I often wondered why some people just don’t wear their
wedding ring/band, so I did some research on the web. First thing I did was went to Google and
typed in “why I wear my wedding ring,” and I was very surprised at what the Boolean
search returned. Instead of articles
from people that make declarations of why they wear their wedding band/ring,
instead the first page was mainly articles from people saying why they don’t wear theirs, or articles depicting
answers from the people that don’t.
Scrolling down, and going to pages after I really didn't find an article
from someone sharing their reason for wearing a ring.
While I was reading the other articles, it seemed to me most
of the articles were trying to find an excuse not to wear it when in fact they
just didn't want to be labeled “taken.”
Why wouldn't someone want to be labeled taken? It would seem the main reason was so they
could get attention from the opposite sex in improper ways. Oh there were some that said one of the
reasons was because they just didn’t like jewelry, or the ring was
uncomfortable. I guess the ring is
comfortable for those that do wear their ring, but after they have worn it long
enough to get used to wearing it. Let’s
face it, that excuse doesn’t hold much water, because it’s a foreign object, of
course it’s uncomfortable for anyone. It’s
not the comfort that the ring signifies, is it?
Isn’t it your love and devotion, your commitment, perhaps even the
comfort of knowing you’ve found the ONE you want to and will spend the rest of
your life with?
If you weren’t through getting attention from someone of the
opposite sex, what are you doing getting married anyway? Are you truly being fair and truthful to
yourself even?
The heading says “Why I wear my wedding band,” and I definitely
have a reason for it. Actually I have
many reasons for it. I am very proud to
be married to my wife, and am not ashamed to show I am by wearing the symbol
she put on my finger the day she made her commitments to me, and I made mine to
her. I wear it because when I look down
it makes me smile knowing we are together and a couple. I wear it because when someone makes an
inappropriate gesture, or suggestion to me I can always hold my hand up and
point at the ring, proudly. I wear my
wedding band, not because it’s physically comfortable, but because it’s
spiritually comfortable. I don’t need to
be reminded I’m married, I don’t need it for letting me know I have a
commitment to a wonderful woman already.
I don’t wear it just because I love my wife, or I want to show her that
her commitment to me truly does mean something to me. I don’t wear it to impress anyone, I am very
impressed by my wife and everything she stands for, everything she does. Is she perfect? Well, yes she is perfect for me. They even have a term for those that don’t
want to wear their wedding ring/band and it’s a bit insulting, although I’ve
chosen not to take it personally, it’s NF which stands for Naked Finger. I have a fully clothed finger, thank you very
much, and it shall stay that way.
