I actually sleep in my ring in hotel rooms, but yes, I think I'd sacrifice wearing my ring if we went to the jungle — as opposed to a Kauai hotel for our honeymoon.
I take my ring off everynight before I go to bed and I put it on in the morning before I leave for work (although truthfully over the last 10 years I have forgotten sometimes). I find that my fingers swell when I try to sleep with it and I do not like to get any of the vast amounts of lotions and oils on it when I am getting ready in the morning. I also take it off when I am washing dishes or giving my son a bath, I guess I just do not like it to get wet. Oh and I take it off when I am lotioning my hands. And this goes for all of my rings. I wear my wedding ring, my engagement ring and a ring with my son’s name that my husband gave me as a “push gift.” I take them all off at the same time.
I take my ring off everynight before I go to bed and I put it on in the morning before I leave for work (although truthfully over the last 10 years I have forgotten sometimes). I find that my fingers swell when I try to sleep with it and I do not like to get any of the vast amounts of lotions and oils on it when I am getting ready in the morning. I also take it off when I am washing dishes or giving my son a bath, I guess I just do not like it to get wet. Oh and I take it off when I am lotioning my hands. And this goes for all of my rings. I wear my wedding ring, my engagement ring and a ring with my son’s name that my husband gave me as a “push gift.” I take them all off at the same time.
i take mine off to put hair products in my hair in the AM. that's it. i never sleep without it in case there is a fire and we have to leave quickly!
i take mine off to put hair products in my hair in the AM. that's it. i never sleep without it in case there is a fire and we have to leave quickly!
I don't think I ever saw my parents take their wedding rings off so I guess I just learned that it's not done. I have been married for just over 6 months and I haven't taken it off. If it happens to be bothering me, I'll move it up a knuckle for a few minutes, but I feel guilty going any farther. But judging by the other responses I guess I'm an oddball, or maybe it's a newlywed thing.
That's sweet, Gudrun. But no, I took my off when I was a newlywed, just b/c I had already gotten into the habit of doing so when I was just wearing an engagement ring.
I don't think I ever saw my parents take their wedding rings off so I guess I just learned that it's not done. I have been married for just over 6 months and I haven't taken it off. If it happens to be bothering me, I'll move it up a knuckle for a few minutes, but I feel guilty going any farther. But judging by the other responses I guess I'm an oddball, or maybe it's a newlywed thing.
That's sweet, Gudrun. But no, I took my off when I was a newlywed, just b/c I had already gotten into the habit of doing so when I was just wearing an engagement ring.