Do you notice wedding rings?

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Or, like, whether people are wearing them? Some people seem really attuned to this, and then some people don't.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 7 April 2006 18:37 (twenty years ago)

So who did you accidentally hit on, then?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 April 2006 18:39 (twenty years ago)

It's the 1st thing I generally notice!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 7 April 2006 18:40 (twenty years ago)

Right after the boobs, amirite?

― phil d. (Phil D.), Friday, 7 April 2006 18:45 (twenty years ago)

I never notice, but I feel like at my age I should probably start.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 7 April 2006 18:47 (twenty years ago)

I notice them, mostly to compare though, because ours are unusual. (in rose gold)

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 7 April 2006 19:02 (twenty years ago)

Yes.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 7 April 2006 19:04 (twenty years ago)

I never did. Until I got one for myself, now I find myself looking for them on everyone.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Friday, 7 April 2006 19:28 (twenty years ago)

I never did. Until I got one for myself, now I find myself looking for them on everyone.
-- Jeff. (poopoopo...), April 7th, 2006 9:28 PM. (Jeff) (later)

OTM!

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 7 April 2006 19:29 (twenty years ago)

When did you start checking for wedding rings when meeting the opposite sex?

― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 7 April 2006 19:38 (twenty years ago)

I forgot to wear mine today, and I feel like everybody's looking at me, thinking that I'm trying to pull something.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 7 April 2006 19:40 (twenty years ago)

http://www.saddler.co.uk/acatalog/handcuffshc007.jpg

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Friday, 7 April 2006 19:51 (twenty years ago)

Lot like being in a band.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 7 April 2006 19:53 (twenty years ago)

i had an evil friend in college who introduced me to a woman she worked with and egged me on to hit on her. the woman enjoyed the attention for an hour until said friend elbowed me in the ribs and pointed out the ring. that learned me good.

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Friday, 7 April 2006 19:56 (twenty years ago)

all the time. you hit that age and then you have to start looking out for folks still in their first marriage.

― kingfish ubermensch dishwasher sundae (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 7 April 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

I apologize for the thread-duplication. Please put that in the FAQ: nabisco apologized.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 7 April 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

i don't think i ever did until i got engaged, and now i always do - but not in a sexual way. it's more that i haven't got used to being old enough that many of my contemporaries are married, i guess.

― toby (tsg20), Saturday, 8 April 2006 00:19 (twenty years ago)

i absolutely do

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Saturday, 8 April 2006 00:29 (twenty years ago)

i only look for them if i think the person should have one.
like, today, at the bank, there was a girl and i couldn't figure out if she was slightly pregnant or just chubby, but then i noticed her with male, and they both had wedding rings on and looked couple-ish. not that she couldn't have just as easily been 1) his friend, 2) not pregnant, 3) a random knocked up girl

― tehresa (tehresa), Saturday, 8 April 2006 01:03 (twenty years ago)

I don't, but I figure as a married man it shouldn't make a difference to me(not to make it sound easy or anything, I've got a bunch of other mind tricks and mantras going to keep myself honest).

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 8 April 2006 01:24 (twenty years ago)

http://www.funnypics4all.com/pics/0/0/22.jpg

― it's no fun being an illegal alien, Saturday, 8 April 2006 01:33 (twenty years ago)

I sometimes keep an eye out for this, but I am more conscious of being my age and NOT having a wedding ring on my finger.

I was thinking recently, that when your marriage breaks up, the day you take off your wedding ring must be very memorable but in a bad way. Or do people take them off when they go to bed?

― DV (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 9 April 2006 10:52 (twenty years ago)

I couldn't take mine off even if I wanted to (see that "co-habitees be fatties" thread)!

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 9 April 2006 11:00 (twenty years ago)

When my first marriage broke up, the day I stopped wearing the wedding ring on my finger was indeed quite sad. I do still wear it though, because it's my grandmother's wedding ring.

I take my rings off whenever I'm putting hand cream on, but I look at them the whole time and always put them straight back on again.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Sunday, 9 April 2006 11:20 (twenty years ago)

yes, people taking off their rings and then not being able to find them so you end up going through the rubbish bins and then it turns out the rings are in the pocket of the trousers they were wearing previously can be slightly tiring...

i feel wierd when i take mine off, my thumb still goes to rub where my wedding ring should be (which i don't even notice myself doing when i've got it on)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Sunday, 9 April 2006 12:56 (twenty years ago)

never.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 9 April 2006 17:26 (twenty years ago)

i never wear mine at work because i hate typing w/it. and i don't wear it at home. guess the only place i wear it is when i go out.

and i never notice it on other peoples' hands.

but fucking hate it when people don't notice it on my wife's hand (LIKE THE DUDE THAT TRIED TO KISS HER WHEN SHE WAS IN L.A. A FEW WEEKS AGO! FUCK YOU DUDE, YOU'RE LUCKY I WASN'T THERE).

― Jaxon von Jaxon (jaxon), Sunday, 9 April 2006 17:42 (twenty years ago)

My husband takes his off when he's washing the dishes, and I get quite irrationally upset with him if he doesn't put it back on straight away. As mentioned upthread, mine doesn't come off anyway, which is just as well as I wouldn't take it off intentionally ever and I am teh clumsiest, more careless, person in the world (see mobile phone thread where I have lost two in a month) and would end up losing it in the sink/swimming pool/street.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 9 April 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

i never noticed them until i got married (the first time). then it was like i'd joined the secret society of wedding-ring people, and i started classifying people as married or single without even really noticing i was doing it. then the novelty of being married wore off and i stopped noticing again. THEN i got divorced, and i REALLY started noticing, because i rejoined the world of the single in my late 20s, when it was 50-50 that people i met would be married.

then i got married again and stopped noticing.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:19 (twenty years ago)

I never notice because I don't know how to look without being rude or obvious. (And usually I don't really care enough to wonder or even think about it.) Is there a special technique, or is it okay with you marrieds when you notice that someone is checking out your tax exception?

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:32 (twenty years ago)

I get confused by bands on guys' right hand ring fingers. Is there some significance to it? Is it a sign of being partnered but not married?

― WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot (unclejessjess), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:37 (twenty years ago)

Oh right, I guess it would help to know which hand I am supposed to be checking out.

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:49 (twenty years ago)

Of course I notice them. I'm a jeweller!

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Sunday, 9 April 2006 20:58 (twenty years ago)

I told my husband when we got married that I didn't want a wedding ring, so I don't have one to start with despite being married.

― This cunted circus never ends... (papa november), Sunday, 9 April 2006 21:34 (twenty years ago)

I told my husband I didn't want an engagement ring but it didn't stop him. It's nice though, I just started wearing it again after having it off for a few months, before I kept scratching the baby with it but somehow it works now. Sometimes now I sneak looks at others' rings but for the most part I'm still oblivious. My folks don't wear them--my dad never had one and my mom grew out of hers somehow (despite still being skinny).

― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 9 April 2006 22:52 (twenty years ago)

Oh I got an engagement ring, I just wasn't that interested anymore when it came to wedding rings.

― This cunted circus never ends... (papa november), Sunday, 9 April 2006 23:13 (twenty years ago)

Yes; how else do you know who to make eyes at on train?

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:22 (twenty years ago)

i never look, i wouldn't even know which finger it be on.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:47 (twenty years ago)

I never look.

― Anna (Anna), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:52 (twenty years ago)

I forgot to wear mine today, and I feel like everybody's looking at me, thinking that I'm trying to pull something.

how do you manage to forget to put your wedding ring on?

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 10 April 2006 12:53 (twenty years ago)

it was a sad day when i realized i need to start noticing this shit

― +++++, Monday, 10 April 2006 13:00 (twenty years ago)

I don't remember the day I took mine off but I remember trying to play with them for a long time after. I don't always notice them now.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:15 (twenty years ago)

I forgot to wear mine today, and I feel like everybody's looking at me, thinking that I'm trying to pull something.
how do you manage to forget to put your wedding ring on?
-- Nathalie (stevi...) (webmail), Today 8:53 AM. (stevie nixed) (later)

actually, its really rare for pp not to have his wedding ring on. i ended up stealing it that night and wearing his instead of mine. mens wedding rings feel nice.

me, on the other hand, i forget mine all the time. i cant wear any jewelry to bed and i dont wear it in the shower so when i get up to go to work at 6am all bleary eyed its easy to forget. i dont really understand the whole 'you can never ever take your wedding ring off' attitude. id be really worried if strength of my marriage was based on whether i was wearing a ring or not.

on the actually thread question: i never have, and still dont, notice wedding rings. i dont know why. they just arent on my radar at all.

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:35 (twenty years ago)

i totally do. if only i could rembember names too

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 10 April 2006 13:38 (twenty years ago)

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