NBR: Grumpy about wedding bands!!!

pinkmist2010 · April 2009

This is just a vent... My DH and I haven't even been married for a month, but he is ALWAYS always ALWAYS taking off his wedding band. For a shower, to SLEEP!!?? etc.. And half the time misplacing it! He already lost it on one occassion when he took it off to nap he put it on a table beside the couch and ended up knocking it off in his sleep and we had to move the couch to find it!! And today I wake up go to the bathroom and find it on the very edge of the sink where he had obviously taken it off to take a shower, but if anyone had bumped it- down the drain it would have gone!!! This just frustrates me very very much and I believe it would even if I wasn't pregnant.. Now I have the ring on my thumb and am not going to say anything... When he goes to look and finally thinks he has really lost it- MAYBE it will wake him up and he will stop. I don't know! I'm also very ill too because we got 3 rings- a solitair and band for me and a band for him that were supposed to be right at 4 grand on sale, but I knew the woman selling them and always worked out deals for her at my work, so she pulled out an extra coupon and the manager discount and we got them all for $600... NOT going to happen again if we hafta go in there and buy one because he lost his!

sarahkatherine8 · April 2009

This is why we bought DH a nice titanium band, and then cheap ones from amazon to trash at the gym, when he's rock-climbing, etc. It's so frustrating when they take them off though! Especially now, when many of us mamas CAN'T wear our own and would love to...

mavilabride · April 2009

I don't sleep or take a shower with my ring on. As a matter of fact, when I get home my ring goes right in its box and I won't wear it till the next day.

I would be more annoyed if he doesn't wear it ever but sleeping/showering/around the house I wouldn't care.

hula_lula · April 2009

Arg.

My DH can't wear his wedding ring at work, so he really doesn't wear it ever, just in case he forgets to take it off. It kind of bugs me, but I'd prefer he not lose a finger at work than wear his ring

However, when he leaves it around the house after he does wear it, it bugs the hell out of me

violetvilla83 · April 2009

My husband has to take his off because it's a hazard at work so I don't get bothered by it. One time he had left his in the soap dish and later that night he texted me he was with the guys at the strip club. I thought I'd be funny and hide his ring to see what he'd do. When he came home all drunk he freaked out because he thought it was gone and he didn't know how to tell me. I just laughed and gave it back to him and told him to put it in a safer place next time.

TwinCitiesGirl · April 2009

mavilabride:

I don't sleep or take a shower with my ring on. As a matter of fact, when I get home my ring goes right in its box and I won't wear it till the next day.

Exact same!

My ring always goes in the same spot every day, though, so I don't have a risk of losing it or of it going down the drain. THAT would bug me.

erosa · April 2009

DH rarely wears his real wedding band, its thick, heavy & has some diamonds ( he has big fingers so a normal band didn't look good ). After our honeymoon I bought a few cheap titanium & sterling silver bands on ebay & thats what he usually wears, unless we're getting dressed up. I don't care about those... he works out alot & takes them off so I more or less designate when he can wear his real, expensive band. lol

k_robyn_2004 · April 2009

My hubby takes it off for everything too and has already lost his, then we went out and bought a new one and then he found the originial and lost the new one (which cost more than the orginial). He drives me crazy and now he wants a titanium one instead of the gold since the gold bends too much he says. He drives me crazy!! Maybe we should just do the tattoo wedding band and be done with it!!!!

nuttybunch · April 2009

Dh takes his off to shower and sometimes to sleep, and he takes it off when he's doing something dirty. I get it, though. I took mine off any time I worked with water because I HATE the feeling of water under my ring. It doesn't fit any more, but I'll keep doing that when it fits again.

DH's ring is a little big in the winter, so sometimes he has to take it off so it doesn't fall off. And his ring is like two smaller bands held together by sapphires--there's a little gap between the two sections, so he has to take it off sometimes so it doesn't get dirty.

It bugs me SO MUCH when he forgets to put it back on. I know how you feel--DH's ring would be about $2500 to replace, and I would INSIST on getting the same one. He'd be in so much trouble if he lost it. He works in a bar/restaurant, too, so I don't like him going to work without it. Not that I think he'll cheat on me because he's not wearing his ring, but it's nice to know that other people can see that he's spoken for.

nuttybunch · April 2009

k_robyn_2004:
He drives me crazy and now he wants a titanium one instead of the gold since the gold bends too much he says. He drives me crazy!! Maybe we should just do the tattoo wedding band and be done with it!!!!

Tell him that if he has titanium and works on the car (for example) and his finger gets stuck, they can't cut off the ring--they have to cut off his finger. It's true! That's what the guy at the jewelry store told us. Titanium and Tungston both--they don't make a blade that would cut throught them. Maybe he'll reconsider.

Aug Bride · April 2009

My DH also takes his off to shower or when he is doing dirty work around the house. I did the same when I could wear mine. I would take mine off after work or before I showered and then put them back on when I went to work. I did not want the stones to get all gooped with soap.