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pipi_k

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47. When I had to have

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 12:00 PM

Aug 2013

mine cut off last month, I went to a jeweler (family friend) who said that the local hospital has often had to borrow his ring cutter because they don't have one.

I find this sort of odd, that ERs wouldn't have such a thing. What if someone comes in after jewelry stores close?

Glad your finger wasn't broken, anyway.

Mine had to come off because weight gain is so gradual it's hard to notice a tight ring till it's too late to get it off.

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Question for married DUers, do you wear a ring? If not, why not? [View all] Yavin4 Aug 2013 OP

Yes - hasn't been off my finger since Dec 6, 1980! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2013 #1

I do alan_phillips Aug 2013 #2

Yes, I wear a wedding ring. We both wanted me to wear one. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2013 #3

I did, and continued to wear it for some time after my wife passed away. Hoyt Aug 2013 #4

I'm sorry for your loss. Yavin4 Aug 2013 #11

I do, but my husband doesn't sarge43 Aug 2013 #5

I'm not married, but I definitely thought of that as a consideration. TexasTowelie Aug 2013 #35

I do, all the time sharp_stick Aug 2013 #6

When I was married, I wouldn't even have thought of NOT wearing it. It was... MiddleFingerMom Aug 2013 #7

Like a scene from a film or book. A sign indeed. :P nt Locut0s Aug 2013 #33

Yep. And I live in eternal fear Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #8

That's odd. I had a dream last night that I lost it in a snowbank. rug Aug 2013 #9

Usually not. noamnety Aug 2013 #10

Parents hit on you at conferences? narnian60 Aug 2013 #28

I haven't worn mine in years. femmocrat Aug 2013 #12

Did for a few years, but lost 2 in a year and stopped Spike89 Aug 2013 #13

I do except jrandom421 Aug 2013 #14

Only take it off when snorkeling around barracuda. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #15

a ring around the tub ? olddots Aug 2013 #16

Lost it, too broke to buy a replacement. nt LiberalEsto Aug 2013 #17

Lost mine driving a campervan in Tasmania. SwissTony Aug 2013 #18

No graywarrior Aug 2013 #19

I got out of the habit of wearing rings since I played with electricity. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #20

Neither myself or my wife wears a ring. Mr.Bill Aug 2013 #21

Sometimes. Never at home or when I'm exercising... Phentex Aug 2013 #22

Oh... pipi_k Aug 2013 #23

Yes, but not all the time. trof Aug 2013 #24

Yes. Neoma Aug 2013 #25

Three of them ... surrealAmerican Aug 2013 #26

My hands used to swell up and I couldn't, but then I found NightWatcher Aug 2013 #27

Yes av8rdave Aug 2013 #29

I met a shmo who wore a ring olddots Aug 2013 #30

Nope, neither of us wear a ring.... madmom Aug 2013 #31

i do, my husband generally doesn't fizzgig Aug 2013 #32

I gained a lot of weight after we got married OriginalGeek Aug 2013 #34

Yes, I don`t dare take it off. Our wedding pic. walkerbait41 Aug 2013 #36

Yes. Orsino Aug 2013 #37

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #38

NO, NO, NO rurallib Aug 2013 #39

Sometimes. Not wearing it now as my hands swell with the heat. lynne Aug 2013 #40

I wear it when I'm not in the gym. a la izquierda Aug 2013 #41

I only wear mine on the weekends. Texasgal Aug 2013 #42

I never do (I'm female). My husband wears his at all times. riderinthestorm Aug 2013 #43

last month I had to have my wedding band cut off... CTyankee Aug 2013 #44

When I had to have pipi_k Aug 2013 #47

Oh, the ER had the cutting instrument, it was the local walk in clinic that didn't... CTyankee Aug 2013 #48

Not on our fingers. Raine1967 Aug 2013 #45

Yes I proudly wear my symbol of subservience! Bake Aug 2013 #46