Aww lyn how sweet is your dad x

Lyn, that's cute. I know some people are just not ring people, and I think I'm one of them - I had a hard enough time getting used to a watch, and I don't do bracelets, because I hate having a lot of *stuff* on my hands.

If I ever have an engagement/wedding ring, I'll bet I'd wear it regularly, but it would take some adjustment.

A bit off topic, but a couple summers ago, my dad was going overseas to India for the first time for business. He had only flown internationally once, to France, and was VERY worried about potentially retaining water and having his wedding ring stuck on his finger - he had been wearing it all the time for so many years that he could hardly get it off. So he sent it in to get it resized, but didn't get it back from the jeweler before departing for India. We all teased him that on his first international trip by himself, he conveniently was without his wedding ring for the duration of the trip!

Some really sad, and sweet, stories on this thread! I don't have an engagement ring (I'm not into them); my SO and I just wear plain platinum bands. I *never* take mine off, and now I really don't even notice it's on. I don't even really think of it as a ring, just as a part of me.

When my husband and I got married, I made him promise to never take off his wedding ring (and he hasn't, for 20 years)! He made me promise the same, so we chose very plain gold bands with no detail or stones that would get dirty.

I wear my engagement ring almost 24/7. I sleep, shower and swim in it (my watch, too. It's waterproof). I might take it off if I was going to be digging in the dirt or mixing up something messy in the kitchen. If I'm driving in the car and think of something I want to remember to do when I get home, sometimes I'll switch my engagement ring to the opposite hand (like tying a string around a finger) to remind myself. If I put on lotion while I'm out somewhere and take it off momentarily, I always hold it between my teeth while I rub it in because I'm too afraid to lay it down anywhere.

I wear my rings all the time, taking them off only to make meatloaf and throw clay pots on the wheel. Then I can't wait to get them back on again. I like how sparkly they are after taking a shower. Gardening, I wear gardening gloves to protect hands and rings. If I don't wear gloves, then I may take the rings off but usually forget.

I take mine off every night and then put them on in the morning before I leave the house for the day. I have 2 different spots where I keep my rings - one upstairs and one downstairs - and they are always kept in one of those 2 different spots (a small glass box downstairs and my grandmother's jewelry box upstairs.) I force myself to ALWAYS put them in one of those 2 places so that I never lose them or panic for a few days because I can't find them. I frequently change out my engagement ring for a couple of other rings that my husband has given me over the years - an emerald with small diamonds or a sapphire with small diamonds. I love both of these rings and they look great with my wedding band!

My wedding ring I wear all the time- it's a fairly simple band so I don't worry about losing diamonds or anything getting stuck in it. My engagement ring I no longer wear. It's also a fairly simple ring, but it has a pearl that sticks out and gets caught on things.

Mine are like shoes - they come off after I've been home for a while and get put on again as I'm getting dressed in the morning.

I originally started taking them off because I'm not a hand-jewellery sort of person and wasn't used to them. But now they are a great way for me to stop biting my nails at work, they give me something to fiddle with instead! And I feel a bit naked if I'm out in public and not wearing them.